Bob Web just sent me the message below with a picture to be posted on PacePix of the grave of Richmond Pace b. 1813, Alabama. I believe this info should be shared and I'm sure Bob won't mind me sharing it with you. It is most important to descendents of Richmond. You can see the picture at the URL below, scroll all the way to the bottom of either the right or left panel and click the link. The link Bob gives to the cemetery is also very worthwhile. Richmond Pace descendents will probably want to bookmark it. It is in the middle of his message. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pace/pacepix/ Roy; Thanks for keeping the Pace Network up and running. Attached is a photo of the grave of Richmond Pace, born in Clarke County, Alabama in 1813, son of John and Elizabeth (Jones) Pace. The grave is in Hillcrest Cemetery, the oldest cemetery in the city of Temple, in Bell County, Texas. It was long thought that Richmond was buried with his second wife's family in Vashti, Texas, Clay County, in north Texas in 1892 (nowhere near Bell County). I found the graves of his second wife Mary Ann (Taylor) and a couple of sons and grandchildren in Vashti some years ago, but did not find a stone for Richmond. After checking the tax records for Newton County, Mississippi, I came to the wrong conclusion that Richmond had never left Newton County and was probably buried on his home place, or simply never had a marker. He shows up on the tax records in Newton up until 1892, and his widow Mary Ann and family show up on the 1900 census for Newton County, Mississippi. The second family left for north Texas a few years after the turn of the century, a good decade after the death of Richmond; case closed. Or so I thought. A few weeks ago I found the Web site for Hillcrest Cemetery in Temple and was browsing through the transcriptions, looking for other ancestors I knew were buried there. It was no surprise to find the graves of a few of my pioneer ancestors (Clarks, Wilders), but I was floored to see the listing for Richmond Pace. Richmond did have a couple of nephews who lived in Bell County; William J. Pace (buried in Hillcrest) and James Willis Pace, and a niece, Mary Pace (buried in Hillcrest), all children of Richmond's brother James Dempsey Pace. He also had a couple of grandchildren living there; my great grandfather W. L. Pace (his photo is posted on Pace Pix) and W. L.'s sister Sue Jane (Pace) Pilgrim. These grandchildren were from his first family with wife Harriet; the children of John M. Pace and Nora Delaney McClendon. Son John, a Civil War veteran, died in 1867 back in Mississippi. W. L. and Sue Jane had families of their own, so Richmond had several great-grandchildren as well in the Temple area. Did 80 year old Richmond Pace go out to Bell County, Texas for a visit, only to fall ill during some Texas blue norther? Or was he out there for another reason? One mystery solved opens a door to another. Richmond Pace and family are recorded in the book "Pace: Your Family and Mine", page 139 and is mentioned in Bruce Howard's "Our Colonial Ancestors," page 239. The photograph of Richmond Pace's grave was taken 6 August, 2005. http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell/cem/hillcrest/ But there is more to this story. Right after I took this photograph a car pulled up several yards away. A couple got out and started to browse through the graveyard. Up until then, I had been alone. This is a large cemetery, and I was in the old section. I waved, they waved back, and I finished taking notes. The man walks up, asks me if I know who's grave this is, and I reply, "Sure. Richmond Pace... he's my great great great grandfather." The man says, "Mine too." I think I went pretty slack-jawed at that point. He introduces himself, "I'm Jeff Humphrey. I descend from his son John Micajah Pace and.." I interrupt, "Nora Delaney McClendon. Me too." Well, we shake hands and begin to compare notes. Jeff descends from the Sue Jane Pace Pilgrim family. He and his friend came down from Dallas to Waco for a visit and decided to drive to Temple to see this grave on the spur of the moment. He had found it a few years ago. They asked if I was from Temple. "No," I said," I live in Houston. I just decided to come up this weekend to see Richmond's grave. I found it posted on the internet a few days ago." Now we were all pretty amazed. Temple is in central Texas. Houston is near the coast, 185 miles to the south east. Dallas is in north Texas, 130 miles north east of Temple. I had been in this cemetery for thirty minutes, and another great great great grandson of Richmond Pace shows up. Same generation, about the same age, same interest in this family's history. Cue up the music from The Twilight Zone. I'm sure it was just as strange for him to find me there at the very grave he was looking for. But this was all strange in a very good way, and it was great to meet a cousin I knew nothing about, and stand in front of our ancestor's grave for a moment and share that moment. Bob Webb Richmond Pace, born April 8, 1813, died Dec. 19, 1893 For 60 Years a (consistent) member of the Baptist Church Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep from which none ever wake to weep.

Roy and Bob Webb I have to ask, does Bob Webb qualify for DNA on those Alabama Pace's ? Darlene Pace ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roy Johnson" <royj@webster.edu> To: <PACE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 8:27 PM Subject: [PACE-L] Richmond Pace picture > Bob Web just sent me the message below with a picture to be posted on > PacePix of the grave of Richmond Pace b. 1813, Alabama. I believe this info > should be shared and I'm sure Bob won't mind me sharing it with you. It is > most important to descendents of Richmond. You can see the picture at the > URL below, scroll all the way to the bottom of either the right or left > panel and click the link. > > > > The link Bob gives to the cemetery is also very worthwhile. Richmond Pace > descendents will probably want to bookmark it. It is in the middle of his > message. > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pace/pacepix/ > > > > Roy; > > > > Thanks for keeping the Pace Network up and running. > > > > Attached is a photo of the grave of Richmond Pace, born in > Clarke County, Alabama in 1813, son of John and Elizabeth (Jones) Pace. The > grave is in Hillcrest Cemetery, the oldest cemetery in the city of Temple, > in Bell County, Texas. It was long thought that Richmond was buried with his > second wife's family in Vashti, Texas, Clay County, in north Texas in 1892 > (nowhere near Bell County). I found the graves of his second wife Mary Ann > (Taylor) and a couple of sons and grandchildren in Vashti some years ago, > but did not find a stone for Richmond. After checking the tax records for > Newton County, Mississippi, I came to the wrong conclusion that Richmond had > never left Newton County and was probably buried on his home place, or > simply never had a marker. He shows up on the tax records in Newton up until > 1892, and his widow Mary Ann and family show up on the 1900 census for > Newton County, Mississippi. The second family left for north Texas a few > years after the turn of the century, a good decade after the death of > Richmond; case closed. Or so I thought. > > > > A few weeks ago I found the Web site for Hillcrest Cemetery in > Temple and was browsing through the transcriptions, looking for other > ancestors I knew were buried there. It was no surprise to find the graves of > a few of my pioneer ancestors (Clarks, Wilders), but I was floored to see > the listing for Richmond Pace. Richmond did have a couple of nephews who > lived in Bell County; William J. Pace (buried in > > Hillcrest) and James Willis Pace, and a niece, Mary Pace (buried in > Hillcrest), all children of Richmond's brother James Dempsey Pace. He also > had a couple of grandchildren living there; my great grandfather W. L. Pace > (his photo is posted on Pace Pix) and W. L.'s sister Sue Jane (Pace) > Pilgrim. These grandchildren were from his first family with wife Harriet; > the children of John M. Pace and Nora Delaney McClendon. Son John, a Civil > War veteran, died in 1867 back in Mississippi. W. L. and Sue Jane had > families of their own, so Richmond had several great-grandchildren as well > in the Temple area. > > > > Did 80 year old Richmond Pace go out to Bell County, Texas for a > visit, only to fall ill during some Texas blue norther? Or was he out there > for another reason? One mystery solved opens a door to another. > > > > Richmond Pace and family are recorded in the book "Pace: Your Family and > Mine", page 139 and is mentioned in Bruce Howard's "Our Colonial Ancestors," > page 239. The photograph of Richmond Pace's grave was taken > > 6 August, 2005. > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell/cem/hillcrest/ > > > > But there is more to this story. Right after I took this photograph a car > pulled up several yards away. A couple got out and started to browse through > the graveyard. Up until then, I had been alone. This is a large cemetery, > and I was in the old section. I waved, they waved back, and I finished > taking notes. The man walks up, asks me if I know who's grave this is, and I > reply, "Sure. Richmond Pace... he's my great great great grandfather." The > man says, "Mine too." > > > > I think I went pretty slack-jawed at that point. He introduces > himself, "I'm Jeff Humphrey. I descend from his son John Micajah Pace and.." > I interrupt, "Nora Delaney McClendon. Me too." Well, we shake hands and > begin to compare notes. Jeff descends from the Sue Jane Pace Pilgrim family. > He and his friend came down from Dallas to Waco for a visit and decided to > drive to Temple to see this grave on the spur of the moment. He had found it > a few years ago. They asked if I was from Temple. "No," I said," I live in > Houston. I just decided to come up this weekend to see Richmond's grave. I > found it posted on the internet a few days ago." Now we were all pretty > amazed. Temple is in central Texas. Houston is near the coast, 185 miles to > the south east. Dallas is in north Texas, 130 miles north east of Temple. I > had been in this cemetery for thirty minutes, and another great great great > grandson of Richmond Pace shows up. Same generation, about the same age, > same interest in this family's history. Cue up the music from The Twilight > Zone. I'm sure it was just as strange for him to find me there at the very > grave he was looking for. > > > > But this was all strange in a very good way, and it was great to > meet a cousin I knew nothing about, and stand in front of our ancestor's > grave for a moment and share that moment. > > > > Bob Webb > > > > Richmond Pace, born April 8, 1813, died Dec. 19, 1893 For 60 Years a > (consistent) member of the Baptist Church Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep > from which none ever wake to weep. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== PACE Mailing List ==== > Check out the Pace GenConnect Boards where you can post or peruse Pace Bibles, Obits, Bios, Deeds, Wills, Queries, etc. Bookmark this URL: > http://boards.ancestry.com > > __________ NOD32 1.1200 (20050823) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > >

-----Original Message----- From: darlene [mailto:darlene@adweb.net] Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 9:23 AM To: PACE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PACE-L] Richmond Pace picture Roy and Bob Webb I have to ask, does Bob Webb qualify for DNA on those Alabama Pace's ? Darlene Paceit No. He has to be a Pace; it only goes male to male. Roy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roy Johnson" <royj@webster.edu> To: <PACE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 8:27 PM Subject: [PACE-L] Richmond Pace picture > Bob Web just sent me the message below with a picture to be posted on > PacePix of the grave of Richmond Pace b. 1813, Alabama. I believe this info > should be shared and I'm sure Bob won't mind me sharing it with you. It is > most important to descendents of Richmond. You can see the picture at the > URL below, scroll all the way to the bottom of either the right or left > panel and click the link. > > > > The link Bob gives to the cemetery is also very worthwhile. Richmond Pace > descendents will probably want to bookmark it. It is in the middle of his > message. > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pace/pacepix/ > > > > Roy; > > > > Thanks for keeping the Pace Network up and running. > > > > Attached is a photo of the grave of Richmond Pace, born in > Clarke County, Alabama in 1813, son of John and Elizabeth (Jones) Pace. The > grave is in Hillcrest Cemetery, the oldest cemetery in the city of Temple, > in Bell County, Texas. It was long thought that Richmond was buried with his > second wife's family in Vashti, Texas, Clay County, in north Texas in 1892 > (nowhere near Bell County). I found the graves of his second wife Mary Ann > (Taylor) and a couple of sons and grandchildren in Vashti some years ago, > but did not find a stone for Richmond. After checking the tax records for > Newton County, Mississippi, I came to the wrong conclusion that Richmond had > never left Newton County and was probably buried on his home place, or > simply never had a marker. He shows up on the tax records in Newton up until > 1892, and his widow Mary Ann and family show up on the 1900 census for > Newton County, Mississippi. The second family left for north Texas a few > years after the turn of the century, a good decade after the death of > Richmond; case closed. Or so I thought. > > > > A few weeks ago I found the Web site for Hillcrest Cemetery in > Temple and was browsing through the transcriptions, looking for other > ancestors I knew were buried there. It was no surprise to find the graves of > a few of my pioneer ancestors (Clarks, Wilders), but I was floored to see > the listing for Richmond Pace. Richmond did have a couple of nephews who > lived in Bell County; William J. Pace (buried in > > Hillcrest) and James Willis Pace, and a niece, Mary Pace (buried in > Hillcrest), all children of Richmond's brother James Dempsey Pace. He also > had a couple of grandchildren living there; my great grandfather W. L. Pace > (his photo is posted on Pace Pix) and W. L.'s sister Sue Jane (Pace) > Pilgrim. These grandchildren were from his first family with wife Harriet; > the children of John M. Pace and Nora Delaney McClendon. Son John, a Civil > War veteran, died in 1867 back in Mississippi. W. L. and Sue Jane had > families of their own, so Richmond had several great-grandchildren as well > in the Temple area. > > > > Did 80 year old Richmond Pace go out to Bell County, Texas for a > visit, only to fall ill during some Texas blue norther? Or was he out there > for another reason? One mystery solved opens a door to another. > > > > Richmond Pace and family are recorded in the book "Pace: Your Family and > Mine", page 139 and is mentioned in Bruce Howard's "Our Colonial Ancestors," > page 239. The photograph of Richmond Pace's grave was taken > > 6 August, 2005. > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell/cem/hillcrest/ > > > > But there is more to this story. Right after I took this photograph a car > pulled up several yards away. A couple got out and started to browse through > the graveyard. Up until then, I had been alone. This is a large cemetery, > and I was in the old section. I waved, they waved back, and I finished > taking notes. The man walks up, asks me if I know who's grave this is, and I > reply, "Sure. Richmond Pace... he's my great great great grandfather." The > man says, "Mine too." > > > > I think I went pretty slack-jawed at that point. He introduces > himself, "I'm Jeff Humphrey. I descend from his son John Micajah Pace and.." > I interrupt, "Nora Delaney McClendon. Me too." Well, we shake hands and > begin to compare notes. Jeff descends from the Sue Jane Pace Pilgrim family. > He and his friend came down from Dallas to Waco for a visit and decided to > drive to Temple to see this grave on the spur of the moment. He had found it > a few years ago. They asked if I was from Temple. "No," I said," I live in > Houston. I just decided to come up this weekend to see Richmond's grave. I > found it posted on the internet a few days ago." Now we were all pretty > amazed. Temple is in central Texas. Houston is near the coast, 185 miles to > the south east. Dallas is in north Texas, 130 miles north east of Temple. I > had been in this cemetery for thirty minutes, and another great great great > grandson of Richmond Pace shows up. Same generation, about the same age, > same interest in this family's history. Cue up the music from The Twilight > Zone. I'm sure it was just as strange for him to find me there at the very > grave he was looking for. > > > > But this was all strange in a very good way, and it was great to > meet a cousin I knew nothing about, and stand in front of our ancestor's > grave for a moment and share that moment. > > > > Bob Webb > > > > Richmond Pace, born April 8, 1813, died Dec. 19, 1893 For 60 Years a > (consistent) member of the Baptist Church Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep > from which none ever wake to weep. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== PACE Mailing List ==== > Check out the Pace GenConnect Boards where you can post or peruse Pace Bibles, Obits, Bios, Deeds, Wills, Queries, etc. Bookmark this URL: > http://boards.ancestry.com > > __________ NOD32 1.1200 (20050823) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > ==== PACE Mailing List ==== To share info which may be of interest to others, reply to the mail list (PACE-L@rootsweb.com). 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