Hey, Jimmy, I answered Carolyn about Martha Riggan.....my mail was returned, so I resorted to emailing her privately. You've id'ed the correct Martha....Hal's daughter is the one her mom remembered. MA ----- Original Message ----- From: "jimmy d boozer" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2007 3:17 PM Subject: Re: [MSMONROE] Baker, Todd, Jones. Riggan photo > > Evening, > > Carolyn, > > I have a Martha Riggan, Daughter of Hal Riggan my Dad's cousin. She was > born in > Amory and last I heard was in the Carolinas. She was born 1926. The Bell > Todd Riggan > You mention may be Lula Mae Todd who Married my Grandmother's brother Lemuel > Riggan. > She Was born 1878 and could be a sister to your C W Todd. They ended up in > Birm., Ala. > Lula Mae died in 1948. Would also like to see your pictures as I was born in > Splunge > with Greenwood Springs on my birth certificate. > Jim Boozer > I think I have a picture of Lula Mae. Also my ggrandfather Jesse T Riggan > had a sister Martha who Married a William P Davis. She was born 1855. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of William T. "Terry" > Thornton > Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2007 6:23 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MSMONROE] Baker, Todd, Jones. Riggan photo > > > Carolyn, Photos are welcomed at Hill Country. Send them in jpg format with > a brief description. I am espcially interested in photographs of old family > homes from Monroe County. Terry Thornton Hill Country of Monroe County > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Carolyn Davis" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 9:20 PM > Subject: [MSMONROE] Baker, Todd, Jones. Riggan photo > > > > Good Evening, > > > > My greatgrandmother was Margaret Marquilla Baker Todd, Maggie. Her > husband was CW Todd. I believe they were from Greenwood Springs, MS and > Amory. I have a photo of her with her brother Andrew Baker who married Cora > Easter. In the same photo is Maggie's sister Minnie Baker Jones. I believe > she married a Lem Jones. Another woman in the photo is either CW Todd's > sister Bell Todd Riggan or Cora Easter. > > > > My mother is Margaret Evelyn Rodgers McCracken, who will be 82 on > Wednesday, remembers the picture; I will be taking a copy of it to her so > she can positively ID the unknown woman. She knows who married who and has > many stories if there is interest. > > > > Mother wants to know if anyone knows the whereabouts of a Martha > Riggan -- I believe of Amory. > > > > First of all, is it OK to post photos here? Second, it there any > interest? If you would like me to email you a copy at your personal address, > I can do that too. I will be glad to share what I have. Thanks, Carolyn > McCracken Davis > > > > > > Mary Anna Riggan <[email protected]> wrote: > > Robin, thanks for the Edge information and the offer to share more. We > > really don't have a direct line there. If you or the other Edge descendant > > would like a few more generations on the Cummings line, I'd be glad to > sent > > it along. > > > > MA > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Robin Linn" > > To: > > Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 12:49 AM > > Subject: [MSMONROE] Edge, Irvin and Lann > > > > > >> Hello Mary Anna, > >> > >> It is nice to hear from you. Yes, I agree about maternal lines - Caroline > >> seemed to be just "out there" and left out of all the families so it will > > be > >> nice to have her included. Yes, I have been at this too long :-) > >> > >> I think your Thomas J Edge is the son of Wood Arthur Edge, the son of > > Thomas > >> Leonard Edge, son of Thomas D. Edge....who settled at Greenwood Springs > > with > >> his brother Hiram Edge in the 1840's. > >> > >> (Thomas James Edge Born 28 Aug 1910, Poteau, OK, Died, Sept 13, 1988, > >> probably Amory, MS.) > >> > >> Thomas D Edge's son, Thomas Leonard left Monroe in the 1890's. Thomas > >> Leonard married Rosa M. Wood in Monroe before they left. One of their > > sons, > >> Wood Arthur, returned to Monroe - he shows in the 1930 census. Wood had a > >> son, Thomas J Edge and three daughters. One daughter married a Parham. > >> > >> I am in touch with a descendent of Thomas D Edge who lives in TX. I know > >> she will be delighted to hear about the connection. Please let me know if > >> you are interested in more information on the line. > >> > >> Robin > >> > >> > >> >Robin, thanks for sharing that information! We sometimes forget the > >> >maternal lineage is also important. My husband is an Irvin descendant > >> (Thomas, son of Rigdon). I encountered the Edge family while working on > > my > >> husband's Cummings line. Earnest F. and Trudie Addington Cummings had a > >> daughter, Inez, born 7 May 1916. She married Thomas J. Edge. They both > >> died here in Monroe Co. in 1988. I never knew anything about Mr. Edge's > >> family. Do you recognize his name as being in your family? > >> > >> Best regards, > >> Mary Anna Riggan > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Robin Linn" > >> To: > >> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 2:11 PM > >> Subject: [MSMONROE] Irvin and Lann > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> 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 > >> > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Get the Yahoo! toolbar and be alerted to new email wherever you're > surfing. > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Hello, Does anyone know if the Martha Riggan we IDed is still living, and if so, where? Thanks for all your help. Thanks, Carolyn Mary Anna Riggan <[email protected]> wrote: Hey, Jimmy, I answered Carolyn about Martha Riggan.....my mail was returned, so I resorted to emailing her privately. You've id'ed the correct Martha....Hal's daughter is the one her mom remembered. MA ----- Original Message ----- From: "jimmy d boozer" To: Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2007 3:17 PM Subject: Re: [MSMONROE] Baker, Todd, Jones. Riggan photo > > Evening, > > Carolyn, > > I have a Martha Riggan, Daughter of Hal Riggan my Dad's cousin. She was > born in > Amory and last I heard was in the Carolinas. She was born 1926. The Bell > Todd Riggan > You mention may be Lula Mae Todd who Married my Grandmother's brother Lemuel > Riggan. > She Was born 1878 and could be a sister to your C W Todd. They ended up in > Birm., Ala. > Lula Mae died in 1948. Would also like to see your pictures as I was born in > Splunge > with Greenwood Springs on my birth certificate. > Jim Boozer > I think I have a picture of Lula Mae. Also my ggrandfather Jesse T Riggan > had a sister Martha who Married a William P Davis. She was born 1855. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of William T. "Terry" > Thornton > Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2007 6:23 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MSMONROE] Baker, Todd, Jones. Riggan photo > > > Carolyn, Photos are welcomed at Hill Country. Send them in jpg format with > a brief description. I am espcially interested in photographs of old family > homes from Monroe County. Terry Thornton Hill Country of Monroe County > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Carolyn Davis" > To: > Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 9:20 PM > Subject: [MSMONROE] Baker, Todd, Jones. Riggan photo > > > > Good Evening, > > > > My greatgrandmother was Margaret Marquilla Baker Todd, Maggie. Her > husband was CW Todd. I believe they were from Greenwood Springs, MS and > Amory. I have a photo of her with her brother Andrew Baker who married Cora > Easter. In the same photo is Maggie's sister Minnie Baker Jones. I believe > she married a Lem Jones. Another woman in the photo is either CW Todd's > sister Bell Todd Riggan or Cora Easter. > > > > My mother is Margaret Evelyn Rodgers McCracken, who will be 82 on > Wednesday, remembers the picture; I will be taking a copy of it to her so > she can positively ID the unknown woman. She knows who married who and has > many stories if there is interest. > > > > Mother wants to know if anyone knows the whereabouts of a Martha > Riggan -- I believe of Amory. > > > > First of all, is it OK to post photos here? Second, it there any > interest? If you would like me to email you a copy at your personal address, > I can do that too. I will be glad to share what I have. Thanks, Carolyn > McCracken Davis > > > > > > Mary Anna Riggan wrote: > > Robin, thanks for the Edge information and the offer to share more. We > > really don't have a direct line there. If you or the other Edge descendant > > would like a few more generations on the Cummings line, I'd be glad to > sent > > it along. > > > > MA > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Robin Linn" > > To: > > Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 12:49 AM > > Subject: [MSMONROE] Edge, Irvin and Lann > > > > > >> Hello Mary Anna, > >> > >> It is nice to hear from you. Yes, I agree about maternal lines - Caroline > >> seemed to be just "out there" and left out of all the families so it will > > be > >> nice to have her included. Yes, I have been at this too long :-) > >> > >> I think your Thomas J Edge is the son of Wood Arthur Edge, the son of > > Thomas > >> Leonard Edge, son of Thomas D. Edge....who settled at Greenwood Springs > > with > >> his brother Hiram Edge in the 1840's. > >> > >> (Thomas James Edge Born 28 Aug 1910, Poteau, OK, Died, Sept 13, 1988, > >> probably Amory, MS.) > >> > >> Thomas D Edge's son, Thomas Leonard left Monroe in the 1890's. Thomas > >> Leonard married Rosa M. Wood in Monroe before they left. One of their > > sons, > >> Wood Arthur, returned to Monroe - he shows in the 1930 census. Wood had a > >> son, Thomas J Edge and three daughters. One daughter married a Parham. > >> > >> I am in touch with a descendent of Thomas D Edge who lives in TX. I know > >> she will be delighted to hear about the connection. Please let me know if > >> you are interested in more information on the line. > >> > >> Robin > >> > >> > >> >Robin, thanks for sharing that information! We sometimes forget the > >> >maternal lineage is also important. My husband is an Irvin descendant > >> (Thomas, son of Rigdon). I encountered the Edge family while working on > > my > >> husband's Cummings line. Earnest F. and Trudie Addington Cummings had a > >> daughter, Inez, born 7 May 1916. She married Thomas J. Edge. They both > >> died here in Monroe Co. in 1988. I never knew anything about Mr. Edge's > >> family. Do you recognize his name as being in your family? > >> > >> Best regards, > >> Mary Anna Riggan > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Robin Linn" > >> To: > >> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 2:11 PM > >> Subject: [MSMONROE] Irvin and Lann > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> 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 > >> > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Get the Yahoo! toolbar and be alerted to new email wherever you're > surfing. > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > ------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------- Sick sense of humor? 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