I show Joseph Christopher MAJOR married to Sarah Louisa MORRIS, 1870 Howard Co., MO. I have no parents for either of them. Joseph died 1924, near Renick, Howard Co., and Sarah d 1931, near Burton, Howard Co., MO. Their dau., Claudia Merlin MAJOR, b 1874, married Lewis THOMPSON, 1892. So far, this is not my line but I'm sure with more MORRIS info, it will be!!! :-) Linda In a message dated 5/18/01 6:57:12 AM, [email protected] writes: << Piecing together what I have from you, Willard Warford, and Kathy Bowlin, it seems that Nellie Dean was born to ROGER QUINCY WARFORD and LEWISA ("LEWIE") FAY(E) THOMPSON; the grandparents are LEWIS PRICE THOMPSON, CLAUDIA MAJORS, JAMES SAMUEL ("BIG JIM") WARFORD, and MARY ELIZABETH PINKNEY PATTERSON; the greatgrandparents are JOSEPH MAJOR and first name unknown MAJOR, NERO THOMPSON AND SUSAN ATKINS, and NANCY CATHERINE MAXFIELD PATTERSON WARFORD (who had married, 2nd, PATRICK WOOD WARFORD who died 9 June 1914). It is thus interesting to discover that MARY JEFFRIES THOMPSON is still alive in 1916 and in Oklahoma. I hope to flesh out this branch of the family soon. I descend from WILLIAM SHORT THOMPSON's brother, JOHN C. THOMPSON, as well as from THOMAS LAFAYETTE (the pharmacist/teacher/bowling alley owner) WARFORD, who was second cousin to ROGER QUINCY WARFORD. Thank you, especially Willard, for helping me to keep the Warford-Thompson intermarriages straight. Elizabeth ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carolyn Gibbons" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 6:32 PM Subject: [MOHOWARD-L] Thompson/Warford > Still going through the old postings of the newspapers. Came across this, > filled with names I SHOULD recognize. But..... > > Friday, 23 June 1916--Born, on June 19, to Roger Warford and wife, a > daughter. Nellie Dean is the proud possessor of four grandparents, Mr. and > Mrs. Jas. S. Warford and Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Thompson; five great- > grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Major, Mr. and Mrs. Nero Thompson and > Mrs. Nancy Warford; one great-great-grandparent, Mrs. Mary Thompson, of > Oklahoma, who has passed her 98th birthday. >>