TOTALLY AWESOME!!!!...sometimes ya have to "rest" before the proverbial "Brick Wall" until somebody else comes along from afar off when a new view that "Hey, this wall ends right over there!"...let's go on around this end and see whut else is behind it....{:)...shor enugh....there's some more of our family researchers coming up to the rear of the wall with a "map" of where they have been....{:) Puh-lease keep me in your loop!!!!....{:) Do you have a GEDCOM file or a web page? Looking forward to hearing from ya, Cousin Dan Fairfax 2629 Somerset Drive Nashville, Tennessee 37217 work email: dfairfax@nespower.com WHUT A HOOT!!!!...{:) - ------------------------------- Buster Harvey wrote: > > Hi Dan - > > Thanks so much for sending this - I hadn't ever seen this reply! I had seen > Needham's name in census records over the years (NC 1850 w/John Fairfax) and > had wondered who he was, but concentrated on proving/eliminating connections > to the two "documented" Ffx clans. Guess I have a new lead to follow! I'll > let you know if anything turns up. > > The only lead on Ruth at all is a possible lead on who her first husband > was - Calvin Montgomery (based on the fact that her son was Micajah Victor > Montgomery - see > http://www.gendex.com/users/monty/cmsi/cmsi/data/d19/I0000135.HTM#i135 for > more info - I know for a fact that if it was one of the cousins in this > immediate family). Maybe some day this will bear fruit in locating a > descendant of Calvin/Micajah who knows his or her lineage ... one can dream > ... Micajah was himself an avid genealogist, and I think I might know where > his notes are located but the woman who has them is swamped - I've held off > for a few years while she goes through all of the material that she's > obtained, but should call her again to check. Anyway ... > > Thanks again for passing this on - it has motivated me to get back on the > horse, so to speak. I'll be in touch! > > Buster Harvey (soon-to-be resident of Fairfax County, VA) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dan Fairfax <dfair777@home.com> > To: <toddsuz@netrax.net>; <fugazi@netcom.com> > Cc: <fairfaxa@hotmail.com>; <fycyk@erols.com>; <gfairfax@iland.net>; > <jfgt@compuserve.com>; <rowelll@westelcom.com>; Vicky L. Hammond > <vlhammond@email.msn.com>; <wrig@sccoast.net>; Anita B > <louisa@intrstar.net>; Becky Maples <MaplesR@aol.com>; Christina Hunt > <Ninah@ix.netcom.com>; gil strickland <gilstrick@hotmail.com>; 'KandJ' > <greenhill@uswest.net>; Liston Hinson <llhinson@kiva.net>; Marion B. McGee > <MarionBMc@aol.com>; 'ramsey' <alexmadi@flashlink.net>; sandra stevens > <sandrastevens@webtv.net> > Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 1999 9:29 PM > Subject: Re: Ruth Fairfax > > > > > Thank you for this information.....Hopefully Buster is still on the > > internet....{:) > > > > Hello Buster, > > > > Have you found anything out about Ruth Fairfax and who her parents may > > be? > > > > Thank you, > > > > Dan Fairfax > > Nashville, Tennessee 37217 > > > > work email: dfairfax@nespower.com > > > > ----------------------- > > > > > > Desperately searching for Ruth Fairfax. > > She was born somewhere between 1810-1830, probably in Virginia but > > possibly in North > > Carolina. I have no idea who her parents were, and I cannot connect her > > up with the VA > > Fairfaxes or the MD Fairfaxes. As of 1850, she was married to a > > Montgomery (possibly Abner, > > son of Sarah Hiatt and Erwin Montgomery) and possibly living in > > Hillsboro, NC. Had son > > Micajah Victor Montgomery ca 1851. She then apparently married Thomas > > Bogue Henley of > > Asheboro, NC, and bears children Lindley Hoag Henley (1857) and Louisa > > F(airfax?) Henley > > (1859). As of 1860 census, she is living in Hillsboro VA with the > > children and former > > mother-in-law Sarah Hiatt Montgomery while Thomas Henley mines copper > > nearby. The family > > then moves to NC (possibly Winston-Salem?) in 1860, and she apparently > > dies on March 4, > > 1864. > > > > I have a few other clues that resound with red herrings - a really weird > > letter by her son Lindley > > stating that she was descended from a Robert Fairfax, "illegitimate son > > of Geo. Washington and > > Sally Fairfax" (wholly discredited, but interesting nonetheless), naming > > patterns in her daughter > > Louisa's family that are consistent with naming patterns in Fernando > > Fairfax's family, evidence that > > Ruth was killed, possibly in a fire, etc. However, nothing that really > > connects her to a Fairfax line. > > > > If you have even a theory about this woman, I'd love to hear from you. > > Thanks! > > > > Buster Harvey > > Descendent of Lindley Hoag Henley, > > son of Ruth Fairfax Henley > > > > Followups: > > > > Re: Ruth Fairfax - ~1820 - 1864 VA/NC Allen Fairfax 12/27/98 (0) > > > > > > > > > > todd distler wrote: > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > Subject: Returned mail: User unknown > > > Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 14:05:07 -0400 (EDT) > > > From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <MAILER-DAEMON@aol.com> > > > To: <toddsuz@netrax.net> > > > > > > The original message was received at Tue, 21 Sep 1999 14:04:48 -0400 > > > (EDT) > > > from ns2.netrax.net [205.231.160.101] > > > > > > *** ATTENTION *** > > > > > > Your e-mail is being returned to you because there was a problem with > > > its > > > delivery. 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User unknown > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Reporting-MTA: dns; rly-zd04.mx.aol.com > > > Arrival-Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 14:04:48 -0400 (EDT) > > > > > > Final-Recipient: RFC822; dfair777@aol.com > > > Action: failed > > > Status: 2.0.0 > > > Remote-MTA: DNS; air-zd03.mail.aol.com > > > Diagnostic-Code: SMTP; 250 OK > > > Last-Attempt-Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 14:05:07 -0400 (EDT) > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > Subject: Re: Ruth Fairfax - ~1820 - 1864 VA/NC > > > Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 14:04:23 -0700 > > > From: todd distler <toddsuz@netrax.net> > > > To: dfair777@aol.com > > > > > > Hi Dan, > > > you might of already seen this on the genforum site............but > > > just > > > in case you hadn't, I thought i would send it to you. If you click on > > > the "In Reply To" there is more. Hope it helps. > > > suzie > > > http://genforum.familytreemaker.com/fairfax/messages/47.html > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > > [GenForum] Jump to Forum > > > [Chat][Feedback][My GenForum][Help] > > > [Click Here] > > > Please visit our sponsors > > > Home: Surnames: Fairfax Family Genealogy Forum > > > > > > [Post Followup][Return to Message Listings][Print Message] > > > > > > Re: Ruth Fairfax - ~1820 - 1864 VA/NC > > > Posted by: Allen Fairfax Date: December 27, 1998 at > > > 14:53:48 > > > In Reply to: Ruth Fairfax - ~1820 - 1864 > > > VA/NC by Buster Harvey of 76 > > > > > > RE: Micajah Fairfax > > > Saw where Ruth Fairfax had a son named Micajah, and I know there is a > > > Micajah Fairfax listed in the 1800 NC Bladen County census record. > > > Micajah may be an ancestor of mine, but I only know for sure back to > > > Elias Fairfax in Columbus County (which used to be part of Bladen > > > County) b. 1820. His father may have been Needham Fairfax (who was > > > perhaps the son of Micajah). There is also a Walter Fairfax in the > > > 1800 Caswell Co. census. Maybe Micajah was a common name then, but it > > > seems like there might be a connection to Ruth Fairfax (naming her son > > > after her father? grandfather?)...and the years of Ruth's birth make > > > the connection somewhat possible. Hope this helps.... > > > > > > Allen Fairfax > > > > > > Followups: > > > > > > No followups yet > > > > > > > > > > > > [Post Followup][Return to Message Listings][Print Message] > > > > > > http://genforum.genealogy.com/fairfax/messages/47.html > > > Search this forum: Search all of GenForum: > > > > > > Proximity matching > > > > > > Agreement of Use > > > [Add this member to My GenForum] Link to GenForum > > > [Add this forum to My GenForum] Add Forum > >