I, too, am a Hood. My people were from VA, KY and MO. David (1827 Va. - 1912 Lawrence Co.) His father was Richard (Va) Who were yours? Pat in Oregon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robina Whedon" <rwhedon@peridiangroup.com> To: <molawren@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 9:32 AM Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN] volunteering/MUSEUM > My parents are so great about volunteering. Working on Sycamore cemetery in > Miller, and at the hospital,golf course, and doing taxes for the elderly > here in Kansas City. They are much better people about giving their time > than I am. It is funny, we just were talking about his over the weekend. > > My family that live in Lawrence Co. have no interest in genealogy, that I am > aware of. My Uncle Paul Ray did and I know he spent a lot of time > researching the Harold Bell Wright part of his family. I am trying to find > out if his daughter or grandson have that research. I know they both do > research. But one is busy volunteering for the Wilson Creek Battle Field. > And the other is busy being governor for Missouri so I don't think they are > actively doing research right now. But I know one of them has his files. > He died a year and a half ago. What a loss with his death of so much Barry > and Lawrence County history. > > I am talking about the museum in Mt. Vernon, Mo.. At the Jones Memorial > Chapel. I always tell my family go see this museum. And drag as many > family members as possible. Most of the people that live in that area and > are related to me have never gone to it. And it is full of very interesting > items. And stories. The volunteers there are wonderful. Makes you wonder > how some of those items made there way to Mt. Vernon , Mo.. > > My mom grew up in Mt. Vernon not too far from Summit church. She is a Hood. > I use to love to go antiguing in Halltown when we would visit. > > I get a mailing from a gentleman that lives in Miller once a week by email. > He travels the backroads in that area writing a story a week and sends a > photo with it. Very charming. Last week was on Phelps and Route 66. The > week before the spring. Sometimes winter, spring photos. He is a retired > photographer. Keeps me in the loop on what is going on down there. > > Have a great day. > > Kind regards, > > Robina > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: molawren-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:molawren-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Pat Miller > Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 10:58 AM > To: molawren@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN] volunteering > > > Robina, > What museum are you talking about? The one in Aurora or someplace > else? I was born near Halltown and my Mom's family is from the > Aurora/Marionville area. Last year I ran into one of the volunteers > that lives in Verona. He wasn't even a native of the area, but became > involved with the society. They just don't have very many people who > are interested in genealogy or the county history. You're right that > there are few to take the place of the old volunteers. > > Lawrence County has been hit hard for several years. The tornadoes make > K Highway and ZZ HWY areas look completely different. Everything > changed between K along ZZ after two terrible tornadoes. I was in the > area when the 1973 ice storm hit and that broke telephone poles > everywhere. I haven't been up to see what ice damage was done this > winter. Weather makes a lot of history there. > Pat Miller > Dallas,TX > > Robina Whedon wrote: > > I know they have a very limited staff in Mt. Vernon. Hard to get > volunteers > > everywhere. And as my parents (who grew up in Miller and Mt. Vernon) > keep > > telling me here in Kansas City the kids of the current volunteers are not > > taking their place when they can no longer volunteer. They just don't > have > > the time or they work full time and have very little time left. > > > > I feel bad for the people in Lawrence County, Mo.. I have seen the > > pictures my parents took when they went down to clean up the storm > > aftermath. I had never seen telephone poles snap in half before. > Lawrence > > Co. got hit very hard this year. > > > > Also, I will say of all my newsletters, theirs is my favorite. and I > love > > to go visit the museum. It has such a variety of things to see there. > And > > I love that card file of information at the library they have. I just > wish > > there was a way I could help from here inputting stuff in their archives > or > > transcribing things in their basement. > > > > I am trying to put together some things and donate it to them to sell. I > > am sure they could use the funds. I am also trying to find a way to raise > > money for 1 of the cemeteries there for up keep and also some trees to be > > planted. Even though I never have lived there and a lot of my cousins, > > aunts and uncles do. I feel very attached to the place and people. They > > just seem a little kinder and things seem a little calmer when I go there. > > And the spring by Baptist Hill is just the most beautiful place I have > ever > > seen. > > > > Notice ...I changed the subject line. I am sure it is hard for her to > > archive stuff when we don't. I am still learning all this technology > stuff. > > Have a great week. And everyone try to visit the museum. It is so worth > the > > time. Maybe they should publish a book of photos of items in the museum > > with stories. I would buy that. > > > > Take Care, > > Robina > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: molawren-bounces@rootsweb.com > > [mailto:molawren-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Jerry Johnson > > Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 9:41 AM > > To: molawren@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN] cd of back issues of bulletin > > > > > > Robina you did nothing to say I'm sorry for. I don't apologize for > someone > > elses bad mood. I have said before I am mellow and so help me hannah I > > intend to stay that way. > > > > > > Jerry Wade Johnson > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: Robina Whedon <rwhedon@peridiangroup.com> > > To: ljhs@infionline.net; molawren@rootsweb.com > > Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 3:34:52 PM > > Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN] cd of back issues of bulletin > > > > > > Sorry, Linda. I was so excited about the cd I guess in my haste, I > didn't > > play by the web page rules. I did order the cd. Can't wait to get it. > > > > Have a lovely day. Sorry again. I hope I did it correctly this time. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: molawren-bounces@rootsweb.com > > [mailto:molawren-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Linda Spencer > > Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 12:14 AM > > To: molawren@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN] Brad Pitt > > > > > > Can y'all get off "Brad Pitt. Not only do I not care about him or his > > genealogy, people who just push the reply button to reply about something > > else are coming up as "Brad Pitt." > > > > Get with it and put in your own subject. You can still hit reply. > > > > > > > >> [Original Message] > >> From: Robina Whedon <rwhedon@peridiangroup.com> > >> To: <molawren@rootsweb.com> > >> Date: 4/27/2007 1:45:55 PM > >> Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN] Brad Pitt > >> > >> Thanks. I will go on their website and try to find it and purchase it. > >> > >> Robina > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: molawren-bounces@rootsweb.com > >> [mailto:molawren-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Jerry Johnson > >> Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 12:08 PM > >> To: Rootsweb Lawrence MO > >> Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN] Brad Pitt > >> > >> > >> Shucks I must have missed the harsh tone. Guess I wasn't listening. > >> Someone asked about back issues and the society has a back issue CD. You > >> > > do > > > >> not have to be a member of the Society to get any of their publications > as > >> far as I know. I have been a member for many years and have voiced > >> > > (typed) > > > >> my feelings about some things here lately. Hopefully something will come > >> about to help a bit with research. At least I hope they will open the > >> GenWeb for Lawrence County so we can provide information to be placed on > >> > > the > > > >> site. I am afraid that is just wishful thinking. > >> > >> I am not directly related to Brad Pitt and BTW his name is William > Bradley > >> Pitt and the last I heard his mother and brother and sister were still in > >> the Springfield area. I always feel sorry for famous people as their > >> private lives just go to pot. I guess I would not be eligible for a card > >> since he is in the family book through marriage. > >> > >> Don't feel bad about not getting a card as I don't get one from Don > >> > > Johnson > > > >> and he is a second cousin once removed. You figure out what that > >> relationship is. It always confuses me. Anyway just to not cloud the > >> > > issue > > > >> I am not writing with any tone but sometimes with a tongue in cheek. > Keep > >> smiling and Happy Hunting. > >> > >> Jerry Wade Johnson > >> > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message ---- > >> From: Ross Cameron <rcameron49@earthlink.net> > >> To: molawren@rootsweb.com > >> Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 2:17:50 PM > >> Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN] Brad Pitt > >> > >> > >> All, > >> > >> I'm sorry if the tone of my message seemed harsh to anyone. I wrote my > >> message late last night and didn't notice until today, how it may have > >> sounded to some. I didn't intend to be critical of anyone for not > >> subscribing. My intent was to give a plug for the Bulletin, the Lawrence > >> County Historical Society, and all the interesting stories and > information > >> that appear in the Bulletin. I wanted to encourage people to join and > get > >> the Bulletin. > >> > >> And Pat, your response did not generate my comments above. Your kind > >> message was most appreciated. Simply re-reading my message in the > >> "daylight" led me to decide that I should have worded it differently. > >> > >> Again, my apologies. > >> > >> Ross > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> > >>> From: Pat Kennedy <pat-igree-kenn@charter.net> > >>> Sent: Apr 26, 2007 9:58 PM > >>> To: Ross Cameron <rcameron49@earthlink.net>, molawren@rootsweb.com > >>> Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN] Brad Pitt > >>> > >>> Ross, THANK YOU. > >>> I must have missed reading all of this in my Bulletin. I find this so > >>> interesting. Thank you once again. > >>> Pat > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>> From: "Ross Cameron" <rcameron49@earthlink.net> > >>> To: <molawren@rootsweb.com> > >>> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 6:47 PM > >>> Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN] Brad Pitt > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> Pat and others, > >>>> > >>>> If you all had subscriptions to the Lawrence County Historical Society > >>>> Bulletin in 1999, you would have Brad Pitt's maternal ancestry, as > >>>> prepared Sep 1, 1999, by Fred G. Mieswinkel, and published in the > >>>> > >> Lawrence > >> > >>>> County Historical Society Bulletin, October 1999, p. 52 with additional > >>>> notes on p. 53. > >>>> > >>>> mother - Jane Etta Hillhouse > >>>> grandparents - Hal Knox Hillhouse and Clara Bell > >>>> g-grandparents - Emery A. Hillhouse and Etta Coleman Williams > >>>> - Finis A. Bell and Lenora J. Hammer > >>>> g-g-grandparents - Elijah Boyd, Jr., Hillhouse and Malinda B. Morris > >>>> - Henry Thomas Williams and Ida Mae Isbell > >>>> - William Saterfield Bell and Sarah Elizabeth Neece > >>>> - Felix Emery Hammer and Sarah Angeline Parker > >>>> g-g-g-grandparents - Elijah, Sr., Hillhouse and Ann Gibson > >>>> - Jordan Morris and Mary Button > >>>> - Francis Coleman Williams and Sarah Greene Fullerton > >>>> - Thomas Riley Isbell and Mique Ann Hardin Davis > >>>> - Bell line not shown > >>>> - Hardy Hopwood (later corrected to Holman) Neece and > >>>> Alice Catherine Small > >>>> - Enoch Lane Hammer and Susannah C. Newby > >>>> - John Parker and Martha Cherry > >>>> > >>>> That is as far as the published chart showed and I'll let you all make > >>>> > >> the > >> > >>>> connections further back for your various families. My direct > >>>> > >> connections > >> > >>>> are Williams and Fullerton, back another generation, though I am > >>>> > > related > > > >>>> by marriage to other lines. > >>>> > >>>> To put some time frame to it, the g-g-g-grandparents were born between > >>>> 1809 and 1838. > >>>> > >>>> Thank Fred, not me. > >>>> > >>>> Ross Cameron > >>>> > >>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>> > >>>>> From: Pat Kennedy <pat-igree-kenn@charter.net> > >>>>> Sent: Apr 26, 2007 6:06 PM > >>>>> To: molawren@rootsweb.com > >>>>> Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN] Brad Pitt > >>>>> > >>>>> Would you know if there is any relationship of Brad Pitt to the > Kimmons > >>>>> family? How interesting, looks like he grew up around Halltown? > >>>>> > >>>>> Thank you > >>>>> Pat > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>>>> From: <Roulx@aol.com> > >>>>> To: <molawren@rootsweb.com> > >>>>> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 8:24 AM > >>>>> Subject: [MOLAWREN] Brad Pitt > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> In a message dated 4/26/2007 6:59:36 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > >>>>>> DANNBARNES@msn.com writes: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I, too, am a distant cousin of Brad's through Hickman Isbell and > >>>>>> > > Anny > > > >>>>>> Tharpe's son Thomas Riley Isbell and Mique Davis. No card either. > >>>>>> Ann Barnes > >>>>>> Mesa, AZ > >>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>>>>> From: heather e blair<mailto:h431@uchicago.edu> > >>>>>> To: molawren@rootsweb.com<mailto:molawren@rootsweb.com> > >>>>>> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 5:32 AM > >>>>>> Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN] Information > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I'm also a fifth cousin of Brad Pitt, but our common ancestors are > >>>>>> > >> John > >> > >>>>>> McCune Fullerton (1800-1855) and Anne Rawls Fort (1803-1845). He > >>>>>> > >> never > >> > >>>>>> sends me Chrismas cards either. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> - Heather > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > > > http://surgerysupport.uchicago.edu/hblair/<http://surgerysupport.uchicago.ed > > > >> u/ > >> > >>>>>> hblair/> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On Wed, 25 Apr 2007, Max Puckett wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> Robina, > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Also, as a fun bit of family history and Lawrence County trivia, > >>>>>>> > > Brad > > > >>>>>> Pitt, > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> the actor, is also descended from John Neece and Huldy Ellis, > >>>>>>> > > through > > > >>>>>> their > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> son Hardin Neece and down through the Hillhouse line. He's a fith > >>>>>>> cousin > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> to > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> me, but I doubt he'll ever send me a Christmas card. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> ------------------------------- > >>>>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >>>>>> MOLAWREN-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:MOLAWREN-request@rootsweb.com> > >>>>>> > >> with > >> > >>>>>> the word 'unsubscribe' > >>>>>> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >>>>>> > >>>>>> ------------------------------- > >>>>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >>>>>> MOLAWREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > >>>>>> > > the > > > >>>>>> quotes in the subject and the > >>>>>> body of the message > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I think Brad Pitt's mother still lives in Springfield. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Patricia > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> ************************************** See what's free at > >>>>>> http://www.aol.com. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> ------------------------------- > >>>>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >>>>>> MOLAWREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >>>>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> ------------------------------- > >>>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >>>>> MOLAWREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >>>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >>>>> > >>>> ------------------------------- > >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >>>> MOLAWREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >>>> > >>>> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> MOLAWREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >> > > quotes > > > >> in the subject and the body of the message > >> > >> __________________________________________________ > >> Do You Yahoo!? > >> Tired of spam? 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One in the same. A lot of the Hood's are buried at Sycamore Cem. in Miller, Lawrence Co., Mo. -----Original Message----- From: molawren-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:molawren-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Pat Wahl Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 12:07 PM To: molawren@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN] volunteering/MUSEUM I, too, am a Hood. My people were from VA, KY and MO. David (1827 Va. - 1912 Lawrence Co.) His father was Richard (Va) Who were yours? Pat in Oregon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robina Whedon" <rwhedon@peridiangroup.com> To: <molawren@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 9:32 AM Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN] volunteering/MUSEUM > My parents are so great about volunteering. Working on Sycamore cemetery in > Miller, and at the hospital,golf course, and doing taxes for the elderly > here in Kansas City. They are much better people about giving their time > than I am. It is funny, we just were talking about his over the weekend. > > My family that live in Lawrence Co. have no interest in genealogy, that I am > aware of. My Uncle Paul Ray did and I know he spent a lot of time > researching the Harold Bell Wright part of his family. I am trying to find > out if his daughter or grandson have that research. I know they both do > research. But one is busy volunteering for the Wilson Creek Battle Field. > And the other is busy being governor for Missouri so I don't think they are > actively doing research right now. But I know one of them has his files. > He died a year and a half ago. What a loss with his death of so much Barry > and Lawrence County history. > > I am talking about the museum in Mt. Vernon, Mo.. At the Jones Memorial > Chapel. I always tell my family go see this museum. And drag as many > family members as possible. Most of the people that live in that area and > are related to me have never gone to it. And it is full of very interesting > items. And stories. The volunteers there are wonderful. Makes you wonder > how some of those items made there way to Mt. Vernon , Mo.. > > My mom grew up in Mt. Vernon not too far from Summit church. She is a Hood. > I use to love to go antiguing in Halltown when we would visit. > > I get a mailing from a gentleman that lives in Miller once a week by email. > He travels the backroads in that area writing a story a week and sends a > photo with it. Very charming. Last week was on Phelps and Route 66. The > week before the spring. Sometimes winter, spring photos. He is a retired > photographer. Keeps me in the loop on what is going on down there. > > Have a great day. > > Kind regards, > > Robina > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: molawren-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:molawren-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Pat Miller > Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 10:58 AM > To: molawren@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN] volunteering > > > Robina, > What museum are you talking about? The one in Aurora or someplace > else? I was born near Halltown and my Mom's family is from the > Aurora/Marionville area. Last year I ran into one of the volunteers > that lives in Verona. He wasn't even a native of the area, but became > involved with the society. They just don't have very many people who > are interested in genealogy or the county history. You're right that > there are few to take the place of the old volunteers. > > Lawrence County has been hit hard for several years. The tornadoes make > K Highway and ZZ HWY areas look completely different. Everything > changed between K along ZZ after two terrible tornadoes. I was in the > area when the 1973 ice storm hit and that broke telephone poles > everywhere. I haven't been up to see what ice damage was done this > winter. Weather makes a lot of history there. > Pat Miller > Dallas,TX > > Robina Whedon wrote: > > I know they have a very limited staff in Mt. Vernon. Hard to get > volunteers > > everywhere. And as my parents (who grew up in Miller and Mt. Vernon) > keep > > telling me here in Kansas City the kids of the current volunteers are not > > taking their place when they can no longer volunteer. They just don't > have > > the time or they work full time and have very little time left. > > > > I feel bad for the people in Lawrence County, Mo.. I have seen the > > pictures my parents took when they went down to clean up the storm > > aftermath. I had never seen telephone poles snap in half before. > Lawrence > > Co. got hit very hard this year. > > > > Also, I will say of all my newsletters, theirs is my favorite. and I > love > > to go visit the museum. It has such a variety of things to see there. > And > > I love that card file of information at the library they have. I just > wish > > there was a way I could help from here inputting stuff in their archives > or > > transcribing things in their basement. > > > > I am trying to put together some things and donate it to them to sell. I > > am sure they could use the funds. I am also trying to find a way to raise > > money for 1 of the cemeteries there for up keep and also some trees to be > > planted. Even though I never have lived there and a lot of my cousins, > > aunts and uncles do. I feel very attached to the place and people. They > > just seem a little kinder and things seem a little calmer when I go there. > > And the spring by Baptist Hill is just the most beautiful place I have > ever > > seen. > > > > Notice ...I changed the subject line. I am sure it is hard for her to > > archive stuff when we don't. I am still learning all this technology > stuff. > > Have a great week. And everyone try to visit the museum. It is so worth > the > > time. Maybe they should publish a book of photos of items in the museum > > with stories. I would buy that. > > > > Take Care, > > Robina > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: molawren-bounces@rootsweb.com > > [mailto:molawren-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Jerry Johnson > > Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 9:41 AM > > To: molawren@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN] cd of back issues of bulletin > > > > > > Robina you did nothing to say I'm sorry for. I don't apologize for > someone > > elses bad mood. I have said before I am mellow and so help me hannah I > > intend to stay that way. > > > > > > Jerry Wade Johnson > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: Robina Whedon <rwhedon@peridiangroup.com> > > To: ljhs@infionline.net; molawren@rootsweb.com > > Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 3:34:52 PM > > Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN] cd of back issues of bulletin > > > > > > Sorry, Linda. I was so excited about the cd I guess in my haste, I > didn't > > play by the web page rules. I did order the cd. Can't wait to get it. > > > > Have a lovely day. Sorry again. I hope I did it correctly this time. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: molawren-bounces@rootsweb.com > > [mailto:molawren-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Linda Spencer > > Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 12:14 AM > > To: molawren@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN] Brad Pitt > > > > > > Can y'all get off "Brad Pitt. Not only do I not care about him or his > > genealogy, people who just push the reply button to reply about something > > else are coming up as "Brad Pitt." > > > > Get with it and put in your own subject. You can still hit reply. > > > > > > > >> [Original Message] > >> From: Robina Whedon <rwhedon@peridiangroup.com> > >> To: <molawren@rootsweb.com> > >> Date: 4/27/2007 1:45:55 PM > >> Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN] Brad Pitt > >> > >> Thanks. I will go on their website and try to find it and purchase it. > >> > >> Robina > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: molawren-bounces@rootsweb.com > >> [mailto:molawren-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Jerry Johnson > >> Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 12:08 PM > >> To: Rootsweb Lawrence MO > >> Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN] Brad Pitt > >> > >> > >> Shucks I must have missed the harsh tone. Guess I wasn't listening. > >> Someone asked about back issues and the society has a back issue CD. You > >> > > do > > > >> not have to be a member of the Society to get any of their publications > as > >> far as I know. I have been a member for many years and have voiced > >> > > (typed) > > > >> my feelings about some things here lately. Hopefully something will come > >> about to help a bit with research. At least I hope they will open the > >> GenWeb for Lawrence County so we can provide information to be placed on > >> > > the > > > >> site. I am afraid that is just wishful thinking. > >> > >> I am not directly related to Brad Pitt and BTW his name is William > Bradley > >> Pitt and the last I heard his mother and brother and sister were still in > >> the Springfield area. I always feel sorry for famous people as their > >> private lives just go to pot. I guess I would not be eligible for a card > >> since he is in the family book through marriage. > >> > >> Don't feel bad about not getting a card as I don't get one from Don > >> > > Johnson > > > >> and he is a second cousin once removed. You figure out what that > >> relationship is. It always confuses me. Anyway just to not cloud the > >> > > issue > > > >> I am not writing with any tone but sometimes with a tongue in cheek. > Keep > >> smiling and Happy Hunting. > >> > >> Jerry Wade Johnson > >> > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message ---- > >> From: Ross Cameron <rcameron49@earthlink.net> > >> To: molawren@rootsweb.com > >> Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 2:17:50 PM > >> Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN] Brad Pitt > >> > >> > >> All, > >> > >> I'm sorry if the tone of my message seemed harsh to anyone. I wrote my > >> message late last night and didn't notice until today, how it may have > >> sounded to some. I didn't intend to be critical of anyone for not > >> subscribing. My intent was to give a plug for the Bulletin, the Lawrence > >> County Historical Society, and all the interesting stories and > information > >> that appear in the Bulletin. I wanted to encourage people to join and > get > >> the Bulletin. > >> > >> And Pat, your response did not generate my comments above. Your kind > >> message was most appreciated. Simply re-reading my message in the > >> "daylight" led me to decide that I should have worded it differently. > >> > >> Again, my apologies. > >> > >> Ross > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> > >>> From: Pat Kennedy <pat-igree-kenn@charter.net> > >>> Sent: Apr 26, 2007 9:58 PM > >>> To: Ross Cameron <rcameron49@earthlink.net>, molawren@rootsweb.com > >>> Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN] Brad Pitt > >>> > >>> Ross, THANK YOU. > >>> I must have missed reading all of this in my Bulletin. I find this so > >>> interesting. Thank you once again. > >>> Pat > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>> From: "Ross Cameron" <rcameron49@earthlink.net> > >>> To: <molawren@rootsweb.com> > >>> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 6:47 PM > >>> Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN] Brad Pitt > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> Pat and others, > >>>> > >>>> If you all had subscriptions to the Lawrence County Historical Society > >>>> Bulletin in 1999, you would have Brad Pitt's maternal ancestry, as > >>>> prepared Sep 1, 1999, by Fred G. Mieswinkel, and published in the > >>>> > >> Lawrence > >> > >>>> County Historical Society Bulletin, October 1999, p. 52 with additional > >>>> notes on p. 53. > >>>> > >>>> mother - Jane Etta Hillhouse > >>>> grandparents - Hal Knox Hillhouse and Clara Bell > >>>> g-grandparents - Emery A. Hillhouse and Etta Coleman Williams > >>>> - Finis A. Bell and Lenora J. Hammer > >>>> g-g-grandparents - Elijah Boyd, Jr., Hillhouse and Malinda B. Morris > >>>> - Henry Thomas Williams and Ida Mae Isbell > >>>> - William Saterfield Bell and Sarah Elizabeth Neece > >>>> - Felix Emery Hammer and Sarah Angeline Parker > >>>> g-g-g-grandparents - Elijah, Sr., Hillhouse and Ann Gibson > >>>> - Jordan Morris and Mary Button > >>>> - Francis Coleman Williams and Sarah Greene Fullerton > >>>> - Thomas Riley Isbell and Mique Ann Hardin Davis > >>>> - Bell line not shown > >>>> - Hardy Hopwood (later corrected to Holman) Neece and > >>>> Alice Catherine Small > >>>> - Enoch Lane Hammer and Susannah C. Newby > >>>> - John Parker and Martha Cherry > >>>> > >>>> That is as far as the published chart showed and I'll let you all make > >>>> > >> the > >> > >>>> connections further back for your various families. My direct > >>>> > >> connections > >> > >>>> are Williams and Fullerton, back another generation, though I am > >>>> > > related > > > >>>> by marriage to other lines. > >>>> > >>>> To put some time frame to it, the g-g-g-grandparents were born between > >>>> 1809 and 1838. > >>>> > >>>> Thank Fred, not me. > >>>> > >>>> Ross Cameron > >>>> > >>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>> > >>>>> From: Pat Kennedy <pat-igree-kenn@charter.net> > >>>>> Sent: Apr 26, 2007 6:06 PM > >>>>> To: molawren@rootsweb.com > >>>>> Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN] Brad Pitt > >>>>> > >>>>> Would you know if there is any relationship of Brad Pitt to the > Kimmons > >>>>> family? How interesting, looks like he grew up around Halltown? > >>>>> > >>>>> Thank you > >>>>> Pat > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>>>> From: <Roulx@aol.com> > >>>>> To: <molawren@rootsweb.com> > >>>>> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 8:24 AM > >>>>> Subject: [MOLAWREN] Brad Pitt > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> In a message dated 4/26/2007 6:59:36 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > >>>>>> DANNBARNES@msn.com writes: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I, too, am a distant cousin of Brad's through Hickman Isbell and > >>>>>> > > Anny > > > >>>>>> Tharpe's son Thomas Riley Isbell and Mique Davis. No card either. > >>>>>> Ann Barnes > >>>>>> Mesa, AZ > >>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>>>>> From: heather e blair<mailto:h431@uchicago.edu> > >>>>>> To: molawren@rootsweb.com<mailto:molawren@rootsweb.com> > >>>>>> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 5:32 AM > >>>>>> Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN] Information > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I'm also a fifth cousin of Brad Pitt, but our common ancestors are > >>>>>> > >> John > >> > >>>>>> McCune Fullerton (1800-1855) and Anne Rawls Fort (1803-1845). He > >>>>>> > >> never > >> > >>>>>> sends me Chrismas cards either. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> - Heather > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > > > http://surgerysupport.uchicago.edu/hblair/<http://surgerysupport.uchicago.ed > > > >> u/ > >> > >>>>>> hblair/> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On Wed, 25 Apr 2007, Max Puckett wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> Robina, > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Also, as a fun bit of family history and Lawrence County trivia, > >>>>>>> > > Brad > > > >>>>>> Pitt, > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> the actor, is also descended from John Neece and Huldy Ellis, > >>>>>>> > > through > > > >>>>>> their > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> son Hardin Neece and down through the Hillhouse line. He's a fith > >>>>>>> cousin > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> to > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> me, but I doubt he'll ever send me a Christmas card. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> ------------------------------- > >>>>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >>>>>> MOLAWREN-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:MOLAWREN-request@rootsweb.com> > >>>>>> > >> with > >> > >>>>>> the word 'unsubscribe' > >>>>>> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >>>>>> > >>>>>> ------------------------------- > >>>>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >>>>>> MOLAWREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > >>>>>> > > the > > > >>>>>> quotes in the subject and the > >>>>>> body of the message > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I think Brad Pitt's mother still lives in Springfield. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Patricia > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> ************************************** See what's free at > >>>>>> http://www.aol.com. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> ------------------------------- > >>>>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >>>>>> MOLAWREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >>>>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> ------------------------------- > >>>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >>>>> MOLAWREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >>>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >>>>> > >>>> ------------------------------- > >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >>>> MOLAWREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >>>> > >>>> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> MOLAWREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >> > > quotes > > > >> in the subject and the body of the message > >> > >> __________________________________________________ > >> Do You Yahoo!? > >> Tired of spam? 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