Very special. Harold Graham ----- Original Message ----- From: "suehoward" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 6:10 PM Subject: Re: [MISSISSIPPI] (no subject) > Thanks for your reply, Harold. Please give my regards to Ruth and Robert. > I did actually meet them once on a trip to Mississippi several years ago. > (I now live in New Hampshire - since 1977, but I'm originally from > Clarksdale, MS). They are special people, aren't they?! > > Sue (Johnson) Howard > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Harold Graham" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 5:26 PM > Subject: Re: [MISSISSIPPI] (no subject) > > > > Thanks, Sue. > > > > I have not met the Osborns, but the Mills are dear friends and members of > > our Society. > > > > Harold Graham > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "suehoward" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 11:35 AM > > Subject: Re: [MISSISSIPPI] (no subject) > > > > > > > Harold, I really appreciate your efforts. I'm aware at least of Dawn > > > Driskell. We are cousins - not through our respective Johnson lines - > but > > > through our Clark lines. Dawn's mother, Johnnie Ruth (Clark) Smith, was > > my > > > 3rd or 4th cousin. I haven't figured it out just yet. I believe > Johnnie > > > Ruth's great grandfather and my great grandfather were brothers. I have > > > been in touch with Dawn in the past and she did have some information on > > my > > > Johnson's, but nothing I didn't already have, unfortunately > > > > > > Also, I wanted to ask you - do you know of a Janell (Johnson) Osborn who > > > lives in Decatur (which I believe is in Newton Co., - am I right?). I > > > believe her husband is a Kenneth Osborn. Don't know if I'm spelling the > > > "Osborn" correctly. Janell and I are first cousins. Her father and my > > > father were brothers (my father being the oldest in the family, and her > > > father being the youngest.) They lived in the Coldwater Community out > > from > > > Philadelphia, MS, and very close to the Fairgrounds. Janell used to be > a > > > home economics teacher. She is a year older than I. Just curious. > > > > > > I may have already been in touch with A. T. Johnson, if the actual name > is > > > Alewin Johnson or something like that. Thanks again, Harold. > > > > > > Sue (Johnson) Howard > > > > > > P.S. I also have a "Winfield" type cousin who lives in Union, MS - Ruth > > > Mills. Her husband is Robert Mills. So there's a few names I have in > > > Neshoba and Newton - Johnson, Clark, Winfield, and Sherard. > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Harold Graham" <[email protected]> > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 9:15 PM > > > Subject: Re: [MISSISSIPPI] (no subject) > > > > > > > > > > Sue, I want to put you in contact with A. T. Johnson (on-line) and > Dawn > > > > Driskell (also on-line), both of whom have down Johnson research and > may > > > > have information on your line. > > > > > > > > Harold Graham > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "suehoward" <[email protected]> > > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > > Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 11:49 AM > > > > Subject: Re: [MISSISSIPPI] (no subject) > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ona, thanks to you also for trying to help me find my great > > > grandfather's > > > > > brother, Benjamin Johnson. I really have no idea which Benjamin > > Johnson > > > > is > > > > > the right one, but I did find the one you listed below on the Family > > > > History > > > > > Center 1880 census - online. I thought that he was a good > possibility > > > > > because he was born in Alabama, was the right age, and also listed > NC > > > and > > > > TN > > > > > as birthplaces of his parents - although they were mixed up, because > > his > > > > > father was born in Tennessee and his mother, in North Carolina. > Their > > > > > names, by the way, were Randolph Johnson (born about 1800 in MAYBE > > > Wilson > > > > > Co., TN) and Elizabeth Ashby (born about 1800 in North Carolina). > But > > > > this > > > > > particular Benjamin Johnson definitely matched up the best. I just > > have > > > > no > > > > > proof of his relationship to my g grandfather, and I don't know what > > > > > happened to him on the next census, of course, since most of the > 1890 > > > > > censuses were destroyed by fire, I understand. Don't even know if > he > > > > > remained in Oktibbeha Co. or not. Well, I will just have to keep > > > looking. > > > > > Oh, and the Benjamin Johnson in Newton Co. that you listed, also > > matched > > > > up > > > > > pretty well. Right age, right birthplace - Alabama. What about his > > > > > parents' birthplace? Did it tell that? > > > > > > > > > > Sue (Johnson) Howard > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > From: "Ona Patrick" <[email protected]> > > > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > > > Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 10:52 PM > > > > > Subject: RE: [MISSISSIPPI] (no subject) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 1850 Newton Co., MS, Census: > > > > > > John JOHNSON, head > > > > > > Benjamin, 15, son > > > > > > > > > > > > 1870 Newton Co., MS, Census; T6 R12; taken 15 July 1870; page 452: > > > > > > L1, 91, 91, Benjamin F. JOHNSON, 35, blacksmith, AL > > > > > > Amanda, 27, MS > > > > > > Nancy, 14, MS > > > > > > Amanda A., 8, MS > > > > > > Benjamin F., 5, MS > > > > > > Catherine L., 3, MS > > > > > > Jesse A., 10, MS > > > > > > > > > > > > I thought that I had found Benjamin JOHNSON on the 1880; if this > is > > > the > > > > > same > > > > > > man, he's got a whole new family, new wife, new kids, etc.! > > > > > > 1880 Okibbeha Co., MS; Dist 147; taken 23 June 1880; page 359D: > > > > > > Benjamin JOHNSON, 46, farmer, AL, NC, TN > > > > > > Rebecca, 45, wife, AL, SC, SC > > > > > > Margaret A., 20, dau, AL > > > > > > Willis L., 11, son, works on farm, AL > > > > > > L-oi W., 8, son, AL > > > > > > James M., 5, son, AL > > > > > > David, 3, son, AL > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== MISSISSIPPI Mailing List ==== > > > > > To subscribe and Unsubscribe with ease, visit > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~mississi and scroll down and click the > > > appropriate > > > > link for the list you want, then click on Send > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > > > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. 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