I too, am interested in the Stephens connection as I descend from the same line as Betty and have the same conundrum in regards to TL Stephens wife's name.  Apparently more research is needed.   Cheryl --- On Thu, 3/25/10, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: MOBARRY Digest, Vol 5, Issue 83 To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, March 25, 2010, 1:00 AM The list-admin is Donna Cooper, address - ([email protected]) Today's Topics:    1. Re: Featured Photo (Betty Lamberson)    2. Re: Featured Photo (Clara Stephens-Claude Frost-Lily    Gardner       ([email protected]) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 18:56:17 -0500 From: "Betty Lamberson" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MOBARRY] Featured Photo To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";     reply-type=original I really enjoyed the picture of the week, It was so cute and seemed to show personalities as so many old photos do not?  Also a very good quality.old photo. Thanks It caused me to go to my Stephens ancestors fille and my Brattin /Woods ancestors file...I am related to Clara two ways: through Mary Susan Wood who is a descendant of John Brattin(d. 1833) and a niece of my Great Great Grandfather Monroe Brattin.(b. 1810) and Thomas L. Stephens whose daughter Mary Alice (b. 1831) married  John W. Tucker and their daughter Martha Jane Marie Tucker(b. 1858) Married Seth Rederick Higgs (b 1844) This brings me to a question of all you Stephens researchers....I have Thomas L. Stephens married to Mary E. Hogan ? I notice Clara's forbears have Thomas L Stephens married to Rhoda Crisp and they are buried in Vineyard Cemetery...Which is not online.... Did Thomas L. Stephens Marry twice?   or do we have wrong generations? Also what was Thomas Middle name?  Lewallen? or something else? any help would be appreciated Thanks Betty Higgs Lamberson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna Cooper" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2010 1:27 PM Subject: [MOBARRY] Featured Photo > List Readers: We are still in California but will leave on Tuesday and > head back to Missouri so we should be back home by the end of the week. > It is going to be pretty hard to leave this wonderful weather and the > kids, too. > > Now down to business - Linda Stephens submitted a very interesting and > nice photo that is going to be our featured photo for the coming week. > Linda mentioned that they might have been best friends in her note. Since > they are dressed similarly I would say that is a possibility, too. > > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/oddsnends/bryfams.htm > > Pictured are these folks given below: > > Clara Stephens, Claude Frost and Lily Gardner, photo taken circa 1900, > Cassville, MO > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > Clara Columbia Stephens - Born 1887 to James Albert and Mary Susan (Wood) > Stephens > > Claude Frost - Born 1884 to Thomas Simpson and Mary Jane "Deck" (Inman) > Frost > > Lily / Lilly Gardner - Born 1885 to Robert A. and Jennie Gardner > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > All three families lived at Cassville at time of 1900 Census. > > Clara married Frank A. Rice in 1905 at Afton, I. T. - Claude married Leota > Shepherd in 1904 at Spokane, WA > > Enjoy this great piece of Barry County history and have a good week-end! > > Donna Cooper > > > > The list-admin is Donna Cooper, address - ([email protected]) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 22:59:39 EDT From: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MOBARRY] Featured Photo (Clara Stephens-Claude     Frost-Lily    Gardner To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Thanks, Betty, for comments about Clara Stephens' photo.  I, too,  think it's a sweet picture. Re: my ggg-grandfather "T.L." Thomas L. Stephens' middle name ... I have  found a number of Lewises and Lawrences in the Stephens' line ... and now a  suggestion of perhaps Lewallen (Betty, did you find that in  records?) ... but I haven't been able to find out for sure what his middle  name was.  That's one of my goals. There is a family tree on Ancestry.Com which shows Thomas L. Stephens' wife as Mary E. Hogan, whom I've never heard of nor found info  about.   I wrote to the owner of that family tree asking for their  documentation on her name, as I didn't want to have wrong information in my  files.  But I never heard back from them - either time I've written - and  believe their posting is incorrect. As for my research, I've found "T.L." Thomas L. Stephens was born 17  Dec. 1791 (1795 on gravestone at Vineyard Cemetery) in  NC.   He was the son of Philip Stephens (b. VA, d.1830 Roane Co.  TN) and his wife Mary, and I believe (but haven't yet proved) the grandson of  George Stephens of VA.   He was married to Rhoda  "Roda" Crisp on 21 July 1812 in Roane Co., TN.    She  was the daughter of John Crisp (b.1767 in SC) and Rutha __ Crisp (b.1777)  in SC.   Rhoda's siblings were Elizabeth, James, Elias, and  John. Thomas and Roda/Rhoda Stephens had children Patsy, George, Sarah,  Philip Jackson (my gg-grandfather, often incorrectly called Peter Jackson, who  married Amanda Miller, lived in Barry Co), Mary Alice (who married John Tucker,  lived in Barry Co.) and Emily Jane (who married Wheeling Combs, lived in  Barry Co.).   In this mess of my notes and files I have more info  which I'll get to and post at a later time.    In the 1850 U.S. Census, they were all living in Monroe County,  TN.  In 1858, Thomas and son Philip J. registered their  land Pre-emptions north and east (Stony Point) of present day  Exeter.  In Vineyard Cemetery, Exeter, you'll find T.L. and Rhoda  Stephens, and P.J. and Amanda Stephens (father Thomas L. and son Philip  Jackson). If there are errors and misinformation in my data, I for sure want to know  about it, as the last thing I want to do is pass along  faulty information.   I'd love to have input from other Stephens  (and Brattin/West/Henderson/Inman) researchers ... all help is appreciated  toward making all our family trees as complete and correct as we possibly  can, eh?    Thank you all very much. I just love MOBARRY! Linda Ruth Stephens McCormick ------------------------------ To contact the MOBARRY list administrator, send an email to [email protected] To post a message to the MOBARRY mailing list, send an email to [email protected] __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of MOBARRY Digest, Vol 5, Issue 83 **************************************