This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/iJB.2ACE/1009.2 Message Board Post: Here is a little bit of what I have on Finley. I am Ron Hughes, my e-mail address is opuslola@aol.com. I am a Rowland family researcher. Children of David Burleson Rowland, continued. IX. Effie / Avie / Eva / Eveline / Avaline Rowland, b. about 1850, married William A. (Billy) Guthrie, in 1868. Note she is listed as a daughter. Eveline Guthrie, is listed as the wife of William N. Guthrie in the obituary of 1877 for D. B. Rowland. Her brother, George W. Rowland married Macey/Macie/Mary/Marie (E.?) Guthrie. Note she is listed as; Avaline, in the 1860 Census, 10 F, MS. X. Mary J. (Isabell / Belle / Jezabel ?, please note that 19th Century “I’s and J’s are very often mis-written transcribed) Rowland, b. 8/19/1853, d. 5/9/1919 in Searcy, AR. Note she is listed as the daughter, Mary Isabell McCall, in the 1877 obituary of D. B. Rowland. She is listed as M. J. in both the 1860 and 1870 Census records. While is unlikely her name was Jezabel, due to those persons who transcribed the Census records, somehow it became listed as a “J.” on many documents. (Note, possibly, this is another example of how an “I.” is converted into a “J.” or visa versa by people who transcribe records. RLH-2000) She married 1st to, Andrew Brad (Bradford?) Holley (Holly), in 1870, he was born Sept. 11, 1844, child; Rachael (Bradford?) Holley / Holly. Mary Jezebel / Isabell (Belle) Rowland also married, Matthew (Matt) McCall, b. 1850. One child was Francis A. McCall; Note, Matt McCall must have died shortly after the death of his father in law, D. B. Rowland or Mary Isabell McCall was not listed as a widow in the obituary of her father. On Aug. 30, 1877, shortly after the death of her father, Mary Isabel married Finley F. Martindale, b. 2/13/1856, d. 12/23/1932. He is buried at New Salem Cemetery in Tippah County, MS. Finley is the son of Riley and Mary Bulah (Polly) Howell Martindale. They lived in the Oakland area. The following is an account of Mary Isabell Rowland as written by Jean Brown Wyse in the Heritage of Tippah Co., Vol. II. Mary Isabell (Belle) Rowland, b. Aug. 19, 1853MS. She was the daughter of Nancy A. Turrentine and David Burleson Rowland. She grew up on her family farm, which was located a few miles west of Walnut on the New Salem Road and the Tiplersville Cross Road. Mary Isabell and all of her family were members of the Church of Christ. Belle married Andrew Brad Holley on March 7, 1871. After making the statement “I’m either going home or to hell.”, on a stormy day, Andrew Brad (Bradford) Holley was struck and killed by lightning while riding horesback back home. Andrew Brad Holley was born Sept. 11, 1844 and died March 7, 1871. He is buried in Enon-Rowland cemetery. Belle and Brad Holley had one child Rachel Bradford Holley. Belle then married Matthew McCall, (they probably married in 1873 or 1874), their daughter was Francis Ann (Frankie) McCall, born on Sept. 9, 1874. Matthew (Matt) McCall was born about 1850 and died in 1877. He is also buried in Enon-Rowland Cemetery. Mary Isabell (Belle) (Rowland, Holley) McCall, then married Finley Martindale. Finley was born on Feb. 13, 1856. He was the son of Riley and Mary Bulah (Polly) Howell Martindale. Riley and Polly were both born in Alabama and are both buried in the Martindale Cemetery near Walnut. Finn and Belle Martindale lived near the Oakland Community and had seven children. The children were; 1. Martha 2. Marion David Martindale 3. Van 4. Thad 5. Crum Martindale 6. Maude 7. Eugene The following is paraphrased from the article. Marion David Martindale (1881-1966) married Elizabeth McBurnette. Marion David was a cowboy in Texas. By 1889 Finn and Belle Martindale moved to Essary Springs, Tennessee for the purpose of enrolling the eldest daughters Rachel Bradford and Frankie in school. (Note, Essary Springs, TN is reportedly the area in which the Billy Garrett family lived. He is on my fathers side. RLH-2001) Rachel B.(Bradford) and Francis Ann (Frankie) not only attended school together in Tennessee but both became engaged about the same time to brothers. Rachel was engaged to Willis Heywood Watkins and Frankie was engaged to George W. Watkins of Caruthersville, Missouri. But a funny thing happened on the way to the alter for Rachel and Heywood Watkins, it appears that Rachel’s younger sister, Martha Elizabeth, hijacked Heywood Watkins, and they eloped with him to Missouri. Finley and Belle Martindale moved to a farm near Stamford, Texas about 1900. After raising the rest of the children in Texas, Bell and Finn moved to another farm they owned in Leslie, Arkansas. Belle died on May 9, 1919. Finn then sold his property in Texas and divided it with the children, except for the ranch in Stamford which was kept by his youngest son Gene Martindale. Finley moved back to Tippah County Missisippi, where he married Mary Esther (Molly) Curle Rainey in Oct. 1919. She was the widow of Thomas Rainey. Rachel “Bradford” Holley, b. Oct. 25, 1871, married Cass Rose. They moved to Abilene, TX, where Cass Rose taught school. Rachel died in 1951 in Abilene, TX. Jean Brown Wyse, the writer of the above, is the daughter of Viola Mae Martindale, the daughter of Marion David Martindale and Elizabeth McBurnette. Viola Mae Martindale married Clarence Brown. Finley F. and Mary Isabell or Jezabel (Rowland) Martindale had the following children: Note this is my list. RLH-2000. 1. Abie Ellavander “Van” Martindale, who married Leslie Allen McAda in Texas. 2. Martha C. Martindale 3. Marion David Martindale, b. 6/21/1881, d. 2/21/1966, m. Elizabeth McBurnette. 4. Robert Thaddeas Martindale 5. William Crum Martindale, Dr. 6. Maude Mae Martindale 7. Eugene “Gene” Martindale Hope the above helps! Ron