Bobby, I live in Byhalia(have since '97) have never heard that story but that's not to say it's not true. Will do my best to find out what I can about it. Byhalia is still a lonely little town but Memphis, TN is fast encroaching. Don't expect it to remain a "little" town much longer. Edye Higgins Byhalia, MS --- Baedmiston@aol.com wrote: > I am trying to find all information about my Grandfather > Edgar "Ed" EDMISTON, > Who was born in Mississippi 1871 although there is not > much on EDMISTON's on > the Mississippi sites, on the 1910 Shelby County federal > census it says he > was born in MS. > > I want to share this with everyone and if anyone has > access to records past > 1915 to 1930 in Byhalia, Marshall County, MS. I remember > as a child my > Father born 1915 would walk into the room where his > father, my grandfather > Edgar "Ed" EDMISTON was in and Edgar would say " Buster > do you remember > Byhalia?", and both of them all of a sudden would start > laughing so hard that > tears would fill their eyes and they would almost fall to > the floor when my > Father would say, "sure I remember Byhalia." > Now my Father was a good man but in his younger years he > drank a lot and he > had a bad temper and even when he was not drinking he > would fight you at the > drop of a hat, I believe that something big happened in > Byhalia and it would > not surprise me if they tore the town up. > Thank you, > Bobby > > > ==== MISSISSIPPI Mailing List ==== > Visit the Mississippi-L Website at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~mississi > where you can both SUBSCRIBE and UNSUBSCRIBE with a click > of the mouse. > > ============================== > 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/