Sorry about sending a message twice. Vernia

I have a copy of the deed settling Stephen S. Marcum's estate. One of the heirs is William W. Does anyone have any documentation about which William W. this is? William Welcome Marcum is my gr gr grandfather, born c1820. I know that he married Nancy Jane Crum. In the census records he is listed both ways, as William and as Welcom. William Wirt Marcum was a son of Stephen M Marcum and Jane Damron. This William was born 1844, he married 1st Eunice Cox, married 2nd Elizabeth Burgess. These 2 William W. Marcums have been confused on this list but they are 2 different individuals. These are the 2 William W. Marcums that I am aware of. Were there others? Can anyone help me? I really want to find out who William Welcome Marcum's parents were. I know some researchers think it was John C. and Clarinda. Is there any "written" proof anywhere? I think, from the deed, that his parents were Stephen S. and Elizabeth Sadler/Saddler. Help please??? Vernia

Mye Goodye Cosynes, I am really trying hard to see the completion of certain Markham books on the "TW" website. Statistics for the Word7 version only!: Book : "HOTMF" "MM" "GM" "GMF" "HOTMN" Pages : @133 @580 @25 @16 @35 Characters : @250 000 @990 000 @44 140 @16 327 @125 228 Saved : @278 @414 @608 @188 @1184 A total of @1.53 Million characters just for the above!.............. If the HTML files are included, the figure doubles to @3.6 million characters, with at least 1-2 million more in the supplementary pages. I am looking in the region of no less than 5 million characters typed out and available on the website within the next 6 months, completed pages and books. "The Wanderer Above The Mists" website holds to date, 71.8Megs of files (118 292 480 bytes used), of which, 1784 are files, in 10 folders. There are still over 16 000 emails to contend with and compile into my database (Still Zipped!.) My entire unpublished home CD ranges in the region of over 500Megs of space used. I have @43 000 names in my database, and have hardly touched this for 3-4 years now. ==================================================================== Since 1994, I have spent on average, about 6 hours per day, on my family tree, and am racing a bit against time to finish the bulk of the work on this website. Since 1994, I have gone through: 1. A 286 computer, +2 Keyboards, +1 Screen. 2. A 386 computer, +2 Keyboards, +2 Screens. 3. A 586 computer, +2 Keyboards. 4. A Pentium 400MHz, +2nd Keyboard. ==================================================================== So it was no small task to start this website, and see it through... Yours Sincerely, Sir Ken Markham, K.C.B., (95). [A Phenomenal Researcher In The Mists Of Time] [Genealogist Extra-Ordinaire] ====================================================================

--part1_e.314c244.270c126a_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_e.314c244.270c126a_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <listadmin-bounces@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-zc03.mx.aol.com (rly-zc03.mail.aol.com [172.31.33.3]) by air-zc01.mail.aol.com (v76_r1.8) with ESMTP; Tue, 03 Oct 2000 22:20:34 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [63.92.80.123]) by rly-zc03.mx.aol.com (v75_b3.9) with ESMTP; Tue, 03 Oct 2000 22:20:12 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id e942K6I02605 for MARKHAM-admin@lists5.rootsweb.com; Tue, 3 Oct 2000 19:20:06 -0700 Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 19:20:06 -0700 X-From_: VBBrooks@email.msn.com Tue Oct 3 19:20:05 2000 Received: from newmail.rootsweb.com (newmail.rootsweb.com [63.92.80.103]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e942K5m02554 for <MARKHAM-L@lists5.rootsweb.com>; Tue, 3 Oct 2000 19:20:05 -0700 Received: from smtp.email.msn.com (cpimssmtpu08.email.msn.com [207.46.181.30]) by newmail.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e942K6A10577 for <Markham-L@rootsweb.com>; Tue, 3 Oct 2000 19:20:06 -0700 Received: from brooks - 63.14.100.196 by email.msn.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Tue, 3 Oct 2000 19:19:12 -0700 Message-ID: <002a01c02da9$bc59d260$c4640e3f@brooks> From: "VBBrooks" <VBBrooks@email.msn.com> To: "Markham" <Markham-L@rootsweb.com> Old-Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 22:20:58 -0400 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 X-Diagnostic: Not on the accept list Subject: {not a subscriber} genealogist X-Envelope-To: MARKHAM-L I received this from a friend and thought you might enjoy it. Vernia Genealogists never die, they just lose their census. 1. My family coat of arms ties at the back....is that normal? 2. My family tree is a few branches short! All help appreciated. 3. My ancestors must be in a witness protection program! 4. Shake your family tree and watch the nuts fall! 5. My hobby is genealogy, I raise dust bunnies as pets. 6. How can one ancestor cause so much TROUBLE?? 7. I looked into my family tree and found out I was a sap. 8. I'm not stuck, I'm ancestrally challenged. 9. I'm searching for myself; Have you seen me? 10. If only people came with pulldown menus and on-line help. 11. Isn't genealogy fun? The answer to one problem leads to two more! 12. It's 2000... Do you know where your-Gr-Gr-Grandparents are? 13. A family reunion is an effective form of birth control. 14. A family tree can wither if nobody tends its roots. 15. A new cousin a day keeps the boredom away. 16. After 30 days, unclaimed ancestors will be adopted. 17. Am I the only person up my tree... sure seems like it. 18. Any family tree produces some lemons, some nuts and a few bad apples. 19. Can a first cousin once removed..RETURN? 20. FLOOR: The place for storing your priceless genealogy records. 21. Gene-Allergy: It's a contagious disease, but I love it. 22. Genealogists are time unravelers. 23. Genealogy is like playing hide and seek: They hide...I seek! 24. Genealogy: Tracing yourself back to better people. 26. A pack rat is hard to live with, but makes a fine ancestor. 27. I want to find ALL of them! So far I only have a few thousand. 28. I Should have asked them BEFORE they died! 29. I think my ancestors had several "Bad heir" days. 30. I'm always late. My ancestors arrived on the JUNEflower. 31. Only a Genealogist regards a step backwards as progress. 32. Share your knowledge; it is a way to achieve immortality. 33. Heredity: Everyone believes in it until their children act like fools! 34. It's an unusual family that hath neither a lady of the evening or thief. 35. Many a family tree needs pruning. 36. Shh! Be very, very quiet.... I'm hunting forebears. 37. Snobs talk as if they had begotten their own ancestors! 38. That's strange: half my ancestors are WOMEN! 39. I'm not sick, I've just got fading genes. 40. Genealogists live in the past lane. 41. Cousins marrying cousins: Very tangled roots! 42. Cousins marrying cousins: A non-branching family tree. 43. All right! Everybody out of the gene pool! 44. Always willing to share my ignorance... 45. Documentation...The hard part.. 46. Genealogy: Chasing your own tale! 47. Genealogy...will I ever find time to mow the lawn again? 48. All the really important information is on that missing page 49. I researched my family tree...and apparently I don't exist! 50. SO MANY ANCESTORS...........................SO LITTLE TIME! --part1_e.314c244.270c126a_boundary--

Good Evening, Okay, now that la calamite' du jour is resolved...... Thank you, fantastic pages! No door prize for me though - yet. Havahappy Day, Jane :) Alas, Calamities R Me -- IBSSG, PLC ~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ And to think I'm depriving some poor village of it's IDIOT ;) ~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ http://home.switchboard.com/AuntieJanesTreeHouse New limb: http://members.xoom.com/kenmarkham/mml001.html

Good Evening, Okay, now that la calamite' du jour is resolved...... Thank you, fantastic pages! No door prize for me though - yet. Havahappy Day, Jane :) Alas, Calamities R Me > Mye Goodye Cosynes, Does anyone recognise this line ?. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Ireland/Clare?read=1955 > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Ireland/TipperaryDeed?read=14 > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Ireland/Cork?read=3638 > http://www.rootsweb.com/~fianna/surname/index.html > > Excellent Page!!! > http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl?surname=Markham&action=Find > > Yours Sincerely, > Sir Ken Markham, K.C.B., (95). > [A Phenomenal Researcher In The Mists Of Time] > [Genealogist Extra-Ordinaire] -- IBSSG, PLC ~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ And to think I'm depriving some poor village of it's IDIOT ;) ~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ http://home.switchboard.com/AuntieJanesTreeHouse New limb: http://members.xoom.com/kenmarkham/mml001.html

County Clare, Ireland Query Forum 67. Thomas Markham, address Kilcorney, Burren, owned 28 acres. http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Ireland/Clare?read=1955 http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Ireland/TipperaryDeed?read=14 http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Ireland/Cork?read=3638 http://www.rootsweb.com/~fianna/surname/index.html Excellent Page!!! http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl?surname=Markham&action=Find Yours Sincerely, Sir Ken Markham, K.C.B., (95). [A Phenomenal Researcher In The Mists Of Time] [Genealogist Extra-Ordinaire]

Mye Goodye Cosynes, Does anyone recognise this line ?. JOHN MARKHAM, b. March 19, 1826, Swinhope, Lincolnshire, England. Yours Sincerely, Sir Ken Markham, K.C.B., (95). [A Phenomenal Researcher In The Mists Of Time] [Genealogist Extra-Ordinaire]

AMA-BOEKE-BOEKE... "A HISTORY OF THE MARKHAM FAMILY", BY THE REV. DAVID FREDERICK MARKHAM. [Re-Produced by Mr. David Markham, NZ.] [Ver. 1.00 Released: 30-09-00] Mye Goodye Cosynes, No one would have believed, in the last years of the nineteenth century, that Markham affairs were being watched from the timeless worlds of Cyberspace. No one could have dreamed we were being scrutinized, as someone with a microscope studies creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water. Few men even considered the possibility of life on other planets, and yet, across the gulf of Cyberspace, minds immeasurably superior to ours, regarded these rare Markham books with envious eyes, and slowly and surely, the editors drew their plans against us... At midnight on the 30th of September, a huge mass of luminous electronic data erupted from Mars and sped towards Earth. Across two hundred million miles of void (possibly Africa), invisibly hurtling towards us, came the first of the Markham books that were to bring so much to Calamity Jane on Earth. As I watched, there was another jet of electronic data. It was another old Markham book, starting on its way ("MM" Word7). And that's how it was for the next ten nights. A flare, spurting out from Mars - bright green, drawing a green mist behind it - a beautiful, but somehow disturbing sight. Capt. Columbus, the Coroner, assured me we were in no danger. He was convinced there could be no living thing on that remote, forbidding planet...... ===================================================================== TAKE NOTE: 1. Some of the pictures in the HTML format might be larger and better for printing. You might want to print both versions. 'A Shield Of Such Coats As MARKHAMS OF COTHAM May Rightly Bear' is one of them for the HTML version, and also the 'OLD HUNTING LODGE AT KIRBY BELLERS.' 2. The (only) two pictures in 'Genealogical Memoranda' that were very poor in quality, can now be found in this book as good copies of the original pictures. 3. The Word7 version is the most accurate version of any of these old Markham book reproductions!. 4. All the scanned pictures from this book are of excellent quality. 5. The font used is Courier New. 6. If any-one has a copy of this book, and would to do any further spell-checking, please let me know... 7. I am looking for some-one to reproduce these four charts in HTML format as close to the original pages as possible, please!. "The Wanderer Above The Mists": http://members.xoom.com/kenmarkham/ "A History of the Markham Family": http://members.xoom.com/kenmarkham/hotmf/ Many many thanks to Dave Markham, New Zealand, who did all the hard work to bring this book our way. It was many many hours of typing and checking and scanning etc. If you have found this book of interest, please take the time to say thank you to Dave here at: davemark@ihug.co.nz This book has taken the last few months to compile and check. I am personally grateful to Dave Markham for getting this book up on the "TW" website, and nearly have all the books we started out with to place here on this website. Thank you very much for your help................ ===================================================================== Yours Sincerely, Sir Ken Markham, K.C.B., (95). [A Phenomenal Researcher In The Mists Of Time] [Genealogist Extra-Ordinaire] =====================================================================

Mye Goodye Cosynes, At the bottom of the one plague on the Elizabeth Donkin (nee Markham) monument in Port Elizabeth, RSA, has a coat of arms. The original bronze plaque of the SA Natural & Historical Monuments Commission and is affixed to the site that is declared a national monument. The National Monuments Commission website is at http://nmc.intekom.com/ Yours Sincerely, Sir Ken Markham, K.C.B., (95). [A Phenomenal Researcher In The Mists Of Time] [Genealogist Extra-Ordinaire]

Mye Goodye Cosynes, Sorry, but I could not help but to send this one to the list. I'm here, I'm your man!... Way to go!!!... Please tell Uncle Buzz I'm here, ready and waiting!. Mars is fine too!. I've already packed my passport, toothbrush, laptop, and winter woollies!. Oy!!!. Come back here!!!. Don't leave meee behiiiiiiind!!!. Who else is coming with, how about you Aunty Lois ???..................................................... >>> >>> >>> 25 August 2000 SMOKERS ONLY' FOR SPACE FLIGHT PRIZE By Tony Koenderman Cigarette companies dig deep for new ways of promoting themselves. Fancy a ticket aboard the first civilian trip into space? This - or a R500 000 cash alternative - is the prize in a huge competition being run by Peter Stuyvesant cigarettes through to the end of September. But you probably won't be able to claim your prize until 2003, the target date for the journey. Tickets are being sold by an American company, Space Adventures, which is associated with former astronaut Buzz Aldrin. The prize includes an astronaut-developed training programme before lift-off. To deflect criticism that Stuyvesant is inducing young people to take up smoking, the competition is open only to smokers over 18. Cigarette companies have been fuelling a burst of marketing creativity with ever more ambitious promotions, sponsorships and below-the-line activities designed to achieve maximum impact in the weeks remaining before the Tobacco Products Control Amendment Act comes into effect. Already passed into law but awaiting regulatory implementation, it imposes a blanket ban on all forms of tobacco advertising. But cigarette companies will still be able to build relationships with customers by marketing direct to smokers. Database building is clearly the objective of this competition, as entry forms require detailed information on the participant's address, phone numbers, e-mail, work status, regular brand smoked (even if it's not Stuyvesant) and pack size preference. Entrants are asked how many cigarettes they smoke a day and the name of the store where they usually buy them. Data captured during the promotion will be used to guide marketing strategy for Peter Stuyvesant and will also be shared among other brands in the British American Tobacco stable (including former Rembrandt brands). The project is split three ways, between O&M Rightford (cinema, radio and interactive), Tequila (below-the-line, print, outdoor, retail and in-store) and Marcus Brewster Publicity (handling the R250 000 public relations contract, one of the biggest PR projects ever awarded in SA). There is, says Tequila MD Mignon Botes, "a trend for marketers to work with specialists who can get the job done rather than to be blindly loyal to one agency". The seven-week campaign will be enormous. A cinema commercial will be flighted before every movie screening during September on 246 screens around the country. Three radio spots have been recorded. Ogilvy Interactive has created a Website. Billboards have been posted at 80 sites, including six spectaculars. Postcards have been produced with a heat-sensitive strip which reveals a hidden message when activated by a fingerprint. In addition to the main prize there will be 100 000 small prizes, including palm tops, cigarette lighters, VIP passes to Peter Stuyvesant "Space Parties" at big-city nightclubs, and preview tickets to a Clint Eastwood movie, Space Cowboys. Stuyvesant has already created the Peter Stuyvesant Music Spectaculars, a series of concert tours by international superstars. Benson & Hedges has been progressively taking ownership of the ampersand in its name, and is now at the point where it has billboards proclaiming nothing more than "&" in its distinctive typeface. But it's doubtful whether these activities will provide an escape from the restrictions of the Act, which bans symbols or messages "designed" to promote smoking and includes "any part of" a product name. http://www.space-unlimited.com/ >>> >>> >>> Yours Sincerely, Sir Ken Markham, K.C.B., (95). [A Phenomenal Researcher In The Mists Of Time] [Genealogist Extra-Ordinaire]

I have heard this same story for years concerning Josiah so it's been passed down through our family which is through Josiah's son Willliam. I found all this really interesting - especially the part where Eda wasn't William's mother. Oh my... Karen Marcum ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael R. Markham" <mmarkham@swbell.net> To: <MARKHAM-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2000 6:44 PM Subject: Re: Marcum-McDonald Mystery > Rhoda, > I've been out of the loop for awhile. Did the group reach any consensus on > whether this Josiah Marcum is the Josiah of Lee Co. and if he really is the > Josiah McDonald from Ireland? > > Mike Markham > St. Louis > > > From: Rhoda Dian Marcum <rdmarcum@rica.net> > > Reply-To: rdmarcum@rica.net > > Date: Wed, 03 May 2000 07:06:33 -0700 > > To: MARKHAM-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Marcum-McDonald Mystery > > Resent-From: MARKHAM-L@rootsweb.com > > Resent-Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 06:45:58 -0700 (PDT) > > > > Dear Readers, > > I just finished this and thought everyone would find it interesting. I > > know some of you have heard us Wayne Co WV Marcums discussing a McDonald > > -Marcum and trying to pinpoint who it was. This report just gives all > > info I've ever been sent or found on the subject. It'll prove > > interesting that so many different lines have it and some that were > > removed from that group of Marcums for several generations have even > > heard it. Like mine. > > > > McDonald-Marcum Mystery > > Josiah's Father was the Original McDonald: > > "My father, Luther F. Damron, said that the father of Josiah Silas > > Marcum was Silas MacDonald who changed his name from MacDonald to > > Marcum. This Silas MacDonald had lived with a family by the name of > > Marcum, and adopted the Marcum name from possibly his step-father." > > -From Harry Marcum, an interview by Luther F. Damron to Retta D. > > Hatfield > > -Vernia Brooks letters 5 & 8-Mary Ann Canterbury's summary of Josiah > > Marcum > > My comments: I don't really know where people have come up with > > Josiah's middle name being Silas. I have looked at Deeds over in Wayne > > Co WV and none mention even a middle initial for him. I do know of a > > grandson named Josiah Cyrus Marcum. I am not sure if someone may have > > mixed this person up with the older Josiah since their names are the > > same. > > > > Eda McDonald Marcum was the Original McDonald: > > Josiah married Eda McDonald @1778. > > - Lineage Book DAR by Amy Cresswell Dunne-Genealogical History. Vol. > > 134 p. 41. Pub. Washington D.C. 1917 or 1933. {Josiah Marcum m. Eada > > McDonald}. From Richmond Va State Archives. (Mar 1992) > > > > In 1787, Montgomery Co VA, a common law case, book #531 (misc. record) > > was entered into the courts. It was Henry McDonald vs. Josiah Markum. > > -The East Kentuckian, Journal of Genealogy and History, June 1978, Vol. > > XIV, No. 1, p.12 (this has a chronological record of sources for Josiah > > Marcum throughout his life.) > > My comments: I believe that the above Henry McDonald may have been > > somehow attached to Eda McDonald. Since it was a common law case and > > Josiah and Eda had been having children for about 7 years, a predicament > > must have came to pass. Either Eda left her husband Henry McDonald and > > took up with Josiah Marcum, and Henry wasn't happy about it; or this > > could be Eda's father and he wasn't happy that the couple wasn't married > > yet. Since Henry McDonald brought the case before the courts, he was > > the wounded party. Of course, my comments are my own and not what > > actually happened. Just figuring how the puzzle was laid out. > > > > Eda McDonald was believed to be the relative of Bryan McDonald who's > > widow came in about 1804 to what is now Logan Co WV with six sons and > > one daughter. Bryan McDonald was the son of Edward McDonald who had > > settled in New Castle, Delaware. > > -'Wayne Co Roots', article " Marcum Family Background" by June B. > > Ashworth. (M KY 9) > > > > "I don't think we'll ever get that straight any farther back than > > Jake. The Josiah and McDonald business is hard to unravel. I've always > > heard she (Eda) was a McDonald or MacDonald and had 2 sons when she > > married him. Those two sons are our Stonecoal line or so it > > goes--handed down from generation to the next and no documents of proof > > either way." > > -Elena Chaffins letter to Ruth Kazee > > > > "But the speculation of many years as to the identity of Josiah Marcum > > and his wives continue, I believe that the "McDonald" thing is a > > complete fabrication, based on the fact that Josiah indeed did have 2 > > wives and children by both. I do not know if Eadie died or was divorced > > but probably died as many young women did in those hard times. The > > "McDonald Marcums" came into being when they wanted to distinguish > > themselves from the second family, (wanting to do this in respect of > > their mother). > > Thus Jacob, Mose, Stephen, and Joseph were McDonald Marcums and the > > rest...were by Polly... William, John C., Randall, Thomas, Rebecca, and > > Clara. > > The second family produced some exceedingly outstanding men such as > > your John C. whom I'm proud to find in my genealogy.... but I think the > > old folks got their facts mixed up about the Marcums being McDonalds > > from Ireland, etc...." > > -email from Columbus C. Marcum on Eadie McDonald Marcum, on 18 June > > 1998.- 1827 Lawrence Co Ky Court Document of Josiah's pension hearing. > > From James Browning. (M Ky 9) (this source mentions a wife, Polly) > > My comments: I don't know what happened to Eda McDonald Marcum. Not > > much is found on her in records. The only true source that shows her > > children are two births in Washington Co VA for the sons, Jacob and > > Stephen. Researchers don't even know her birth or parents names. > > I did find, as others have, a divorce petition in 1823 for Lydia > > Sutherland Marcum against William Marcum in the book, Lawrence Co, > > Kentucky Abstracts of Circuit Court Records 1821- 1873, p.20. An Eda > > Marcum is mentioned here, but there were two Eda Marcums at that point > > in time; Eda Bryant Marcum and Eda McDonald Marcum. The key clue in > > this divorce that leads me to think its Eda McDonald is the Eda Marcum > > who gave a deposition on June 21, 1824 along with Alex and Elizabeth > > Sutherland, Lydia's parents, stated "they have known Lydia M. for 17 or > > more years." Well, we know the parents knew her for the " or more > > years", so this Eda Marcum knew her about 17 years. > > Eda McDonald: Lydia stated in the divorce she married William Marcum in > > 1809. Starting at the time of marriage and until the divorce, Eda > > McDonald would have know Lydia about 16 years as her daughter in law. > > Eda Bryant Marcum: married Moses in 1819 and would have only know Lydia > > for 5 years if we consider it in a family relationship angle. > > > > Unknown Marcum of Josiah Marcums age was Original Marcum: > > "An unknown Marcum came from Ireland, to America during the American > > Revolutionary War in 1775-1776. We have been told, that a brother came > > with him (this brothers name is not mentioned). They were Scotch-Irish > > decent. The unknown Marcum had a son, John C. Marcum born 1798 in > > Virginia." > > -from Mary Marcum Smalley's book on her ancestors. This was told to her > > by her grandfather, Randolph Marcum. > > > > "The first Marcum came to Jamestown. I've proof of where the Marcums > > came from in England. > > We think maybe some of the family Marcum-McDonalds came from Scotland > > originally." > > --Elena Chaffins letter to Ruth Kazee > > My comments: I was always told that our Marcums were Irish. > > > > Josiah Marcum/Markham was the Original McDonald: > > "Josiah McDonald come from Ireland and I gather he came alone when 14 > > years old and he boarded with this old family named Marcum and he wanted > > to join the Revolutionary War and wasn't old enough, so by taking the > > old man Marcum's name and having him sign for him, he could join as a > > drummer boy. This took place in what was then called Burks Garden, VA" > > Ida went on to say, "The old Marcum that the McDonald-Marcum took the > > name from, now they was known as the Bullet-head Marcums. Now Kelly > > Marcum at Kermit, he was one of the Bullet-head Marcums. There's five > > or six groups of them; one of them's the Quill-back, Bullet-head, > > Big-Nose, Lick-Skillet, and the Witchy-Wylie Marcum's. That's all I > > know. And we're the Big-Noses." > > -The Mountain Call, March 1978, Vol. 1, No.5.Interview with Ida Belle > > Marcum, by Michael Fanning.(M WV 13) > > > > "Josiah Marcum was a McDonald from Ireland. He came over here with a > > Marcum family when he was just a boy and was raised by them." > > -Fred Lambert Papers at Marshall University.(mentioned in a letter from > > his grandchild that lived at Fort Gay) > > > > "Josiah Marcum was told by his parents that he was born 2 May 1759 in > > Chesterfield Co VA along the James River but he had no written evidence > > to prove the date." > > -The Herald Dispatch, article "Soldier of the Revolution-Josiah Marcum > > was Early Cabell Settler" (Sequi- Centennial Edition). The Advertiser, > > 1959 Huntington, WV. (from Brooks Letter 3); {source: Pension > > Application-Louisa, Lawrence Co Ky-age 73} (M WV 25) > > > > Josiah's parents were William Markham and Mary Walton/ Walthen. > > -DAR Lineage Book {states pension 1832}. DAR Patriot Index by National > > Society of the DAR. Pub.1966 Washington. Diamond Jubilee > > Administration. From Virginia Beach Pub. Library. (Jul 91) > > -Latter Day Saints church records, LDS Church, Waynesboro, VA, Rt. 250. > > (Information to LDS was submitted by Carl E. Lowe, Ashland, KY) > > > > My comments: It seems that the theory that Josiah was the McDonald is > > the strongest belief. What always puzzled me was that family folk lore > > had him as a McDonald how was adopted by Marcums and the other, as > > stated by himself in a pension application, he was born in 1759 in > > Chesterfield Co VA. These two opinions seem to contradict each other. > > > > Kelly Marcum b. 1844 was the Original McDonald: > > "Two family stories that I have always heard but have not been able to > > confirm; that my grandfather, Albert Allen Marcum was part Indian, and > > that his father, Kelly Marcum, was born McDonald-then changed his name > > to Marcum for the man who raised him. I now know that some other marcum > > researchers have heard the McDonald/Marcum story and it seems to go back > > to Josiah." > > -Vernia Brooks letter 1-9 Feb 1993 > > > > "It is interesting that you have heard the Marcum/McDonald story so > > positively about your Grover Cleveland Marcum while I heard it about my > > Kelly without a doubt. But I think it has been passed down for so long > > that each generation thought it was their grandfather. Will we ever > > know the whole truth?" > > -Vernia Brooks letter 4 -16 Jun 1993 > > > > George Washington Marcum b. 1878 was the Original McDonald: > > "I spent a lot of time when I was a child trying to learn the history. > > But grandfather Marcum told me he wasn't really a Marcum. He said (but > > he may have been pulling my leg, he was quite a joker) that his parents > > had been killed on a wagon train by Indians and the Marcums had taken > > him and raised him and he had taken their name. So I could go no > > farther. Have you heard of anything like this? He said his name was > > McDonald and his parents were McDonalds but I have no first names or > > anything. Also he had a brother named Dee who lived in Logan. This > > would be interesting to me." > > -Email from Janelle Marcum to Betty Damron on 9 Feb 2000. > > > > Samuel Marcum b. 1875-1880 was the Original McDonald: > > "My grandmother, Grace Marcum Heath, said her grandfather Samuel Marcum > > came from somewhere in England. He worked on a ship to pay passage to > > America. She believes his name was Sam McDonald. When he came to the > > USA he worked on a farm for a Mr. Marcum, and eventually took on his > > name. Sam Marcum then married Jeanette Kirk. They had a son, Ransom > > Marcum. I think they lived in Kentucky. I'm not sure how many other > > children they had. My grandmother said she remembers Ransom Marcum > > having about (4) 1/2 brothers with the last name of Blevins." > > -Tammy Harrington email on 30 Mar 1998. > > > > Grover Cleveland Marcum, Sr. b. 1888 was the Original McDonald: > > My Aunt Irene Marcum Meister, daughter of Grover C. Marcum, Sr. had > > always heard that her father was adopted. She said something must have > > happened to his original parents, who were McDonalds, and so he was > > taken in by William Marcum. > > -Irene Marcum Meister-28Jun1991, 16 Dec 1994 > > Grandma Rhoda Salmons Marcum, Cleve's wife, stayed with our family in > > her old age. My mother, Anita, said Rhoda told her that Cleve was > > adopted. Grandma Rhoda said that William Marcum couldn't have any > > children and wanted to carry on the Marcum name, and so he adopted Cleve > > from a McDonald family. > > -Anita Marie Marcum-4 May 1993,4 Dec 1994 > > > > What interested me was that so many different Marcums in many different > > locations heard this same story passed down. My line of Marcums came > > out of Wayne Co, WV in the 1930's and stayed in Bath Co, WV, then Goshen > > and finally settling in Augusta Co, VA. Our story was passed down that > > my Grandfather, Grover Cleveland Marcum, was adopted from a McDonald. > > It was said my great grandad couldn't have children so he adopted a son > > to carry on the name. > > Vernia Brooks had told me the same about her Granddad. Kelly Marcum. > > It was also said that a Marcum son was needed to carry the name > > forward. With all four men mentioned in the upper paragraphs, they are > > 3 to 4 generations forward from Josiah Marcum. > > It is coincidental that these two men, Grover C. and Kelly, both > > descended from John C. Marcum. (Vernia Brooks believes that Kelly's > > line comes from Stephen Marcum). But in reading the paragraph stated by > > Mary Marcum Smalley far above about an "Unknown Marcum being the > > original Marcum", kind of makes you wonder if all this mystery and > > mystic surrounded John C. Marcum. And John C's father. > > The only one that I have not found a connection to our Marcums back to > > Josiah is Samuel Marcum who married Ginetta (Jeanette)Kirk. I found a > > marriage for Ransom, Samuel's son, and it mentioned his father as Samuel > > Marcum. I also have a Samuel that is in the right age bracket and he > > had a brother Ransom, which is an uncommon name. If this is the right > > connection for Samuel the he and George Washington Marcum have a close > > connection, both coming through Jacob Marcum and then Josiah. > > There is no telling where this will all lead or if we'll ever know the > > truth. More information may come to pass in the future but for now this > > will currently be a mystery for all those trying to trace the past to > > find Josiah's true roots. > > > > There is a story about how we came by our names in the scheme of > > things. I have been told this joke/story by several people over the > > years and it is very cute. I may not tell it the way it should be told > > but you'll get the idea: > > "There was a line of people at the Pearly Gates waiting to receive > > their names before descending to earth. All of the people had went > > through and received a name except for the last man. The name giver > > looked down at his book and looked up at the man and said, "I'm sorry > > but I seem to have run out of names." Another that had received his > > name said, "Just mark 'em down , anyway. He can't go down without a > > name." > > > > Compiled by Rhoda Marcum Burks, May 1, 2000 > > email: rdmarcum@rica.net > > Researcher of all lines of Marcums decending from Josiah Marcum in Wayne > > Co WV. > > > > If anyone has anymore stories to add to this one of a McDonald Adoption, > > please write to the list and tell us about it. > > Rhoda Marcum Burks > > > > > > ==== MARKHAM Mailing List ==== > > A great site for genealogy research: > > http://www.usgenweb.net/ > > > > > ==== MARKHAM Mailing List ==== > Know a Markham/Marcum Researcher? > Please ask them to join us by contacting > BMarble@aol.com > >

Sorry to keep going on about this, but in case it helps your search somehow... I believe (based on the 1809-1815 Botetourt Co. tax lists) that birth year for Josiah Markham of Lee Co. was likely 1793. He died in Lee County on October 7, 1842. > -----Original Message----- > From: Christopher Marcum > Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 12:54 PM > To: MARKHAM-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: RE: Josiah Marcum > > Just a minor correction on birth year .. the > range is usually estimated 1787-1793. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Rhoda Dian Marcum [SMTP:rdmarcum@rica.net] > > Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 2:18 PM > > To: MARKHAM-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Josiah Marcum > > > > Dear Mike from St. Louis, > > There was a Josiah Marcum/Markham in Lee Co VA and he was b. 1799 or so > > and he married a Mary Polly Beals. A good bit of his kids and > > decendants are still in Lee Co Va. But the Josiah that is the basic > > ancestor of Wayne Co WV Marcums and surrounding was born before that in > > 1759. But he was thought and is possibly proven to have lived or > > travelled through Lee Co VA with the possible birth of one of his 1st 2 > > sons and some court recorts list a Josiah Marcum that is a little too > > old to be the 1799 Josiah. But there is no proof in definite that it is > > our Wayne Co Josiah. > > > > Also some people here on the list were trying to pinpoint which > > Chesterfield, Bedford and such Markham could have been Josiah's parents > > or grandparents. I don't think the jury has come in on that one yet > > either. > > > > Rhoda > > > > > > > > ==== MARKHAM Mailing List ==== > > Know a Markham/Marcum Researcher? > > Please ask them to join us by contacting > > BMarble@aol.com > > > > > ==== MARKHAM Mailing List ==== > Markham Associated Webpage: > http://home.earthlink.net/~tawnyg >

Just a minor correction on birth year for Josiah Markham of Lee Co... the range is usually estimated 1787-1793. > -----Original Message----- > From: Rhoda Dian Marcum [SMTP:rdmarcum@rica.net] > Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 2:18 PM > To: MARKHAM-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Josiah Marcum > > Dear Mike from St. Louis, > There was a Josiah Marcum/Markham in Lee Co VA and he was b. 1799 or so > and he married a Mary Polly Beals. A good bit of his kids and > decendants are still in Lee Co Va. But the Josiah that is the basic > ancestor of Wayne Co WV Marcums and surrounding was born before that in > 1759. But he was thought and is possibly proven to have lived or > travelled through Lee Co VA with the possible birth of one of his 1st 2 > sons and some court recorts list a Josiah Marcum that is a little too > old to be the 1799 Josiah. But there is no proof in definite that it is > our Wayne Co Josiah. > > Also some people here on the list were trying to pinpoint which > Chesterfield, Bedford and such Markham could have been Josiah's parents > or grandparents. I don't think the jury has come in on that one yet > either. > > Rhoda > > > > ==== MARKHAM Mailing List ==== > Know a Markham/Marcum Researcher? > Please ask them to join us by contacting > BMarble@aol.com >

Dear Mike from St. Louis, There was a Josiah Marcum/Markham in Lee Co VA and he was b. 1799 or so and he married a Mary Polly Beals. A good bit of his kids and decendants are still in Lee Co Va. But the Josiah that is the basic ancestor of Wayne Co WV Marcums and surrounding was born before that in 1759. But he was thought and is possibly proven to have lived or travelled through Lee Co VA with the possible birth of one of his 1st 2 sons and some court recorts list a Josiah Marcum that is a little too old to be the 1799 Josiah. But there is no proof in definite that it is our Wayne Co Josiah. Also some people here on the list were trying to pinpoint which Chesterfield, Bedford and such Markham could have been Josiah's parents or grandparents. I don't think the jury has come in on that one yet either. Rhoda

Rhoda, I've been out of the loop for awhile. Did the group reach any consensus on whether this Josiah Marcum is the Josiah of Lee Co. and if he really is the Josiah McDonald from Ireland? Mike Markham St. Louis > From: Rhoda Dian Marcum <rdmarcum@rica.net> > Reply-To: rdmarcum@rica.net > Date: Wed, 03 May 2000 07:06:33 -0700 > To: MARKHAM-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Marcum-McDonald Mystery > Resent-From: MARKHAM-L@rootsweb.com > Resent-Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 06:45:58 -0700 (PDT) > > Dear Readers, > I just finished this and thought everyone would find it interesting. I > know some of you have heard us Wayne Co WV Marcums discussing a McDonald > -Marcum and trying to pinpoint who it was. This report just gives all > info I've ever been sent or found on the subject. It'll prove > interesting that so many different lines have it and some that were > removed from that group of Marcums for several generations have even > heard it. Like mine. > > McDonald-Marcum Mystery > Josiah's Father was the Original McDonald: > "My father, Luther F. Damron, said that the father of Josiah Silas > Marcum was Silas MacDonald who changed his name from MacDonald to > Marcum. This Silas MacDonald had lived with a family by the name of > Marcum, and adopted the Marcum name from possibly his step-father." > -From Harry Marcum, an interview by Luther F. Damron to Retta D. > Hatfield > -Vernia Brooks letters 5 & 8-Mary Ann Canterbury's summary of Josiah > Marcum > My comments: I don't really know where people have come up with > Josiah's middle name being Silas. I have looked at Deeds over in Wayne > Co WV and none mention even a middle initial for him. I do know of a > grandson named Josiah Cyrus Marcum. I am not sure if someone may have > mixed this person up with the older Josiah since their names are the > same. > > Eda McDonald Marcum was the Original McDonald: > Josiah married Eda McDonald @1778. > - Lineage Book DAR by Amy Cresswell Dunne-Genealogical History. Vol. > 134 p. 41. Pub. Washington D.C. 1917 or 1933. {Josiah Marcum m. Eada > McDonald}. From Richmond Va State Archives. (Mar 1992) > > In 1787, Montgomery Co VA, a common law case, book #531 (misc. record) > was entered into the courts. It was Henry McDonald vs. Josiah Markum. > -The East Kentuckian, Journal of Genealogy and History, June 1978, Vol. > XIV, No. 1, p.12 (this has a chronological record of sources for Josiah > Marcum throughout his life.) > My comments: I believe that the above Henry McDonald may have been > somehow attached to Eda McDonald. Since it was a common law case and > Josiah and Eda had been having children for about 7 years, a predicament > must have came to pass. Either Eda left her husband Henry McDonald and > took up with Josiah Marcum, and Henry wasn't happy about it; or this > could be Eda's father and he wasn't happy that the couple wasn't married > yet. Since Henry McDonald brought the case before the courts, he was > the wounded party. Of course, my comments are my own and not what > actually happened. Just figuring how the puzzle was laid out. > > Eda McDonald was believed to be the relative of Bryan McDonald who's > widow came in about 1804 to what is now Logan Co WV with six sons and > one daughter. Bryan McDonald was the son of Edward McDonald who had > settled in New Castle, Delaware. > -'Wayne Co Roots', article " Marcum Family Background" by June B. > Ashworth. (M KY 9) > > "I don't think we'll ever get that straight any farther back than > Jake. The Josiah and McDonald business is hard to unravel. I've always > heard she (Eda) was a McDonald or MacDonald and had 2 sons when she > married him. Those two sons are our Stonecoal line or so it > goes--handed down from generation to the next and no documents of proof > either way." > -Elena Chaffins letter to Ruth Kazee > > "But the speculation of many years as to the identity of Josiah Marcum > and his wives continue, I believe that the "McDonald" thing is a > complete fabrication, based on the fact that Josiah indeed did have 2 > wives and children by both. I do not know if Eadie died or was divorced > but probably died as many young women did in those hard times. The > "McDonald Marcums" came into being when they wanted to distinguish > themselves from the second family, (wanting to do this in respect of > their mother). > Thus Jacob, Mose, Stephen, and Joseph were McDonald Marcums and the > rest...were by Polly... William, John C., Randall, Thomas, Rebecca, and > Clara. > The second family produced some exceedingly outstanding men such as > your John C. whom I'm proud to find in my genealogy.... but I think the > old folks got their facts mixed up about the Marcums being McDonalds > from Ireland, etc...." > -email from Columbus C. Marcum on Eadie McDonald Marcum, on 18 June > 1998.- 1827 Lawrence Co Ky Court Document of Josiah's pension hearing. > From James Browning. (M Ky 9) (this source mentions a wife, Polly) > My comments: I don't know what happened to Eda McDonald Marcum. Not > much is found on her in records. The only true source that shows her > children are two births in Washington Co VA for the sons, Jacob and > Stephen. Researchers don't even know her birth or parents names. > I did find, as others have, a divorce petition in 1823 for Lydia > Sutherland Marcum against William Marcum in the book, Lawrence Co, > Kentucky Abstracts of Circuit Court Records 1821- 1873, p.20. An Eda > Marcum is mentioned here, but there were two Eda Marcums at that point > in time; Eda Bryant Marcum and Eda McDonald Marcum. The key clue in > this divorce that leads me to think its Eda McDonald is the Eda Marcum > who gave a deposition on June 21, 1824 along with Alex and Elizabeth > Sutherland, Lydia's parents, stated "they have known Lydia M. for 17 or > more years." Well, we know the parents knew her for the " or more > years", so this Eda Marcum knew her about 17 years. > Eda McDonald: Lydia stated in the divorce she married William Marcum in > 1809. Starting at the time of marriage and until the divorce, Eda > McDonald would have know Lydia about 16 years as her daughter in law. > Eda Bryant Marcum: married Moses in 1819 and would have only know Lydia > for 5 years if we consider it in a family relationship angle. > > Unknown Marcum of Josiah Marcums age was Original Marcum: > "An unknown Marcum came from Ireland, to America during the American > Revolutionary War in 1775-1776. We have been told, that a brother came > with him (this brothers name is not mentioned). They were Scotch-Irish > decent. The unknown Marcum had a son, John C. Marcum born 1798 in > Virginia." > -from Mary Marcum Smalley's book on her ancestors. This was told to her > by her grandfather, Randolph Marcum. > > "The first Marcum came to Jamestown. I've proof of where the Marcums > came from in England. > We think maybe some of the family Marcum-McDonalds came from Scotland > originally." > --Elena Chaffins letter to Ruth Kazee > My comments: I was always told that our Marcums were Irish. > > Josiah Marcum/Markham was the Original McDonald: > "Josiah McDonald come from Ireland and I gather he came alone when 14 > years old and he boarded with this old family named Marcum and he wanted > to join the Revolutionary War and wasn't old enough, so by taking the > old man Marcum's name and having him sign for him, he could join as a > drummer boy. This took place in what was then called Burks Garden, VA" > Ida went on to say, "The old Marcum that the McDonald-Marcum took the > name from, now they was known as the Bullet-head Marcums. Now Kelly > Marcum at Kermit, he was one of the Bullet-head Marcums. There's five > or six groups of them; one of them's the Quill-back, Bullet-head, > Big-Nose, Lick-Skillet, and the Witchy-Wylie Marcum's. That's all I > know. And we're the Big-Noses." > -The Mountain Call, March 1978, Vol. 1, No.5.Interview with Ida Belle > Marcum, by Michael Fanning.(M WV 13) > > "Josiah Marcum was a McDonald from Ireland. He came over here with a > Marcum family when he was just a boy and was raised by them." > -Fred Lambert Papers at Marshall University.(mentioned in a letter from > his grandchild that lived at Fort Gay) > > "Josiah Marcum was told by his parents that he was born 2 May 1759 in > Chesterfield Co VA along the James River but he had no written evidence > to prove the date." > -The Herald Dispatch, article "Soldier of the Revolution-Josiah Marcum > was Early Cabell Settler" (Sequi- Centennial Edition). The Advertiser, > 1959 Huntington, WV. (from Brooks Letter 3); {source: Pension > Application-Louisa, Lawrence Co Ky-age 73} (M WV 25) > > Josiah's parents were William Markham and Mary Walton/ Walthen. > -DAR Lineage Book {states pension 1832}. DAR Patriot Index by National > Society of the DAR. Pub.1966 Washington. Diamond Jubilee > Administration. From Virginia Beach Pub. Library. (Jul 91) > -Latter Day Saints church records, LDS Church, Waynesboro, VA, Rt. 250. > (Information to LDS was submitted by Carl E. Lowe, Ashland, KY) > > My comments: It seems that the theory that Josiah was the McDonald is > the strongest belief. What always puzzled me was that family folk lore > had him as a McDonald how was adopted by Marcums and the other, as > stated by himself in a pension application, he was born in 1759 in > Chesterfield Co VA. These two opinions seem to contradict each other. > > Kelly Marcum b. 1844 was the Original McDonald: > "Two family stories that I have always heard but have not been able to > confirm; that my grandfather, Albert Allen Marcum was part Indian, and > that his father, Kelly Marcum, was born McDonald-then changed his name > to Marcum for the man who raised him. I now know that some other marcum > researchers have heard the McDonald/Marcum story and it seems to go back > to Josiah." > -Vernia Brooks letter 1-9 Feb 1993 > > "It is interesting that you have heard the Marcum/McDonald story so > positively about your Grover Cleveland Marcum while I heard it about my > Kelly without a doubt. But I think it has been passed down for so long > that each generation thought it was their grandfather. Will we ever > know the whole truth?" > -Vernia Brooks letter 4 -16 Jun 1993 > > George Washington Marcum b. 1878 was the Original McDonald: > "I spent a lot of time when I was a child trying to learn the history. > But grandfather Marcum told me he wasn't really a Marcum. He said (but > he may have been pulling my leg, he was quite a joker) that his parents > had been killed on a wagon train by Indians and the Marcums had taken > him and raised him and he had taken their name. So I could go no > farther. Have you heard of anything like this? He said his name was > McDonald and his parents were McDonalds but I have no first names or > anything. Also he had a brother named Dee who lived in Logan. This > would be interesting to me." > -Email from Janelle Marcum to Betty Damron on 9 Feb 2000. > > Samuel Marcum b. 1875-1880 was the Original McDonald: > "My grandmother, Grace Marcum Heath, said her grandfather Samuel Marcum > came from somewhere in England. He worked on a ship to pay passage to > America. She believes his name was Sam McDonald. When he came to the > USA he worked on a farm for a Mr. Marcum, and eventually took on his > name. Sam Marcum then married Jeanette Kirk. They had a son, Ransom > Marcum. I think they lived in Kentucky. I'm not sure how many other > children they had. My grandmother said she remembers Ransom Marcum > having about (4) 1/2 brothers with the last name of Blevins." > -Tammy Harrington email on 30 Mar 1998. > > Grover Cleveland Marcum, Sr. b. 1888 was the Original McDonald: > My Aunt Irene Marcum Meister, daughter of Grover C. Marcum, Sr. had > always heard that her father was adopted. She said something must have > happened to his original parents, who were McDonalds, and so he was > taken in by William Marcum. > -Irene Marcum Meister-28Jun1991, 16 Dec 1994 > Grandma Rhoda Salmons Marcum, Cleve's wife, stayed with our family in > her old age. My mother, Anita, said Rhoda told her that Cleve was > adopted. Grandma Rhoda said that William Marcum couldn't have any > children and wanted to carry on the Marcum name, and so he adopted Cleve > from a McDonald family. > -Anita Marie Marcum-4 May 1993,4 Dec 1994 > > What interested me was that so many different Marcums in many different > locations heard this same story passed down. My line of Marcums came > out of Wayne Co, WV in the 1930's and stayed in Bath Co, WV, then Goshen > and finally settling in Augusta Co, VA. Our story was passed down that > my Grandfather, Grover Cleveland Marcum, was adopted from a McDonald. > It was said my great grandad couldn't have children so he adopted a son > to carry on the name. > Vernia Brooks had told me the same about her Granddad. Kelly Marcum. > It was also said that a Marcum son was needed to carry the name > forward. With all four men mentioned in the upper paragraphs, they are > 3 to 4 generations forward from Josiah Marcum. > It is coincidental that these two men, Grover C. and Kelly, both > descended from John C. Marcum. (Vernia Brooks believes that Kelly's > line comes from Stephen Marcum). But in reading the paragraph stated by > Mary Marcum Smalley far above about an "Unknown Marcum being the > original Marcum", kind of makes you wonder if all this mystery and > mystic surrounded John C. Marcum. And John C's father. > The only one that I have not found a connection to our Marcums back to > Josiah is Samuel Marcum who married Ginetta (Jeanette)Kirk. I found a > marriage for Ransom, Samuel's son, and it mentioned his father as Samuel > Marcum. I also have a Samuel that is in the right age bracket and he > had a brother Ransom, which is an uncommon name. If this is the right > connection for Samuel the he and George Washington Marcum have a close > connection, both coming through Jacob Marcum and then Josiah. > There is no telling where this will all lead or if we'll ever know the > truth. More information may come to pass in the future but for now this > will currently be a mystery for all those trying to trace the past to > find Josiah's true roots. > > There is a story about how we came by our names in the scheme of > things. I have been told this joke/story by several people over the > years and it is very cute. I may not tell it the way it should be told > but you'll get the idea: > "There was a line of people at the Pearly Gates waiting to receive > their names before descending to earth. All of the people had went > through and received a name except for the last man. The name giver > looked down at his book and looked up at the man and said, "I'm sorry > but I seem to have run out of names." Another that had received his > name said, "Just mark ‘em down , anyway. He can't go down without a > name." > > Compiled by Rhoda Marcum Burks, May 1, 2000 > email: rdmarcum@rica.net > Researcher of all lines of Marcums decending from Josiah Marcum in Wayne > Co WV. > > If anyone has anymore stories to add to this one of a McDonald Adoption, > please write to the list and tell us about it. > Rhoda Marcum Burks > > > ==== MARKHAM Mailing List ==== > A great site for genealogy research: > http://www.usgenweb.net/ >

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