Well, Patricia, I would bet your family knows my husband's. His mother is Audrey Jane Carpenter, d/o Judie Tolley and Mack Leonard Carpenter, granddaughter of Betty Jane Carpenter and James Dunlop Baird. This particular James Dunlop was married to a Louisa Dickens. His sister was Elizabeth "Lizzie" Baird who married Marcus Brownlow Hughes. She and James Dunlop were children of Mary Louise Dickens and James Dunlop Baird from Person Cty. I understand he was a professor at Sydney Hampton college in VA. Most of this family is buried in the Daniels Cemetery in Avery County. The first James Dunlop was the son of Nathaniel Harrison Baird of VA (the plantation Bairds). Betty Jane Carpenter's father was Ervin b 1843-44 in Yancey (now Avery, I believe) Cty. I cannot find that rascal anyplace! He was the son of David William Carpenter and Mira Gragg. I have lots of information until I get down to Ervin and his daughter, Betty Jane. Jack, my husband, says he asked his grandfather about his parents once and Mack told him there were some things he did not need to know and would not want to know. DARN! The photo I have a Betty Jane looks quite a bit Indian but then you know it was not the first. Through the Bairds, Jack goes back to the Bollings and Rolfes, and Pocohontas. I have been doing this for my family and his for two years and I LOVE it. I almost feel I know these people I track down. Jack was born in Linville Falls and his mother is from Newland. Audrey Patricia Pieper wrote: > jrfranklin, > You are talking about my family, I'm just not sure exactly how. MY > GGrandmother was Louise Carpenter b.~1870-1875 d. around the time I was > born (1962). I am not a geneologist or even very savvy in these circles, > but if I have a brick wall - she is it. All my information on her comes > from being passed mostly word of mouth from family. All my family is from > Avery and Mitchell - (since time began). I know that she was partially > native American. (I think the better part of her judging by my and my > mother) skin and hair color. I also know that we are related to the Gragg > family - and the Hughes family (town of Hughes is obviously named after > them). Also, they were VERY tall...as am I. I have pictures of her. If > Bette and Louise are not sisters, they are at least cousins, they were born > around the same time at the same place. The towns I remember visiting as a > child are Cranberry, of course Newland, Minneapolis, and others. My parents > moved to near Asheville when I was small, so I grew up there. Louise > married Molton Buchanan and had numerous children one of which is my > grandfather, Benjamin Buchanan. He was the first born in 1892. Married > Hattie Johnson(Hall) in about 1923. He was 52 when my mother Vivian was > born. Benjamin's 4 children are all alive except my mother. I will ask if > they have any recollections about Louise's sibs. > regards, > -patty- > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: jrfranklin <jrfranklin@earthlink.net> > To: <NCAVERY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, December 04, 1999 10:12 PM > Subject: [NCAVERY] Re:CARPENTERS in Hughes, NC > > > > > My mother-in-law is Audrey Jane CARPENTER Franklin. Her father was Mack > > Leonard CARPENTER son of Betty Jane CARPENTER and James Dunlop BAIRD. > Audrey > > assures me that a sister of Betty Jane's had a store in Hughes. Does > anyone > > know who this could be? She probably was married. I would like to find > any > > descendants of hers. What I am really trying to determine is where Ervin > > Carpenter b about 1843 in Yancey Cty and son of David William CARPENTER > and > > Mira GRAGG died and when he died. Also, I would like to find out who he > > married. There is some indication his wife may have been native American. > I > > have no information on Betty Jane CARPENTER as to dates or places but I > know > > James Dunlop BAIRD died in Hughes. Their son, Mack Leonard CARPENTER was > born > > May 8, 1898 also in Hughes when it was still Mitchell Cty. He married > Judie > > Carolyn TOLLEY. I would really appreciate any help. Audrey Annable > Franklin > > > > > > > > ==== NCAVERY Mailing List ==== > > Avery County NCGenWeb Page > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncavery/index.html > > > > ==== NCAVERY Mailing List ==== > Avery County NCGenWeb Page > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncavery/index.html