Thanks to BPW for bringing to my attention this household of the Poytress family in Fresno County, CA, in the 1900 Census. The husband & wife both came here to the US from England, where their parents were also born. You will note that the surname is spelled without the "h" as is consistent with the English spelling we learned of years ago from our then-List members in England. In response to BPW's question of me (copied below), no, these names do not appear in the present day Poythress family in the Fresno County & adjacent Madera County area of California. That Poythress family descends from William E. Poythress (born 1833 in Georgia) & his wife Martha J. Usher (born 1841 in Georgia), who married in 1857 in Georgia. The family also knew that William E. Poythress' forebears came to Georgia from Virginia -- hence their statement that BPW recalled, that their line was from Virginia. I found it quite interesting on the below-mentioned Census page and adjacent pages, that many many families who came from various European locations to grow fruit in that area of California. 1900 Census, 4th Judicial Township of Fresno County, CA; Supervisor's District 5, Enumeration District 11, Sheet 7-B, enumerated 13 June 1900 by A.E.Balch, Dwelling 151, Family 152 (only the following 3 people in the household/family): - Poytress, John A., head, white, male, born Mar 1871, age 29, married 6 yrs, born England, father born England, mother born England, immigrated to US in 1891, 9 yrs in US, Naturalized citizen, occupation fruit grower, 0 months unemployed, can read, can write, can speak English, owns farm, mortgaged, Farm, 132 is the number of his farm on the Census Farm Schedule - ---, Mary, wife, white, female, born Sept 1867, age 32, married 6 yrs, mother of 1 child, 1 child living, born England, father born England, mother born England, immigrated to US in 1893, 7 yrs in US, (naturalization status is a squiggle that probably means Not Applicable since she gets her status from her husband), can read, can write, can speak English - ---, Eleanor M., daughter, white, female, born July 1894, age 5, single, born California, father born England, mother born England, attended school 4 months Suggestion to BPW for finding your own John A. Poythress (son of Charles David Poythress & Indiana Peru Twisdale): I don't now recall whether you indicated to me in years gone by that he married Effie Eason in 1901, or whether I just guesstimated that marriage year from the kids' births? If indeed they weren't yet married as of June 1, 1900 (Census day) it would be worthwhile to look for him in the vicinity of her. I know Effie was daughter of Willis & Lucy. I looked briefly for their family in the 1900 Census, figuring JAP (who turned 26 in Jun 1900) *may* have been living near that family. I suspect Willis Eason was dead by then. I saw a Lucy Eason living as a boarder in another household in the town of Burgaw, Pender Co, NC (just north of Wilmington), with a younger Julia Eason and various other people there, too. Since I don't know Effie's siblings' names, I'm not sure that's the right Lucy, but if it is, you might want to browse thru that area's census pages, looking for a no-doubt-misspelled John Poythress. One other thing I found interesting, in case Effie had a brother also named Willis, is that there was a younger Willis Eason in Sumter Co, AL, in the town of Payneville, so that may be another good place to look for Effie (I didn't search on her name; I think that Willis was shown as age 32; I don't have birthdates for Effie's parents to be sure it's possible for this to be a son of theirs.) Good luck, and please keep me posted if you find him/them. 8/7/2005 Barbara Poythress Wolfe wrote: > Hi Barb, > I have been searching for all the census records on my grandfather John > Alexander Poythress. The one that I would like to find is 1900. > > And I ran across a John A. Poythress, about the same age as my JAP and > he and his wife are in Fresno, CA. They are both from England. He is a > fruit farmer. Just 'musing' if this might be any connection to the > Poythress family that farms in this area. Know they responded at one > time that they were from VA. Interesting.