This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: TutuBonnie Surnames: BULLARD, THOMAS Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.missouri.counties.mcdonald/1807.4/mb.ashx Message Board Post: JANE N BULLARD was widowed and remarried. Her second husband was JAMES THOMAS JR. (b KY 1801-1804, li. McMinn Co. TN, to Laclede Co. MO 1852, died Red River Co. TX 1878). James was the widower of Elizabeth Ann Fitzgerald, a cousin of Christopher Bullard. James' daughter Eleanor (Thomas) Brittain Knowlton (my direct ancestor) states in a memoir written c 1905 and held by the California Historical Society in San Francisco, that once they moved from TN to MO her father took her around to visit her mother's relatives. James, she said, made love with "Uncle Kit Bullard's widow, and they were married." This was likely 1853. They were not living together in 1860, but moved to the same general area of TX about the same time. Therefore, CHRISTOPHER BULLARD died possibly 1850-1851 but certainly before early 1853. We know of no other document reporting or recording this marriage -- except that Jane used the surname THOMAS after the 1850 census. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Wow, this is awesome information. Do you know where in Red River County TX they lived and died?  What cemetary is this family buried in?  Thank you so much! Brenda --- On Sat, 5/14/11, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MOMcDona] Christopher Bullard and wife Jane N To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, May 14, 2011, 3:42 AM This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: TutuBonnie Surnames: BULLARD, THOMAS Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.missouri.counties.mcdonald/1807.4/mb.ashx Message Board Post: JANE N BULLARD was widowed and remarried.  Her second husband was JAMES THOMAS JR. (b KY 1801-1804,  li. McMinn Co. TN, to Laclede Co. MO 1852, died Red River Co. TX 1878).  James was the widower of Elizabeth Ann Fitzgerald, a cousin of Christopher Bullard.  James' daughter Eleanor (Thomas) Brittain Knowlton (my direct ancestor) states in a memoir written c 1905 and held by the California Historical Society in San Francisco, that once they moved from TN to MO her father took her around to visit her mother's relatives.  James, she said, made love with "Uncle Kit Bullard's widow, and they were married."  This was likely 1853.  They were not living together in 1860, but moved to the same general area of TX about the same time.  Therefore, CHRISTOPHER BULLARD died possibly 1850-1851 but certainly before early 1853.  We know of no other document reporting or recording this marriage -- except that Jane used the surname THOMAS after the 1850 census. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To contact the MOMCDONA list administrator, send an email to [email protected] To post a message to the MOMCDONA 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 message