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Well from what I have been told anyone is welcome to come. Just bring a covered dish. I was referred to a Mrs. Fuller who is heading the reunion. I haven't ever been to one of the reunions since my parents both died many years ago so I don't know exactly who will be there. I am hoping I can make it just to ask questions. If you can't go and have some questions you want asked send them to me at nola@cox-internet.com and if I am able to go I will take your requests and see if I can get answers for you. It isn't a definite that I will be able to go but sure would like to. Nola Ellington

Thank you Ann wish I were planning on this one too but alas guess I must stay at home this time . I know you will send us a good report.Lots of LoveFrances --- Ann & Gary Bonner <gbonner@sprhill.net> wrote: > Frances and others-- > Most of the Wises who will attend this reunion are > descended from > Giles James Wise m Catherine (is it with a K? Am not > at my database) > McDonald , one of the about 15 children of James > Wise > (1781-1848)/Permelia Miller of SC>MS>Claiborne Par. > LA. I am > descended from the oldest son, Joseph F. Wise m > Caroline Lambright. > Frances in the greeting is descended from another > son Ambrose Wise m > Mahana O'Bannon. Some of the James Wise children > moved into what > became Webster Parish, where there was a Wiseville > at one time near > present-day Shongaloo. The Civic Center is quite > nice, with large > kitchen and a very large meeting room, all > air-conditioned. I plan to > attend the reunion. > > Ann Harper Bonner in Springhill, about 13 miles > from Shongaloo. > > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/

Frances and others-- Most of the Wises who will attend this reunion are descended from Giles James Wise m Catherine (is it with a K? Am not at my database) McDonald , one of the about 15 children of James Wise (1781-1848)/Permelia Miller of SC>MS>Claiborne Par. LA. I am descended from the oldest son, Joseph F. Wise m Caroline Lambright. Frances in the greeting is descended from another son Ambrose Wise m Mahana O'Bannon. Some of the James Wise children moved into what became Webster Parish, where there was a Wiseville at one time near present-day Shongaloo. The Civic Center is quite nice, with large kitchen and a very large meeting room, all air-conditioned. I plan to attend the reunion. Ann Harper Bonner in Springhill, about 13 miles from Shongaloo.

At 04:51 AM 7/25/01 -0500, you wrote: > It is a tiny little town and >I don't know how big the Civic Center is but it can't be very big. Nola, My step-son was married in the Civic Center. It is a nice size one and my husband says that it probably would hold up to about 500-600 people. Marilyn Baker

I'm looking for any info on Thomas R. and or Philip Arthur. They were both in the 1860 Claiborne Par. census. Philip died in Claiborne Par. in 1863 and TR moved to TX about that same time. Thanks, Bob Arthur

The Slack-Wise Reunion?? Which Wise Family would love to contact some of the Wise's fron Shongaloo ? Our James Wise ancestor had descentandts in the area. Thank you Frances Dilley --- Nola Ellington <nola@cox-internet.com> wrote: > Well I just talked to someone from there on the > phone tonight. The reunion > is the Slack - Wise reunion and it is to be held at > the Shongaloo Civic > Center beginning ta 10 A.M. on August 4, 2001. It is > a tiny little town and > I don't know how big the Civic Center is but it > can't be very big. > Since I live only about two hours from there I am > considering going just to > see if there are any there that know any information > on the missing women in > my Slack tree. > Nola Ellington > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy > access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/

Well I just talked to someone from there on the phone tonight. The reunion is the Slack - Wise reunion and it is to be held at the Shongaloo Civic Center beginning ta 10 A.M. on August 4, 2001. It is a tiny little town and I don't know how big the Civic Center is but it can't be very big. Since I live only about two hours from there I am considering going just to see if there are any there that know any information on the missing women in my Slack tree. Nola Ellington

I have gotten 4 replies and much information on Shongaloo, Webster Parish, 20 miles north of Minden. ..."not much left there these days except a general store, a few older buildings and a new high school." Thanks so much to all. Tom

Where is Shongaloo? Obviously, I am not from the area. Thanks. Tom

Go to mapquest.com and look for it. It is just 10 miles west of Haynesville on Highway 2. That is in north Louisiana almost at the Arkansas line. Mapquest will give you a good picture of where it is. Nola

Jerry.....I have Jesse trammell born s.c. in ca 1810.. wife margaret m. nation(s)...on a deed in 1858 in claiborne la there was JESSE and ANDREW JACKSON TRAMMELL ...now they must have been kin...on the deed JESSE had a injuction against ANDREW and call the sherff in on this.....when was andrew born ...could they have been brothers or cousins...I need parents of JESSE.......THANKS MAXINE

I have occasionally run across a tombstone, where the burial was actually in another state or cemetery. I don't really know why someone felt the need to erect a memorial locally, but sometimes they do. If you have reason to doubt the burial was really there, try this: Straighten out 2 wire clothes hangers. Then bend about one fourth of the length of each one downward at about a 45 degree angle. Hold one in each hand using the short part as a handle. They should stick straight out in front of you, parallel to each other and to the ground. Walk over the area slowly. The wires cross as you walk over a grave, possibly because the magnetism of the earth is disturbed when a grave is dug. I phoo-phooed the idea when I first heard it a year ago. After all, I believe in God, not in hocus-pocus. But others said it really worked. So this past spring, I made 4 pairs and took everybody I could persuade to a cemetery. What better place to test it out? I had been told that about 1 of 4 people could do it. I was hoping that, if it worked at all, 1 or 2 of the 7 of us could do it. Imagine my shock when 4 could do it excellently, and the other 3 pretty well. Oh, and be sure to try to force the wires to cross while you are still in your own living room. It's almost impossible to make those flimsy wires do anything! Elayne Pair Gibbons Pair family - any time - any place - <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/epg51/genealgy/index.htm">Pair Place</A> Now with <A HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/epg51/page5.html">More Pair Stuff</A>

My name is Kelly Bernal. I have been in contact with Ed Crump Jr. and he gave me information of my ggg grandmother, Delila Crump who married James Marler in MO. He told me to contact this message board in order to get the same info for the family tree that he had. He had some information taking the Crump family back to England circa 1600 to Thomas Crumpe and Elizabeth Bucke. I am trying to locate anyone who may have the sources or where the locations for where the information was obtained. I can add my family tree info to that . Thanks so much in advance. Kelly

I am interested in finding information about the Squyres family in Louisiana (or elsewhere for that matter). My grandmother, Ila Eden Squyres Herrington (b.10/09/09, d.2/21/94) was from central LA (Forest Hill maybe?). Her father was Julius Jefferson Squyres(d.abt. 1944) and her mother was Martha Josephine "Jo" Green Squyres(d.abt. 1974). That's all I know. If you have any information on a possible connection, I would appreciate it. Thank you, in advance, for your help.

Hi Dickie! I don't know if Henry Neyland had any siblings or not. It is possible that the two men were related. I know he died before the Mask family moved to Claiborne Parish, LA after 1847. In 1850, Henry's mother, Charlotte, was living in the household with John and Rebecca. She was born ca 1775 in VA. Rebecca was born in 1815 in Burke Co., GA. In 1840, she and John were living in Sumter Co., GA.

Hi Shirley, Do you know if Henry Neyland had any brothers? If so, who were they. My GG Aunt, Anne Grubbs, married Joshua Neyland in GA. and left Columbia Co.GA. in 1810 . She also lived in Burke Co. GA. at one time. In 1811 she and family lived in East Feliciana Parish,LA. and in 1814 was in Amite Co. MS. and later was back in La. Thanks, dickiegrubbs@hotmail.com

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Tom, Who was your grandfather? Dianna At 10:49 AM 7/12/01 -0400, you wrote: >My ggf was possibly wounded or killed in the Civil War. There is a tombstone >with date of death in the above cemetery. How likely is it that he is buried >there? Just wondering what other's experience has been. Would there be a >marker without a burial? What about records for this cemetery? Thanks for >any guidance. Tom > > >============================== >Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! >http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2

My ggf was possibly wounded or killed in the Civil War. There is a tombstone with date of death in the above cemetery. How likely is it that he is buried there? Just wondering what other's experience has been. Would there be a marker without a burial? What about records for this cemetery? Thanks for any guidance. Tom