I think Jean meant to send the below to the list... Jean and others with Thinking Caps, the deal is this....my aunt's husband (does any other genealogist have a problem with calling the ones who married into the family aunt and uncle, except face-to-face?) met an old couple back in the early 1970s, over by Lampe. They told him they knew George Washington Overstreet, and that he had 5 wives. I've only documented 3--Mary Ruckman (md 1863 Greene Co. MO), Mary M. Roberts (md 1891 Stone Co. MO) and Mary Ellen Yates Hammer (md 1900 Stone Co.) At the time, Uncle Butch didn't write down the couple's names or anything--he thought GWO's 5 wives were family knowledge. My hunch is this couple was one of James Schwyhart and Elizabeth Overstreet's (GWO and Ruckman's dau.) sons and his wife. According to SSDI (what a WONDERFUL thing that is), 2 of George and Margaret's sons lived and died in the Stone/Taney area. George and Margaret had a son, James, who md a Florence Burris, whose mother was a Carey (Margaret Melissa Ellen Carey d/o John W. Sr. and Susannah Pitts Carey). To make matters worse, Mack Carey's 2nd wife was another of GWO's daughters, by Mary Roberts, Bertha Jewell. HOWEVER, as Robin has pointed out, it looks as though James Schwyhart's first wife, Susan Bell (if we are discussing the same James) is still living in 1900 in son George's household. I'm also not finding graves in Stone Co. for the James Schwyharts, although George and Margaret appear to be buried in Philibert. A big ole bunch of these folks--are you catching on, Richard Edwards?--moved to CA in the 1920s, with Richard's Andoes and etc. Butte Co. CA, to be exact. And boy, is there a wealth of info in the CA Birth & Death Index at Rootsweb. This group included: Overstreet, Andoe, Schwyhart, Edwards (?), Ambrose, and other married-in families. And I've just scratched the surface...I've not even attempted to fit the Bilyeu and Clinkenbeards in yet, although some went, as well. Vonda >>Vonda, I may be able to help you here, with a contact. Get back to me this evening, I am home for lunch now.\ Jean WATKINS SHERWOOD in AZ. HEY ROBIN, This is one of the families that came from KY to MO with my WADKINS and the PITTS.......:-).<< -----Original Message----- From: Vonda Sheets <vonda@peoplepc.com> To: MOSTONE-L@rootsweb.com <MOSTONE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, July 12, 2000 10:39 AM Subject: [MOSTONE-L] Scwyhart >Okay, gang.... > >I'm doing some major messin', and finding links between my Overstreets and >the Schwyharts in the 1900 Stone census. Does anyone know ANYTHING about >the Schwyharts (try typing that real fast!), George and James? >James md Elizabeth Overstreet in Carroll Co. AR in 1888, living in James Twp >1900 #1356. George md Margaret Yochum, (d/o Joseph, and who is he related >to?). George's mother is living with them in 1900 James Twp #1302. Are >George and James bros.? And if so, who was their dad? > >More, more, more....yee haw, it's not fair to get so tickled at FINALLY >figuring this Overstreet mess out.... >(no, mine do not appear to be related to William Henry O) >Vonda