Hi Jerry Do you have any Higgenbottom or Lynch ties to Michigan? JIM and Judy ( SHUCK ) MONTGOMERY Jim M. -------------- Original message -------------- > Well; I am back on the list after over a year off. No one else was ever > researching my families and I am hoping that has changed! > > My main families of interest are: > Hankins, Elledge, Briggs, Muse, Kyle, and Higginbotham. > > If any of the Roberts in the county tie to the brothers from Tennesse that > came to MO, Jake who went to Taney, later Christian Co. and William who went > to Texas Co., then we are related. > > My great-grandad may have ridden with the James Gang, William Moses Hankins, > who married Martha Ellen "Mattie" Elledge, in West Plains, in 1887. He new > the back way out of Merramac Caverns, and other things about the gang. > > Now, there are several Elledge and Hankins folks that married other Howell > Co. family members. Mybe some of you connect to these folks. > > William J. "Jess" Raymond married Alice Hankins. > > Ellen Ball Dixon married Joe Hankins. > > Lewis Renfro married Mary Jane Hankins. > > Earl Galloway married Minnie Hankins. I think he may connect to James > Richard Galloway and wife Sarah Alice, but have no proof. > > Nov Galloway, daughter of James Richard and Sarah Alice G. married George > Dixon Elledge. THis same George was born in Howell Co. and I wonder if he > was named for the Dixon folks. > > Then there were several Howell Co. folks that married into my Elledge > family. These families are: Willis, Spradlin, Woodworth, McCall, Barton, > Watson, and Galloway again. > > Hopefully some of you can connect with these folks this time around. Most > of the Elledge folks moved on to OK and TX. Only one Hankins family stayed > in Koshkonong, Oregon Co., nearby. The others may have just dropped off the > face of the earth. > > I am interested in any and all connections. I have information to share > too! > > Thanks in advance! > > Jerry Johnston > Scottsdale, AZ > > > > ==== MO-OREGON-HISTORY Mailing List ==== > http://www.oregoncountyhistory.net/ >