Hi Janice, Just out of curiosity, do you know if Marvin Pickle of Kosciusko, who had interests in the Sunflower Food Stores there was descended from this family? I had my first job at the Sunflower Store on the east corner of the square. David ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janice Craft" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 9:32 AM Subject: Re: [MSATTALA] Pickle > My mother's oldest sister always listened to the family talk and she handed > down to me all she remembered. She stated that two brothers and a sister > came to Attala Co and their father was named Jake. About 25 years ago I > searched everything and could NOT find any listing for these other Pickles > as being Jacob's chidlren. So in my history I state as the first three > children Jack (John, my ancestor), Louis or Lewis, and sister Nancy. Nancy > married first Jasper Henry Lee, then Mr. Dill, and then Henry Milton > Jenkins. > I have been researching family history since 1957. When I was researching > the Pickle history I read everything in the MOnroe Co courthouse and could > not find any evidence that these others were his children, but they probably > are. My idea is that Catherine is possibly NOT the mother of all his > children. In 1870 she was living between two Pickles and with the JOhnson > family - there is always the possibility that this Cassandra or Kizannah was > her daughter - but she was not with Jacob and Catherine in the 1850 census. > But how will we ever know for sure! > Over the years I have picked up several more who could be Jacob's children > but no proof! We are fortunate that old Jacob "Jake" was the only old Pickle > in this area of the country!!!! I have never found any proof that old Jacob > came to Attala County. Only found Catherine here in 1870. I think the census > taker missed an area of Monroe Co or Attala Co in 1860 as there were so many > Pickles that did not appear in the census of 1860. > Janice Craft > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 9:30 PM > Subject: Re: [MSATTALA] Pickle > > > > Janice, Sam, and all others interested > > > > I was not aware that Nancy went to Attala County. Which husband did she go > > with (Lee, Dill, or Jenkins)? > > > > Janice, you make a valid point about Jacob and Catherine and the children. > > The name Catherine is only definitely used by Robert (first child born) > > and > > Greenberry (second child, first female). Mary, who stayed in Fayette > > County, had > > no Catherine. James, another Fayette County Pickle, had no Catherine (I > > have > > only been able to identify three male children). As you pointed out, John > > "Jack" > > Pickle had no Catherine. Jacob Lewis had a daughter named Mary C. "Katie" > > Pickle. Do we know what the C stands for? Nancy's first child with Mr. > > Dill was > > also named Mary C. Back in Monroe County, Henry Pickle had a daughter > > named > > Eliza C. Pickle. Once again I have no indication of what the C stands for. > > > > The name thing intrigued me. I can honestly say it had never crossed my > > mind. > > So, I did some more checking. Robert, Henry, Greenberry, and Jacob Lewis > > all > > had boys named Jacob. Mary, James, John "Jack" failed to use the name. > > Nancy > > only had one boy and his name was Lewis J. (do not know about the J). > > > > The question is seldom asked, but how did we formulate the list of the > > children of Jacob and Catherine? I know that there was a list given in the > > Mother > > Monroe book (or it History of Monroe). However, it never gave any > > corroborating > > evidence. Is there any hard evidence linking each child to Jacob and > > Catherine. For example, Robert is named as a child of Jacob and Catherine > > Pickle in > > the bible of Jacob "One-eyed Jake" Pickle, son of Robert. Kathy Wilcox, a > > descendent of Robert has some pretty convincing evidence that a Jacob > > Pickle married > > a Catherine Berry (it is posted at my website). While there are many > > questions we need to answer, I think it is probably the most critical > > question that we > > should answer. > > > > > > Janice --BTW - I was going through my file cabinet a few days ago and > > found a > > folder of letters that you sent me a few short years ago (or atleaset is > > seems not so long ago). Is it not amazing that we used to do this all by > > pen, > > paper, and postage stamps. > > > > Greg Green > > <A HREF="www.geocities.com/greenweeks">www.geocities.com/greenweeks</A> > > > > > > > > ==== MSATTALA Mailing List ==== > > Before forwarding any Virus Warnings or Chain Letters to anyone, check > > them out at: http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/ Also, please Visit the Attala > > County Rootsweb site at http://www.rootsweb.com/~msattala/ > > > > > > > > ==== MSATTALA Mailing List ==== > Have you visited the Attala Historical Society web site? The URL is http://www.rootsweb.com/~msahs/ > Now would be a good time to support the Attala Historical Society! > >