Here is another letter Barb in OK ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hines" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2000 12:20 PM Subject: Re: [KYKNOX] Fwd: James Bly-Jane Brittain > I'm not a BRITTAIN expert, but I have a Mary Prudence Brittain who may be a > sister of your George Brittain. > > I have hunted off and on for Mary Prudence Brittain (b. Abt. 1805 - d. Abt. 1883) > who ran off abt 1833 with Elisha Green to Mason/Nicholas Co., KY. Elisah Green > left his wife, Nancy (Bingham) Green, and 10 children in Harlan Co. So far, I > believe that Elisha and Mary had eight children between 1831 and 1846. I think > that it is two of their sons, Harrison and Chadwell, who are buried in Plumville > Cemetery, Mason Co., KY. I do not have their death records yet to prove it is > the right GREEN family. > > There used to be a web page at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ky/knox/census/1810/90.jpg that had a George > Brittain on it. But, the page seems to have moved and I don't know where it is > now. There was a George Brittain who was the "Father of Harlan Co." I can > imagine that everyone of his kids named a son George. ;-) It's hard to say > which George each of us is actually looking for. Mary named a son George > Brittain Green. He was born about 1834 - probably in the Mason Co. area. I > don't know if Elisha Green and Mary Prudence Brittain actually married or just > passed themselves off as already married when they moved off to the Mason Co. > area. > > Kathy in MN > > [email protected] wrote: > > > James Henry Bly ,son of John and Charity Adams Bly married may 31 1855 in > > Caldwell co mo on their way to Mercer co mo.[as stated in Janes civil war > > pension record] > > James was born 1827 in K > > entucky.making the trip to Mo. with him was his widowed mother, Charity Adams > > Bly. > > Jane was the dau of George Brittain and Hanora Memory Larrimore Brittain > > she was born 1-1839 in Knox co ky. > > James and Jane had 4 children > > [1] George william born 4-15-1856 > > [2]John Eli born 5-3-1858 > > [3] Mary Elizabeth born 9-1860[my grandmother] > > [4] Sarah Margaret born 8-1862 > > the first 3 children were born in mercer co . > > they moved to Keokuk Co Iowa in 1861 where their last child was born. > > JAmes enlisted in the civil war 9-1862 33rd inf co. f, he was sent home > > on sick leave 11-29-1863 and died ther jan14 1864[have his war record] > > after his death Jane and the children moved back to Mercer co Mo > > she married Calvin Parton may 1865 there. they left there and moved to > > Wilson co Kan by 1870 and moved to taney co mo in 1876. > > jane and calvin had 4 sons > > [1]Charley > > [2]Joseph > > [3] Munroe > > [4] James > > Jane died 1911 in Boone co Ark and is buried in the Omaha cem > > > > --part1_c.f160053.27795105_boundary-- > > > ************************************************************************ > * Tracking #: F7F6D8DAD30CAF44B2E32065876F5630418B7FAA > * > ************************************************************************