I am going to post this again for those of you who accidently deleted it before responding <grin> > >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 >> >