Janet, WRAYS and BILYEAU were also in Izard County, AR, along with HANKS: Descendants of Stephen B. Watts 1 Stephen B. Watts b: December 02, 1850 in Arkansas d: September 22, 1892 in Arkansas .. +Nanie McGlasson ... 2 Elizabeth Watts b: 1884 ....... +Robert Wray ......... 3 Cecil Wray ............. +Mr. Young ==================================================== Descendants of William Edwin Hanks IV 1 William Edwin Hanks IV b: 1818 in South Carolina d: Abt. 1871 in AR .. +Martha Fredericks b: in Alabama ... 2 Alexander Hanks b: 1865 in AR ... 2 Cora E. Hanks b: 1867 in AR ... 2 William B. Hanks b: Bet. 1869 - 1870 in AR *2nd Wife of William Edwin Hanks IV: .. +Emily Morton *3rd Wife of William Edwin Hanks IV: .. +Emily Miller b: 1828 in Alabama d: Aft. 1860 ... 2 Martha J. Hanks b: 1840 in Alabama ... 2 Andrew Hanks b: 1843 in Alabama ... 2 Taylor R. W. Hanks b: 1848 in Louisianna ... 2 Millard Filmore Hanks b: 1851 in Louisianna ....... +Mary Levina" Mollie" Jeffery b: June 07, 1858 in Arkansas m: 1876 ... *2nd Wife of Millard Filmore Hanks: ....... +Annie Hensley m: June 14, 1891 in Izard County, AR ... 2 Roland Hancel Hanks b: January 19, 1855 in Louisianna d: April 19, 1940 in Paragould, AR Burial: Mt. Olive Cemetery, Izard County, AR ....... +Hulda Jane "Jennie" Jeffery b: September 21, 1860 in Izard County, AR d: July 22, 1929 in Mt. Olive, Izard County, AR m: August 16, 1877 in Ozark County, MO ... 2 Olive Hanks b: 1857 in AR ....... +Dive McAllister b: in TX ... 2 Lewis E. Hanks b: 1859 in AR ======================================================================= The folks above are not mine, but other researchers' families in Izard County. I did notice that among my LAWSONS, there was a BILYEAU in Christian County: Direct Descendants of James Harvey Lawson 1 James Harvey Lawson b: April 03, 1839 in Sevierville, Sevier County, TN d: November 08, 1906 in Noble, OK .. +Sarah Elizabeth James b: August 22, 1838 in Washington County, Arkansas d: February 17, 1923 in McGuire, Oklahoma m: January 12, 1858 in Washington County, Arkansas ... 2 Nancy Margaret (Maggie) Lawson b: January 01, 1859 in Arkansas ... 2 John J. Lawson b: December 03, 1860 in Benton County, Arkansas d: January 14, 1935 in Newalla, Oklahoma ... 2 Isaac Andrew Lawson b: January 01, 1864 in Alma, Christian County, Missouri d: 1887 ... 2 Dora Ann Lawson b: October 12, 1865 in Alma, Christian County, Missouri d: June 1936 in Spencer, OK ... 2 Albert Sheridan Lawson b: December 28, 1867 in Alma, Christian County, Missouri d: in Broken Arrow, OK ... 2 James Melvin Lawson b: April 27, 1870 in Ozark, Christian County, Missouri d: Abt. 1951 in Bloomington, CA ... 2 George Lawson b: August 26, 1872 in Ozark, Christian County, Missouri ... 2 Thomas W. Lawson b: August 26, 1872 in Ozark, Christian County, Missouri ... 2 Samuel G. Lawson b: January 08, 1875 in Alma, Christian County, Missouri d: March 30, 1948 in Maguire, OK ... 2 Sarah Elizabeth Lawson b: April 17, 1877 in Alma, Christian County, Missouri ... 2 Edgar Willard Lawson b: December 23, 1878 in Alma, Christian County, Missouri d: May 30, 1960 in Springfield, MO Burial: Highlandville Cemetery ....... +Rachel Sidney White b: April 16, 1884 in Highlandville, MO d: February 1967 in Springfield, MO m: March 16, 1902 in Christian County, MO Burial: Highlandville Cemetery ......... 3 Wade Lawson b: March 1903 Burial: Springfield, MO ......... 3 Enid Ollie Lawson b: Abt. 1905 ......... 3 Herbert Glenn Lawson b: May 28, 1908 d: in Lebonan, MO Burial: Highlandville Cemetery ......... 3 Robert Evelyn Lawson b: December 28, 1910 in Highlandville, MO d: March 26, 1996 in St. Francois, MO Burial: Highlandville Cemetery ... 2 Robert Kenneth Lawson b: June 23, 1881 in Ozark, Christian County, Missouri d: July 21, 1960 in Edmond, OK ================================================================= Jean Mayfield Cuevas At 01:02 PM 1/7/2006 -0500, you wrote: >I am researching the following names: HANDY, MELTON, WRAY, BILYEU, HANKS > >Janet Handy >CALAZJan@aol.com >