Cuzzins, I have found something kind of interesting and I'm curious about this family. I'm doing a book on the history of the county where I live and in it I'm doing stories on the early families of the area, some of whom came here (Cleveland Co Oklahoma) during the Land Run of 1889. One of those families is Teague...or the mother of one of the guys is a Teague. Anyway, I was doing research on his family and these Teagues are interesting. They came from MD and their immigrant got there at about the same time the immigrant Lovelace got there. I find no connection, however, in MD. But when they left they basically followed the same migration route out of MD, ie NC, SC, GA, AL, TX to Oklahoma. Well, in GA I find them marrying into the Nicholsons (family of the wife of James the Orphan, brother of my Barton) and the Tallys (family of Mary Loveless, sister of Barton who married a Tally) and in AL I find them again marrying into the family of James the orphan's descendents. Then the branch gets to OK and they are neighbors of my family here and we have known them as friends for 100 years, but I'm pretty sure they had no clue of any of the previous family connections. If I look deeper I'll probably find some more connections. Then in this same family, except on the guy's mother's side...there are Blankenships. Same story, different migration route. The Blankenships were in VA, went to NC, TN, (some sidetracked to IN and/or MO) and then to TX to OK. Again, I find a gazillion links to my family who basically followed those same migration trails (my Grandma Loveless's family) and here they are in OK neighbors & friends without a clue to all those family connections. Is this amazing or what? Anyway, my questions is do any of you have any Teagues or Blankenships in your Loveless/Lovelace family lines and if so, where are they when the link took place? One funny thing has occured during the researching of this book. I have started a data base which is designed to include the families of the area who I'm researching. This extra data base so far has only one family in it. Every single family I've worked on to date is my own data base because somewhere they're connected to my own family. I've found cousins I didn't know were cousins and in other cases if they're not actually cousins they're married to my cousins somewhere down the line, sometimes after they got to Oklahoma, but often way before they got here. It's pretty wild. And the one guy whose family is alone in that data base isn't actually related to any family, that I've found so far, but his 2nd great grandfather was the Commander of a Kentucky regiment fighting the Battle of New Orleans and another guy who is my cousin had a 2nd great grandfather in that very regiment fighting that very battle and here their grandsons are in OK and are the best of friends. We live in a small, small world genealogically speaking. Thanks Lou Ann

This may be a little too distant --- the is a Teague family in Fredericksburg, Texas -- don't know any family details -- but my 6th g-grandmother was Elizabeth Loveless --- Mrs. Peter Crawford --- and my brother's wife's sister was married to a Teague. That's probably too many generations etc. but thought you might be interested in the fact that there are Texas Teagues. Wilbur Crenwelge

Lou Ann,   As you know, you and I've discussed all of these labyrinthine, almost Byzantine connections and interconnections which we've both encountered in many of these families, over and over again, too many numerous times to mention in a short reply like this. In fact, I keep finding so many of those re-connections that I find I have to put all of the data aside from time to time (to get it off my mind), because I notice that if I study all of it too long, it starts to wear down my reason!   As you pointed out just now, our Alabama Lovelxxx connections (descendants of James the erstwhile "Orphan", brother of your Barton) did indeed marry into those Teagues. It was Cortez Pate Loveless (1880-1918), son of Rev. Evan Jackson Loveless (1840-1920), and grandson of James "the Orphan", who married Cora Idell Teague in Cleburne County, Alabama, about 1908. I gather that Cortez Loveless was something of a "dandy" or a "rakish young man"--at least to the extent of being outgoing and loving life. He was evidently a popular young man, and much desired as a friend and companion, for stories to that effect have survived to the present day.   Cora was a daughter of Solomon Moore Teague (1851-1934) and his 2nd wife Elizabeth Scott (1865-1948). I have that Solomon back to a William Teague (1761-1845) of Rowan Co NC and Wilson Co TN, but cannot verify that data.   I do know of an interesting (and sad) story about Cora Teague Loveless. I was told this by her grandchildren, only a few years back. They said that her (Cora's) own parents were mean and downright cruel to her and to her children (their own grandchildren).   After the untimely death of Cora's husband, Mr. Loveless (from a rattlesnake bite), she had evidently had no choice but to move back in with her parents for several years, and she ended up staying there until the oldest of her sons obtained his own house and wife, and then she quickly moved in with him. Apparently, Cora's parents sternly disapproved of the entire Loveless family living there in Cleburne County, because when Cora had to move back in with them (with her five small children!), they literally treated her like an unwanted "red-headed stepchild," or like a servant. (This is amazing, because Cortez Loveless' father was a Methodist circuit-riding preacher!) I am seriously told that they forced Cora to wash the bare wooden floors of the house, on her hands and knees, all day long, with only water (no soap of any kind), as a way of paying for her "room and board". I was also told that her mother was so mean that she would not cook the breakfast eggs for her husband (Mr. Teague) unless he paid her for them on the spot!   I don't know how much of this is true, but I do know that the descendants of Cora repeat it endlessly, and have never forgotten how their poor grandmother got treated by her own family. (And they always spoke lovingly and highly of their grandmother Cora, too.)   Terry --- On Sat, 7/31/10, Brondak@aol.com <Brondak@aol.com> wrote: From: Brondak@aol.com <Brondak@aol.com> Subject: [LL] Question To: lovelace@rootsweb.com Date: Saturday, July 31, 2010, 2:05 AM Cuzzins, I have found something kind of interesting and I'm curious about this family. I'm doing a book on the history of the county where I live and in it I'm doing stories on the early families of the area, some of whom came here (Cleveland Co Oklahoma) during the Land Run of 1889.   One of those families is Teague...or the mother of one of the guys is a Teague. Anyway, I was doing research on his family and these Teagues are interesting.   They came from MD and their immigrant got there at about the same time the immigrant Lovelace got there.   I find no connection, however, in MD.   But when they left they basically followed the same migration route out of MD, ie NC, SC, GA, AL, TX to Oklahoma.    Well, in GA I find them marrying into the Nicholsons (family of the wife of James the Orphan, brother of my Barton) and the Tallys (family of Mary Loveless, sister of Barton who married a Tally) and in AL I find them again marrying into the family of James the orphan's descendents.   Then the branch gets to OK and they are neighbors of my family here and we have known them as friends for 100 years, but I'm pretty sure they had no clue of any of the previous family connections.    If I look deeper I'll probably find some more connections. Then in this same family, except on the guy's mother's side...there are Blankenships. Same story, different migration route.   The Blankenships were in VA, went to NC, TN, (some sidetracked to IN and/or MO) and then to TX to OK.   Again, I find a gazillion links to my family who basically followed those same migration trails (my Grandma Loveless's family) and here they are in OK neighbors & friends without a clue to all those family connections.    Is this amazing or what?   Anyway, my questions is do any of you have any Teagues or Blankenships in your Loveless/Lovelace family lines and if so, where are they when the link took place? One funny thing has occured during the researching of this book.   I have started a data base which is designed to include the families of the area who I'm researching. This extra data base so far has only one family in it.   Every single family I've worked on to date is my own data base because somewhere they're connected to my own family.   I've found cousins I didn't know were cousins and in other cases if they're not actually cousins they're married to my cousins somewhere down the line, sometimes after they got to Oklahoma, but often way before they got here.   It's pretty wild.   And the one guy whose family is alone in that data base isn't actually related to any family, that I've found so far, but his 2nd great grandfather was the Commander of a Kentucky regiment fighting the Battle of New Orleans and another guy who is my cousin had a 2nd great grandfather in that very regiment fighting that very battle and here their grandsons are in OK and   are the best of friends.    We live in a small, small world genealogically speaking. Thanks Lou Ann ------------------------------- 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

Lou Ann and all thanks for sharing this. WOW.........it's sooo interesting. Margaret ----- Original Message ----- From: <Brondak@aol.com> To: <lovelace@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2010 1:05 AM Subject: [LL] Question > Cuzzins, > I have found something kind of interesting and I'm curious about this > family. > > I'm doing a book on the history of the county where I live and in it I'm > doing stories on the > early families of the area, some of whom came here (Cleveland Co Oklahoma) > during the Land > Run of 1889. One of those families is Teague...or the mother of one of > the guys is a Teague. > Anyway, I was doing research on his family and these Teagues are > interesting. They came > from MD and their immigrant got there at about the same time the immigrant > Lovelace > got there. I find no connection, however, in MD. But when they left > they basically followed > the same migration route out of MD, ie NC, SC, GA, AL, TX to Oklahoma. > Well, in GA I > find them marrying into the Nicholsons (family of the wife of James the > Orphan, brother of my Barton) and the Tallys (family of Mary Loveless, > sister > of Barton who married a Tally) and in AL > I find them again marrying into the family of James the orphan's > descendents. Then the > branch gets to OK and they are neighbors of my family here and we have > known them as > friends for 100 years, but I'm pretty sure they had no clue of any of the > previous > family connections. If I look deeper I'll probably find some more > connections. > > Then in this same family, except on the guy's mother's side...there are > Blankenships. > Same story, different migration route. The Blankenships were in VA, went > to NC, TN, > (some sidetracked to IN and/or MO) and then to TX to OK. Again, I find a > gazillion links to > my family who basically followed those same migration trails (my Grandma > Loveless's > family) and here they are in OK neighbors & friends without a clue to all > those family connections. > > Is this amazing or what? Anyway, my questions is do any of you have any > Teagues > or Blankenships in your Loveless/Lovelace family lines and if so, where > are > they > when the link took place? > > One funny thing has occured during the researching of this book. I have > started a > data base which is designed to include the families of the area who I'm > researching. > This extra data base so far has only one family in it. Every single > family I've worked > on to date is my own data base because somewhere they're connected to my > own > family. I've found cousins I didn't know were cousins and in other cases > if they're > not actually cousins they're married to my cousins somewhere down the > line, > sometimes > after they got to Oklahoma, but often way before they got here. It's > pretty wild. And > the one guy whose family is alone in that data base isn't actually related > to any family, > that I've found so far, but his 2nd great grandfather was the Commander of > a Kentucky > regiment fighting the Battle of New Orleans and another guy who is my > cousin had > a 2nd great grandfather in that very regiment fighting that very battle > and > here their > grandsons are in OK and are the best of friends. > We live in a small, small world genealogically speaking. > Thanks > Lou Ann > > ------------------------------- > 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