Elaine, I've re-titled this message instead of just hitting "Reply" so that the archiving of this message on the Poythress-List will be more indicative of what is in it. Great to know you got the Lauderdale County [Mississippi] Dept of Archives & History publication list. And great of you to have ordered copies of all the Poythress marriages you've learned of in Lauderdale Co, too. I'll double-check soon to see which Lauderdale Co Marriage records I need; thanks. Yes, I can help place each of the Poythresses you asked about. - "Annie P" is Annie Priscilla Poythress who married Charles Curtis. She was the 3rd child (2nd daughter) of Algernon E. Poythress & Ellen Belle McKinley. Annie was born 30 Jan 1874 across the state line in Sumter Co, AL. She & Charles married25 Nov 1903 in Lauderdale Co, MS. No children. She died 27 Apr 1913. Her Death Certificate indicates her cause of death as "Corsinoma [sic] of Breast" as certified by Dr. James Bennett who had attended her from December 1912 until her death; the informant, who was her husband C[harles] A. Curtis gave her age as 39 years 2 months 28 days; her birthdate and birthplace as 30 January 1874 in "Va;" her father as A. E. Poythress, born in "Va;" her mother's maiden name as Ellen McKinley, born in "Va;" her burial as being at Magnolia Cemetery (with no burial date given) by undertaker H. C. Smith. - "Adelaide" is Adelaid Ellen or Adelaide Elenor Poythress, the 6th child of Algernon E. Poythress & Ellen Belle McKinley. Adelaide, or "Aunt Dade" as the family's nieces & nephews called her, was born 7 Aug 1881 in Sumter Co, AL. (Regarding her name, the "Family Record of A. E. Poythress, Algernon Edward Poythress, and Ellen Bell McKinley Poythress" typed and maintained during his lifetime by her brother Nathan Hamet Poythress, listed her name as "Adelaid Ellen" and her birth place as Sumter County, AL. Her death certificate, for which her husband T. Marvin Curtis was the informant, shows her name as "Adelaide Elenor" and her birth place as Mississippi. It would seem from these two items that she may have been named "Adelaid Ellen" at birth, but may have preferred "Adelaide Elenor," as her husband listed for her death certificate.) She married Thomas Marvin Curtis (a brother of Charles A. Curtis who married her sister Annie), on 30 Nov 1904 in Lauderdale Co, MS. She died 19 Feb 1934 and is also buried at Magnolia Cemetery in Meridian. No children. - "Roberta" is Roberta Claire or Roberta Clare Poythress, the 9th child of Algernon E. Poythress & Ellen Belle McKinley. She was born 15 Jun 1888 in Sumter Co, AL. She married Walter J. Gartin in 1910 in Lauderdale Co, MS. [This is definitely a marriage certificate I don't have, because I don't even have a full marriage date for them!] They had one son, Robert Edward Gartin (Robert was born in 1911; he never married; he died in 1965 and is buried in Magnolia.). Roberta died 4 Feb 1919 and is buried in Magnolia. Her surviving husband Walter J. Gartin, on 26 May 1920 in Lauderdale Co, MS, married her elder sister Kate (Frances Katherine Poythress, who was the 7th child of Algernon E. Poythress & Ellen Belle McKinley, and was born in 1884. Kate & Walter had one child, a son who is still living. Kate died 29 Sep 1957 and is buried in Magnolia Cemetery. Walter is buried there between Roberta & Kate.) - "B.E." is indeed Bennie Edward Poythress, the 11th child of Algernon E. Poythress & Ellen Belle McKinley. He was born in 1893 in Sumter Co, AL. He married Lena Ross Spinks on 5 Jun 1918 in Lauderdale Co, MS. (They had 3 sons, the youngest of whom died of pneumonia at age 4; the eldest of whom was Ben Edward Poythress, Jr. who died in Petersburg, VA in 1998; the middle of son is still living.) Bennie Edward Poythress died 30 Mar 1960 & is buried in Magnolia Cemetery. - Rose Jones was the earlier name (could well be the maiden name) of the "Rose Jones Poythress" you mentioned. She had married James Stroble Poythress in 1925 in Lauderdale Co, MS. They were divorced sometime prior to her 1938 marriage, also in Lauderdale Co, MS, to W. B. Wilmurth, Jr. I don't know anything further about her or Wilmurth. James Stroble Poythress, born in 1903, was a grandson of James Speed Poythress & Mattie/Martha Grice Raiford. James Stroble Poythress was the 4th child of the James David Poythress, born in 1869, who married Carrie Price Shepherd on 11 Sep 1895 in Macon, Noxubee County, Mississippi. Hope this helps. BPN = = = = = From: [email protected] Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 11:12:55 EDT Subject: Re: Photo Request & Meridian cemeteries I just received their publication list yesterday. I also just sent for copies of all Poythress and Beasley marriage records, listed in the index of Lauderdale County Marriage Records. If you need a copy of any of those records, let me know and I will make you one there were 21 listed. There were a couple of them I could not place. Do you know who Adelaide, Annie P. Roberta, Rose Jones Poythress belong to? And would B.E. Poythress be Bennie Edward Poythress son or Grandson of Algernon? Take care, Elaine