Hi Elaine, I was going through some old e-mail messages and came upon this one from you. I do not have any Huddleston and Payne connections. I do have some Huddleston and Shumate connections. Dixie Lee Huddleston born March 25, 1904 in Bonham, Fannin Co., TX, died July 28, 1982 in Wichita Falls. TX., married September 1, 1919 to Daniel B. Shumate born March 10, 1900, place unknown, died July 8, 1962. Her parents were James William Huddleston born October 15. 1868 in Alton, Oregon Co., MO, died October 4, 1961 in Oklahoma City, OK, married December 14, 1872 in Fannin Co., TX. to Ada Lou Bassham born December 24, 1872 in Columbia, Maury Co., TN., died June 7, 1957 in Cyril, OK. Does any of this information sound familiar to you? I will be looking forward to hearing from you. My best wishes to you and your family. At 11:57 PM 12/4/97 +0000, Depaine wrote: >Hi, > >This is just a note...will write more later.....I recently found stuff >published by Anna Popejoy...because one of my lines ( Paine is my husband's >line) seems to be descended from Benjamin Huddleston, who I believe is the >brother of David Huddleston. That would make my husband and me cousins!! > >I caution you on this, however. A cousin of mine wrote to Anna Popejoy about >Benjamin, and about what her documentation was....she got a little defensive >and said she could not provide any. So I am working on documenting this >myself. > >I apologise for not contacting you lately, but my mother became quite ill in >late October, and died on Nov 18....so I have been a little preoccupied. In >fact, Susan Payne Smith came to Virginia to work on the Payne papers in >Charlottesville, and I had planned to help her but unfortunately I was unable >to do so. > >Talk to you later.... I have a lot of stuff on the Huddlestons. > >Elaine Hazel The roots of our family tree were planted deep in American soil. The trunk of the tree grew strong and it has many, many branches. Some branches are still bare and need your information. I will gladly exchange genealogy information with others. Please do not send me jokes, hoax warnings, chain letters, etc. My time on the computer is very limited. Researching: Anderson, Byrd, Dove, Goodson, Miley, Neal, Patterson, Payne, Rougeou, Shumate, Walker and Weaver Hazel LeBlanc <hazel@premier.net> 1717 Job Ave. Zachary, LA 70791-5110 AOL Instant Messenger I D: HMLeBlanc Home page: <http://www.intersurf.com/~bleblanc/bill-haz.htm>http://www.intersurf.com/~b leblanc/bill-haz.htm