Source: DILLINGHAM-L@rootsweb.com From: lcbassist@hotmail.com Subject: Eliza Dillingham b. abt 1862 This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Dillingham, Slate, McBee, Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XmS.2ACIB/235 Message Board Post: Elizabeth Ann Dillingham b. abt 1862 d. abt 1896 Red River Co. or Lamar Co., Texas. She is listed as being born in Illinois on 1880 Giles, Van Buren Co., Census Located on Page 38, Supervior's District # 2, Enumeration District # B99 Sheet 409B, Line 9. Married O.J. Slate in Van Buren Co., Arkansas 16 Oct 1881. (O.J. Slate 2nd marriage to Mrs. M. A. Bankston on 22 Nov. 1897 in Red River Co., Texas. Marriage record in County Marriage records page 264.) Eliza and O. J. had the following children. Effie John Slate b. Oct. 1883 Arkansas, married Benjamin Burton Bass 1 Jun 1901, Lamar Co., Texas; Samuel Slate b. Jan 1884 Arkansas; A. Myrtle Slate (married J. M. McBee 30 Aug 1908 Lamar Co., Texas) b. Abt. Mar 1889, B. D. Slate b. Abt Dec 1893, Jeff B. Slate b. Abt Sep 1895. Other children believed to be by 2nd marriage are Ruth Slate b. Abt 1901 and Dick Slate b. Abt 1903 both in Texas. The above information on Eliza's children is not conclusive. If you know the parents ! or siblings of Elizabeth Ann Dillingham please respond to this message. Would like to focus on Elizabeth, her parents and siblings. Thank you.