My Brick Wall: Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" ELLIS b 1867 Tishomingo Co., MS, dau >of William ELLIS and Mary HORTON living in Sneed (Carter Co.) I.T. a 1880. >Married 1)John L. BYRNE in 1883 m 2) George ISAACS, 1891 in El Reno, >Canandian Co., I.T. - George ISAACS was sentenced to life in prison for his >involvement >with DOOLIN >gang in 1895. Mary Elizabeth ISAACS, widow w/3 sons, Wiley Byrne, Richard >Isaacs and Roy Isaacs, living in Chickasha, >OK in 1900 census; Lizzie ISAACS , widow w/2 sons, Richard Isaacs and Roy >Isaacs, living in Clinton, Greer >Co., in 1910 census. Lizzie was murdered by Tom SPARKS (ex-husband of >Lizzie's younger sister) in January 1914 after burning his barn down. > >Lizzie may have been married to Tom by this date however there is no record >of marriage(nor have I found a record of divorce for her from George ISAACS >however George has escaped from prison by this date but his whereabouts >remained unknown). She reportedly "caught" Tom with another woman which >resulted in her barn-burning revenge. Tom SPARKS was then killed by Lizzie's >2 >sons, Richard and Roy Isaacs, the next day. They reportedly pumped 48 >bullets into his body for killing their mother. >I cannot find place of murder/barn burning/killings or burial under any of >her names. I am 99% certain this happened in Oklahoma but I have not been >able to obtain death certificate and I have not had an opportunity to search >newspapers other than the local Daily Ardmoreite. You would think that a >barn-burning and 2 murders would be newsworthy. Sometimes I wonder about >the death date as the only record I've ever seen was in the Ellis Family >Bible and just a short entry "Lizzie died Jan 1914". In that day and time, >I am assuming the Ellis family (ultra-conservative, respectable God-fearing >people) was extremely upset and embarrassed by Lizzie's lifestyle and just >shoved it all in the closet with the other skeltons. The ones that knew the >whole story are gone and the ones that passed this story on to me did not >have any details. However, I have heard the same version of this story from >Byrne, Ellis and Isaac family ancestors that don't even know each other. >Thank you for any help. >Carol in Okla >surnames: Adkison-Byrns-Butler-Ellis-Foy-Haney-Isaacs-Kincannon-Morgan- > Love-Morse-Patterson-Payne-Weir > >--------------------------- ONElist Sponsor ---------------------------- > >Get EXPERT CONTENT at ONElist! >Join PROS&PUNDITS. For details go to: ><a href=" http://clickme.onelist.com/ad/prospun1 ">Click Here</a> > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Community email addresses: > Post message: [email protected] > Subscribe: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: [email protected] > List owner: [email protected] > >Shortcut URL to this page: > http://www.onelist.com/community/CandymanGenieAngels >