Martha is not on the Ozment list right now but made her original post to the Ozment message board which was gatewayed to the list. I hope we can get her to join the list. These stories are very interesting! Reply to her at nanny9nine@netzero.net Subj: {not a subscriber} Re: [OZMENT] Re: descendant of John Jasper Date: 08/11/2001 2:58:31 PM Central Daylight Time From: nanny9nine@netzero.net To: milleriw@mbay.net (Ivan Miller), OZMENT-L@rootsweb.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Ivan Miller <milleriw@mbay.net> To: <OZMENT-L@rootsweb.com> Cc: <nanny9nine@netzero.net> Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2001 9:25 AM Subject: Re: [OZMENT] Re: descendant of John Jasper > I have your husband, Carl Adrian Ozment, in my family file. He is a direct > descendant of John Jasper Ozment. There are two "Clinton Ozments" in that > family line -- Andrew Clinton, 1843-1883, was the father of Elnora Ozment > who was Gene Autry's mother. James Clinton, 1886-1965, was a nephew of > Andrew Clinton, being a son of Robert H. Ozment, younger brother to Andrew > Clinton. Both Andrew Clinton and Robert Henry Ozment were sons of John > Jasper Ozment, 1800-1855. > > As to the connection to Cole Younger, I believe it is just a family story. > It is pervasive, but I have found no proof. Cole Younger's mother, > Bethsheba, was supposed to be a sister to Anna Mae and Margaret Morgan, who > were both wives of John Jasper Ozment. That would make Cole Younger a > nephew to John Jasper. However, all the information I have found says that > Bethsheba was not a Morgan; she is cited as "Bersheba Leighton Fristoe", > 1816-1870, born in TN. The Morgan sisters were born in NC, so that location > doesn't fit any better than the last name. I know families moved around, > and the Fristoe could have been an early marriage, but there is no > indication of "Morgan" associated with Bethsheba in any of the sources I > have found. > Caroline > > My information came from Winafred Johnson, who is an 84 year cousin living in Mesa Arizona.and swears her Grandfather used to visit Cole Younger in prison and she has been doing the Ozment family tree since she was 10 years old. She has the orginal wanted poster of cole younger,she let me get a copy serval years ago before it begin to fall apart. I've told her serval people have told me the same thing you said, and she says , Well! they don't know what their talking about. Shes a cute funny lady, and I just love her. I know you are familiar with Blue Bonnet maragin? She also says Gene Aurty"s wife posed for that lady in the blue bonnet.So she has a wrapper from the margin in her family book.Her last name was Ozment before she married. What are your parents Names? When I mention this to her shes going to want to know so she can see where you fit into the family. Martha