This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McElyea, Booth Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lMB.2ACI/44.471.2 Message Board Post: Jackie Baden's prior post confirmed a number of items I was researching as well. This is a summary of those items: Arch McELyea appears to be my great grandmother Ora Pearl McElyea's brother. Ora Pearl McElyea married my gr. grandfather John Henry Comer in 1913. Ora Pearl McElyea & John Henry Comer had 7 children, one of which was my grandfather Daniel Comer. I know Arch and Ora Pearl were one of seven children. The others names were Arthur, Burnis, Lucy, Ezra, and one other girl who died very young (no one knows her name that I can find). I also found a posting by someone who mentioned a Jeanette McElyea born in 1882 who's mother was an Indian. I suspect possibly Jeanette was the unknown sister of Arch & Ora Pearl. This information is consistent with what I've heard through my family about Ora Pearl's mother "Willie" being a full-blooded Indian, possibly Sioux, Cherokee, or Chikasaw. Can anyone cofirm that Wilburn "Willie" Tenesee Booth McElyea was full-blooded American Indian? I have seen pictures of Ora Pearl and she looks full-blooded, but I was told she was only half. However, I was told her mother (Willie) was full-blooded. Any info would be greatly appreciated.

Leander "Lee" Ambrose Daniel McFarland McElyea married Wilburn "Willie" Tennessee Booth in Dunklin Co MO on 17 Mar 1878. Willie, daughter of Alvis B and Lucy N Booth, was born 24 Sep 1855 TN and died 30 Apr 1946. For Willie to be full-blooded American Indian, both Alvis and Lucy would have to be full-blooded. If either Alvis or Lucy is full-blooded, then Willie would be half-blooded, making her children quarter-blooded. Lee and Willie had 9 (not 7) children as follows - 1) Lula E - b 8 Feb 1879; d 19 Feb 1916; never married 2) Lucy Van Buren - b 30 Apr 1880; d 5 Jun 1977; married James Louis Oxley (8 children) 3) Arthur Effie - b 28 Oct 1881; d 6 Oct 1972; married Ella Jane Dalton (5 children) 4) Ora Pearl - b 13 Aug 1884; d 12 Mar 1946; married John Henry Comer (7 children) 5) Archie B - 21 Aug 1886; d 1 May 1961; married Anna Hardy (1 child); Bessie Amanda Craig (1 child); Florida Jackson (2 children) 6) Infant - d 24 Sep 1889 (probably a stillborn or died shortly after birth) 7) Bernice W - b 17 Oct 1890; d 12 Mar 1979; married Nellie Lowry (supposedly no children) 8) Barney Ezra - b 17 Dec 1895 (birth year has been found as 1893, 1895 and 1896 but am using 1900 and 1910 census); d 19 Feb 1971; married Jennie L Ward (1 child) 9) Ermina Amy - b 14 Jul 1898; d 14 Mar 1917; never married Now as for Willie being Indian - In the Campbell Area History book, there are two articles on the McElyea family. One is on the parents of Lee McElyea and their descendants. The other is about Arthur and Ella McElyea and their descendants. Both were written by Althea McElyea Malin. When mentioning Willie Booth McElyea there is no mention of Native American Indian ancestry and I'm sure that if there were any Althea would have mentioned it. This may not be any consolation but I am suppose to have Native American Indian ancestry throught my father's mother's family. One thing that makes this strange is that my grandmother and her siblings as well as their parents were all light skinned individuals. My father has a dark complexion that in the summer when out in the sun for a long time will turn so dark that you wouldn't know he's caucasian. The dark complexion is from his father's family. Most of us have been raised with the premise that Native American Indians have a dark complexion and high cheek bones. I recently learned that this is a fallacy. You don't have to have a dark complexion to be of Native American Indian ancestry (full or partial). However don't let this stop you from trying to learn the truth about your own ancestors. If you want further information on the McElyea family, contact me directly. I like to know which of Ora and John's children you belong. I have their names, but nothing on their marriages and descendants. My husband is a McElyea descendant from another branch. Debbi Geer __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com

If you know what year and what county he was born in in Tennessee, they list the known Indians & claim to be Indians sometimes at the end of the census. LC [email protected] wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: McElyea, Booth > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lMB.2ACI/44.471.2 > > Message Board Post: > > Jackie Baden's prior post confirmed a number of items I was researching as well. This is a summary of those items: > > Arch McELyea appears to be my great grandmother Ora Pearl McElyea's brother. Ora Pearl McElyea married my gr. grandfather John Henry Comer in 1913. Ora Pearl McElyea & John Henry Comer had 7 children, one of which was my grandfather Daniel Comer. > > I know Arch and Ora Pearl were one of seven children. The others names were Arthur, Burnis, Lucy, Ezra, and one other girl who died very young (no one knows her name that I can find). I also found a posting by someone who mentioned a Jeanette McElyea born in 1882 who's mother was an Indian. I suspect possibly Jeanette was the unknown sister of Arch & Ora Pearl. This information is consistent with what I've heard through my family about Ora Pearl's mother "Willie" being a full-blooded Indian, possibly Sioux, Cherokee, or Chikasaw. > > Can anyone cofirm that Wilburn "Willie" Tenesee Booth McElyea was full-blooded American Indian? I have seen pictures of Ora Pearl and she looks full-blooded, but I was told she was only half. However, I was told her mother (Willie) was full-blooded. > > Any info would be greatly appreciated. > > ==== MODUNKLI Mailing List ==== > Welcome To the Dunklin County, Missouri MOGenWeb Page > http://www.rootsweb.com/~modunkl2/dcgenweb.htm