What a story! wow. I noticed the name Ellis - probably no connection but thought I'd share this just in case. My greatgrandmother's older sister married an Ellis. Walter Mack Ellis m. Pairlee (went by middle name, can't recall first right now) in 1896. I'm not sure where they were married at this time, but they lived in Duncan, Stephens County, OK. They had two sons - Roy and Charlie. Happy hunting, Becky *~Y~* -----Original Message----- From: Carol Morse <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, October 14, 1999 4:53 AM Subject: [OKCARTER] Fw: Re: Murders, Prison, and Barn-burning: Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" ELLIS/BYRNE/ISAAC/SPARKS > >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 >> >