I made William a son of Dyson because Dyson has a two year old son on his 1850 census and the son is the only two year old William in Missouri in 1850. Brondak@aol.com wrote: > I also have this family as descended from Thomas Lovelace and > Amelia/Permelia > Dyson, except through their son Levi and his wife Sarah Lazenby. I don't > have > children for the son Dyson. My info is from Michael & Susan Newton, but I > think > that the father is Levi may be speculationn based on the names of William's > children. It appears that Levi's brother Dyson may be also a likely > candidate. > Here is some of the info I was sent on William. > > "Bill was born in Missouri. His mother died when Bill was very > >> young. Bill had brothers and sisters, names are unknown. Bill was taken >> away by a neighbor, who taught him to steal. Bill was caught by another >> neighbor and Bill was raised by that neighbor. If it helps, Bill was >> tall, sandy red hair, blue eyes and known as an Irishman. >> I know that he married Luisia Jane Owens about 1875 and they had >> twelve children. Bill died 04/19/19." >> > > If it's true that his mother died when he was very young, Sarah Lazenby > probably isn't his mother. Dyson was also in MO and I have nothing on > his wife's death, but if he's descended from Thomas Lovelace of MD, the > story of the four brothers from Ireland coming over here during the > potato famine doesn't ring true. The names of his children feed the > speculation of his line from Thomas because he has a son William Archibald > and a son Flemuel Dyson. Levi also had a son Archibald. And of course > Dyson is from the grandmother. William M actually had fifteen children, > but I can't > tell that any of the other names offer clues. Levi and Dyson also had > a > brother Archibald who was in MO too, but William M would have been almost > 20 when Archibald's wife died. > Lou Ann > > > > In a message dated 1/18/11 10:25:46 PM, lovelacejackd@verizon.net writes: > > > >> The information that I have in my database does not exactly match what >> Larry has submitted. I have Larry as Larry Neal Lovelace, son of >> William E. Lovelace and Dorothy Gwen Wanamaker. I have William E. as >> the son of Elmer L. Lovelace and Verna E. Archer. I have Elmer L as the >> son of William Archibald Lovelace and Cora Belle Walker. I have William >> Archibald as the son of William M. Lovelace and Louisa Jane Owens. >> >> At this point my information and Larry's information diverge. >> >> I have William M. Lovelace as the son of Dyson Lovelace and Louisa Cawan >> Fite. I have Dyson Lovelace as the son of Thomas A. Lovelace and Amelia >> Permela Dyson. I have Thomas A. as the son of Charles Lovelace and >> Sarah Robey. I have Charles as the son of John Baptist Lovelace and >> Eleanor Wilcoxen. >> >> Bill Lovelace wrote: >> >>> I received this email. Any one interested in this family? >>> >>> Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2011 21:39:06 -0800 (PST) >>> From: Larry Lovelace <fshs4ever@sbcglobal.net> >>> Subject: Lovelace family >>> To: geezer@adelphia.net >>> MIME-Version: 1.0 >>> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; >>> boundary="0-923040030-1294378746=:46950" >>> Hi, my name is Larry Lovelace son of William E. Lovelace son of >>> >> Elmer >> >>> Lovelace son of Archer Lovelace son William Lovelace a mule skinner >>> >> for >> >>> the settlers of the Oklahoma Land Rush son of John Lovelace a >>> >> pastor from >> >>> Ohio whose youngest son served as a bugle boy in the Union Army. >>> >> We are >> >>> descended from four Irish pastor brothers who came to the US during >>> >> the >> >>> potato famine. Our predecessor went south and later settled in the >>> Missouri territory, later a son went to the land rush in Oklahoma, >>> >> we >> >>> still own the land. During the second world war my grandfather >>> >> Elmer >> >>> Lovelace went to California for war work where my father, 18 years >>> >> old, >> >>> met my mother >>> Dorthy Wanamaker of the eastern mercantile Wanamaker's. They >>> >> married and >> >>> my father William stayed in California when his family went back to >>> Oklahoma. My folks were married 61 years and are now passed away. >>> >> One son >> >>> is a missionary in Nicaragua the other works for Pacific Gas and >>> >> Electric >> >>> Co. in Ca. and a daughter living in Stockton Ca. >>> I thought you might be interested in another branch of the family. >>> >>> >>> >>> Yours ; Larry Lovelace, Modesto Ca. >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> >> LOVELACE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject >> and the body of the message >> >>> >>> >> -- >> Jack D. 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