In a message dated 98-04-02 03:17:54 EST, psperrg@scifac.indstate.edu writes: << grieving over the book being mutilated? >> I for one GRIEVE whenever an original is destroyed, either whole or in part. It is indeed a sad day.

Josephine Taylor married Joseph Sasser son of Adin Sasser on January 24, 1880. They moved to Marion Co., AR and was there in 1881. My query is: Was Josephine Taylor b. September 06, 1860 from Marion County KY.? Thanks, I.A. Don

Hi trying to connect the family lines.Getting lost on the Sasser and Dansby connection.Have been told that a Sarah Sasser married John Dansby in 1813? We have a Catherine down on our records. Does anyone know if these two ladies are the same?Also have Sarah's parents as Howell Sasser and Winifred Byrd.Is this correct?Thanks for any help...Kim

To: the Sasser list (particularly those who have become members since I first shared this information) From: Glenn E. Perry Since my recent posting of the material from the Henry Sasser Bible, I have been asked about the history of this Bible. Rhoda Glass, as I mentioned, had possession of the Bible for a long time. A granddaughter of Jesse Sasser, she was a teacher in Lexington, Kentucky for many years. After retiring from the public schools, she even taught--or so I understood--at the University of Kentucky, presumably as an adjunct. I don't really know the history of the book before she got it. I had assumed that she inherited it from her mother, Francis Evelyn Sasser Glass, but I recently heard that it had been in the possession of Champ Sasser (son of Wallace Sasser and his second wife and grandson of Jesse Sasser), who lived just across the hill in Knox County from the Henry Sasser place at Blackwater. Allegedly, Rhoda borrowed it from Champ--who presumably was not considered the right sort of person to care for something with so much value to the family--and never returned it. But I cannot verify this story. When my grandmother told me about Rhoda Glass and the Bible in 1955 I inferred that Rhoda had had it for a long time. Rhoda never married. She had nieces who would have been expected to inherit the Bible from her after her death in ca. 1972. But apparently they were not interested in it and allowed my aunt, Lucy Taylor Stanfield, to take it to give to her aunt (my great aunt), Rebecca Taylor Deming (daughter of Susan Sasser Taylor and granddaughter of Jesse), in Nebraska. I understood that Aunt Becky was particularly sentimental about this Bible because of its association with her grandmother, Nancy Gilbert Sasser. But at the time I thought it was unfortunate for it to be given to somebody who had no children to hand it down to. It was my understanding that Aunt Lucy would get the Bible back after Aunt Becky's death (in 1980). I even gathered that she would eventually give it to me. Although my interest in these matters was somewhat dormant in those days, I kept asking about the Bible. Aunt Lucy seemed almost to have forgotten about it in her old age. It was only a couple of years ago--after asking various people who seemed either not to know what I was talking about or not to think it was very important--that I found out that my mother's brother, Robert Taylor, had obtained the Bible following Aunt Becky's death. Then I was told that he in turn had given it to my first cousin, Paul Harris, who now, or so I hear, has moved--following his retirement--from Cincinnati to Shelbyville, Indiana. Actually, I suppose it is Paul's wife, Yvonne, who was especially interested in the Bible, for I know that she is intensely involved in genealogy, as she wrote to me about the matter in the early 1980s. Expecting to see them now that they live fairly close to me as well as hoping to get a xerox copy, I wrote to the Harrises almost a year ago after being unable to reach them by telephone. They have not answered my letter. I am going to inquire further about whether I have the wrong address. But now I have been told, as I reported a few months ago, that my first cousin and his wife have cut out the pages with writing and deposited them in the Kentucky state archives in Frankfort. I had been hoping that someone would allow a museum or whatever to preserve the book. But the story is that the archives would not take either the whole Bible or xerox pages. Again, this is hearsay, but--assuming that it is true--should we be be rejoicing that the pages are being preserved (at least until some archivist decides they are of no significance) or grieving over the book being mutilated? It would be interesting to hear everybody's opinion on the matter. ***************************************** Glenn E. Perry Department of Political Science Indiana State University Terre Haute, IN 47809 USA E-Mail: psperrg@scifac.indstate.edu (812)237-2505 (office) (812)234-5661 (home) ****************************************

Texarkana Tx is in Red River County.... The Northeast corner of TX... Don -----Original Message----- From: Earl Sasser <EWSass@writeme.com> To: Sasser Discussion List <sasser-l@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, March 31, 1998 6:40 PM Subject: [SASSER-L] Red River County. >In a letter from Patty S. Mar. 14th she said her family lived in the Red >River County. Where would that be??? Would someone help me out with state >and county. THX! > >Cordially, >Earl Sasser >ewsass@writeme.com > > >==== SASSER Mailing List ==== > post a query to the list: SASSER-l@rootsweb.com > Questions or comments about the list: dlsasser@email.msn.com >Sasser Family National Association may be seen at http://www.geocities.com/~rewoodham/sasser.html > > > > > >

In a letter from Patty S. Mar. 14th she said her family lived in the Red River County. Where would that be??? Would someone help me out with state and county. THX! Cordially, Earl Sasser ewsass@writeme.com

To: the Sasser list From: Glenn E. Perry The word at the beginning of the first sentence in the message I posted yesterday was supposed to have been "commemoration." I notice that it was so garbled that it it might be hard to figure out. ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- From: "psusers" <psperrg@scifac.indstate.edu> Organization: Indiana State University To: SASSER-L@rootsweb.com Date: Sun, 29 Mar 1998 15:39:43 -0500 Priority: normal Subject: 220 years To: the Sasser list From: Glenn E. Perry In commemoration of the 220th anniversary of Henry Sasser's birth, it seems appropriate for me to post--with apologies to those who were members of the list when I shared the same material nearly a year ago--what I copied from his Bible when it was temporarily in the possession of my mother's late sister, Lucy Taylor Stanfield, in Lexington, Kentucky in November 1972. I had heard about the existence of this Bible from my grandmother, Sarah Humfleet Taylor, in 1955 and first saw it at the home of Rhoda Glass when Aunt Lucy took me there during the summer of 1959. Please note that, as I have recently been reminded (most recently, by our cousin Pat Mellor) , the date of the patriarch's birth was mistakenly (presumably by him) written as 1878 rather than as 1778. I had typed it as 1778, but when I recently went back to my original handwritten notes I saw that I had copied it as 1878 with a red mark under the obviously wrong digit. I have recently been asked whether Henry Sasser's mother's maiden name, Bishop, was written above her name. I find it odd that I did not copy this if it indeed was written there at that time (as opposed to being inserted by someone later). I did know this name in the 1950s, but I am not completely sure whether I got it from the Bible or from my grandmothe, although. I believe my source was the latter. As I mentioned once before, my grandmother knew Nancy's maiden name (Kirby) and her father's first name (Jesse) quite well, although neither is in the Bible. At least two people (neither of whom is on the list) have promised to send me copies of the xerox copies they have in their possession. When I do get such copies, I will we glad to share them with others. Here is the material from the Henry Sasser Bible: The day and date of the children's ages born to Henry Sasser and Nanny his wife 1. Keziah was born January ye 31st day 1813 2. Dixon was born January ye 1st day 1814 3. Lindy was born May ye 5th day 1815 4. Aden was born June ye 3rd day 1816 5. Arthur was born March 22nd 1818 6. Bardin was born October ye 15th day 1819 7. Piety was born July ye 20th day 1821 8. Patsey was born January ye 30th day 1823 9. Wm H Crawood was born March ye 29th day 1824 10. James Henderson was born October ye 8th day 1825 11.Jesse was born January 30st day 1828 12. Nancy was born July 24th day 1830 Henry Sasser son of William Sasser and Martha Sasser was born March the 29th 1878 Nanny Sasser wife to Henry Sasser was born June the 25th day 1792 [On another page?] Henry Sasser and his wife Nanney Sasser was married March ye 10th day 1812 Wallie Sasser was born October 1 day 1852 [poor handwriting, in contrast to the elegant script found elsewhere] Also found in the same Bible: H. Sasser his book bought of David Thompson Price $6.00 H. Sasser his Bible bought in Smithfield Price $6.50 [Also:] Wallace Watson son of Littleton Watson and Zillah his wife was born June the 20th 1823 ***************************************** Glenn E. Perry Department of Political Science Indiana State University Terre Haute, IN 47809 USA E-Mail: psperrg@scifac.indstate.edu (812)237-2505 (office) (812)234-5661 (home) **************************************** ==== SASSER Mailing List ==== Sasser Family National Association may be seen at http://www.geocities.com/~rewoodham/sasser.html Post a query to the list:  SASSER-l@rootsweb.com http://www.isource.net/~ralph/ a cousin's home page ***************************************** Glenn E. Perry Department of Political Science Indiana State University Terre Haute, IN 47809 USA E-Mail: psperrg@scifac.indstate.edu (812)237-2505 (office) (812)234-5661 (home) ****************************************

Dear Patsy, For you and those who have written about the parents of SMITHEY SASSER and TEMPLE H. ("Tipo") SASSER... It is interesting to note that Temple H. ("Tipo") Sasser, born in 1829 in Wayne County, NC ALSO had a daughter named SMITHA ("Smithy"). I learned many years ago to "follow the names" and you sooner or later find a "connection". Unfortunately, I have not yet learned who the parents of Tipo were. But I now believe that he may have been a first cousin at least of your SMITHEY. I heard from a descendant of Tipo two or three months ago but haven't heard back again. If we can ever learn who his father was, we may just make a connection to your Smithey also. Robert Earl Woodham

FYI... if anyone is thinking about starting a surname list.... go-4-it!! Don Sasser -----Original Message----- From: Brian Leverich <leverich@rootsweb.com> To: rootsweb-members@rootsweb.com <rootsweb-members@rootsweb.com> Cc: Dr. Brian Leverich <leverich@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, March 29, 1998 6:04 PM Subject: RootsWeb in February -- 1,000,000+ Hits Per Day > >This note is going to tell you that RootsWeb set a new >record level of service to the genealogical community last >month, but a more important message that I'd like to convey >first is just how important your support has been. > > RootsWeb wouldn't be here without you. > >In February, without your support we couldn't have purchased >a generator to keep the servers up during the El Nino storms, >a new search engine server for the USGenWeb and mailing list >archives, and a new server to host Cyndi Howells' Website >and the USGenWeb query systems. > >Your continued support is essential to us: just to keep up >with demand, in the next few weeks we're going to have to >upgrade the main Web server, upgrade the mail hub server, >and start preparing to add a third list server. > > All that costs money. > >And beyond those inescapable upgrades, we really want to be >building a kitty for buying genealogical datasets and bringing >more new services online for the whole community. > >If you can spread the word and help us find more Members, >Sponsors, and Donors, you'll be helping us keep up with demand >and bring new data and services online. > > > *** AND NOW FOR THE REPORT *** > > >February was an incredible month: El Nino storms repeatedly >caused us to lose power, and I wound up having to 4-wheel- >drive off the mountain in a snowstorm to find and buy a >generator to keep RootsWeb online. > >Because of our batteries and our generator, we were down only >minutes even though the power was off for days. > >Also, Cyndi Howells' Website moved to RootsWeb right in the >middle of the storms and the USGenWeb query system needed more >CPU cycles and bandwidth, so we added a server and load >balanced our T1 connections to the Internet right in the >midst of all the snowfalls and power outages. > >We had about 11% absolute growth during just the month of >February, but that's deceptively low because February is a >short month. Our actual *daily* load increased about 20%: > > o 29,372,613 Web files (27,751,946 in Jan) from 2,488 > Websites (2,400 in Jan). > - 8,602,112 were HTML pages (not images or cgi-bin) > (8,308,561 in Jan). > - 3,446,096 were cgi-bin database searches and such. > (3,574,701 in Jan). > - 17,248,967 were GIFs (15,850,655) or JPEGs (1,398,312) > (15,784,790 in Jan were GIFs (14,529,204) or JPEGs > (1,255,586). > > o 644,950 FTP file downloads from the USGenWeb > Archives and the ROOTS-L Library (618,762 in Jan). > > o Thanks to a neat hack by Tim Pierce, we know we > shipped about 82,150,000 pieces of mail > (88,649,000 in Jan) pieces of mail to the > 3,050+ (2,600 in Jan) mailing lists we host. > > (The 82 million is probably low; we had to > archive a significant amount of mail before the > count because of a disk space crunch on one of > the mail servers ... ) > > o 60,000 alt.g and s.g.* Usenet News articles > to hosts on three continents (same as Jan). > > o Approximately 505,361,000,000 bytes in total > (451,786,000,000 in Jan). > >And that's what RootsWeb did in February. Let me thank you once >again for supporting RootsWeb -- none of this would be available >to the community without your help, and your continuing support >can help us grow and provide even more service to the community. > >Thank you, B. > > >-- >Dr. Brian Leverich Co-moderator, soc.genealogy.methods/GENMTD-L >RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative http://www.rootsweb.com/ >P.O. Box 6798, Frazier Park, CA 93222-6798 leverich@rootsweb.com > >

To Don Sasser....I got an error message when I tried to send this to your address...Patsy

Hi, I'm hoping someone might have some info on a 3great-grandma.Can't seem to find any proof that she exsisted.SASSER of course is her madien name.Her first name is Catherine? We have been told by family members that she was born in 1811,in Barbour Co. Alabama.Also that she married John DANSBY in 1832. We can some what trace him but so far not her.Can anyone help me find the missing piece,thanks so much....Kim

I am unable to find Henry Sasser, son of Adin Sasser in the 1870 Laurel Co., census. Henry's brothers Joseph and Eli are missing also. Has anyone found him / them in the Knox County census (or any where else)? Thanks, Don Sasser

To: the Sasser list From: Glenn E. Perry In commeration of the 220th anniversary of Henry Sasser's birth, it seems appropriate for me to post--with apologies to those who were members of the list when I shared the same material nearly a year ago--what I copied from his Bible when it was temporarily in the possession of my mother's late sister, Lucy Taylor Stanfield, in Lexington, Kentucky in November 1972. I had heard about the existence of this Bible from my grandmother, Sarah Humfleet Taylor, in 1955 and first saw it at the home of Rhoda Glass when Aunt Lucy took me there during the summer of 1959. Please note that, as I have recently been reminded (most recently, by our cousin Pat Mellor) , the date of the patriarch's birth was mistakenly (presumably by him) written as 1878 rather than as 1778. I had typed it as 1778, but when I recently went back to my original handwritten notes I saw that I had copied it as 1878 with a red mark under the obviously wrong digit. I have recently been asked whether Henry Sasser's mother's maiden name, Bishop, was written above her name. I find it odd that I did not copy this if it indeed was written there at that time (as opposed to being inserted by someone later). I did know this name in the 1950s, but I am not completely sure whether I got it from the Bible or from my grandmothe, although. I believe my source was the latter. As I mentioned once before, my grandmother knew Nancy's maiden name (Kirby) and her father's first name (Jesse) quite well, although neither is in the Bible. At least two people (neither of whom is on the list) have promised to send me copies of the xerox copies they have in their possession. When I do get such copies, I will we glad to share them with others. Here is the material from the Henry Sasser Bible: The day and date of the children's ages born to Henry Sasser and Nanny his wife 1. Keziah was born January ye 31st day 1813 2. Dixon was born January ye 1st day 1814 3. Lindy was born May ye 5th day 1815 4. Aden was born June ye 3rd day 1816 5. Arthur was born March 22nd 1818 6. Bardin was born October ye 15th day 1819 7. Piety was born July ye 20th day 1821 8. Patsey was born January ye 30th day 1823 9. Wm H Crawood was born March ye 29th day 1824 10. James Henderson was born October ye 8th day 1825 11.Jesse was born January 30st day 1828 12. Nancy was born July 24th day 1830 Henry Sasser son of William Sasser and Martha Sasser was born March the 29th 1878 Nanny Sasser wife to Henry Sasser was born June the 25th day 1792 [On another page?] Henry Sasser and his wife Nanney Sasser was married March ye 10th day 1812 Wallie Sasser was born October 1 day 1852 [poor handwriting, in contrast to the elegant script found elsewhere] Also found in the same bible: H. Sasser his book bought of David Thompson Price $6.00 H. Sasser his Bible bought in Smithfield Price $6.50 [Also:] Wallace Watson son of Littleton Watson and Zillah his wife was born June the 20th 1823 ***************************************** Glenn E. Perry Department of Political Science Indiana State University Terre Haute, IN 47809 USA E-Mail: psperrg@scifac.indstate.edu (812)237-2505 (office) (812)234-5661 (home) ****************************************

In a message dated 98-03-29 15:43:55 EST, dlsasser@email.msn.com writes: > I am unable to find Henry Sasser, son of Adin Sasser in the 1870 Laurel Co., > census. > Henry's brothers Joseph and Eli are missing also. > > Has anyone found him / them in the Knox County census (or any where else)? Don, I have been unable to locate Eli in the 1870 Laurel or Clay Censuses. The Laurel Census on Microfilm is very difficult to read, although I would trust the Laurel County Historical Society to have done a thorough transcript. I have not tried Knox or Whitley Counties. Doug

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I am forwarding this query to the Sasser List in hopes someone may have some information on Walter T. Sasser . Ann is a member of our Sasser list ......... Thanks, Don >Don, sorry I do not have related information, however, I would appreciate your >verifying this memo and advising how best to find my Sasser relatives which I >can trace back to southwest Georgia. >My father, Walter T. Sasser was reared in the vicinity of Colquitt, in the >county of Miller Georgia. >He was born on August 31, 1889. Walter moved to Florida in 1920. He had one >brother, Counce Sasser who lived in the Miller County area his entire life. >Any info on the parents of Walter and Counce would be appreciated. > > Your Cousin, Ann Sasser Pryor

Does anyone have Lillian Beatrice SASSER that was born in Wilson Co. NC 28 May 1891. Her father E. Thomas SASSER was born 23 Nov 1869 but I don't know where. He was living in Crossroads Township when he married Flora Lee WOODARS 23 March 1890. E. Thomas is the son of Benjamin SASSER and Ava HOLLAND according to older family members thanks, Don

To: the Sasser list (especially descendants of Nancy Kirby Sasser) From: Glenn E. Perry Have all of you had access to the material on the Kirby list? It is all very confusing, but there is a lot of it. I have not made any clear connection of Nancy and her father Jesse to the many other Kirbys, but I keep thinking I may be getting close. For example, the Kirby site (the last one mentioned below) summarizes a lot of more detailed matierial I have already seen going back to England.. The name Jesse Kirby (b. 1757) occurs, but I am not sure that this is the Jesse we are looking for. I gather that that was a common name among the Kirbys. Also, the GENWEB site has a lot of interesting material on Laurel County (much more than on Knox County). You can find a map showing Blackwater Creek etc.. Also: information on cemeteries, not including Sasser-Glass and Sasser-Dixon. Some are listed as being at Blackwater that are not on Blackwater Creek (although that might be (or have been) the postal address. ------- Forwarded Message Follows -------Date: Tue, 24 Mar 1998 18:29:33 -0500 From: JOE <ejf@aye.net> To: KIRBY-KERBY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [KIRBY-KERBY-L] My Pig OUT!!!!!! Reply-to: KIRBY-KERBY-L@rootsweb.com Michele Brownfield wrote: > > From: JOE <ejf@aye.net> > To: KIRBY-KERBY-L@rootsweb.com > CC: ejf@aye.net > Message-ID: <35159961.1962@aye.net> > Subject: Re: [KIRBY-KERBY-L] Asa Kerby/Elizabeth Highsmith family > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Michele Brownfield wrote: > <snip> > > > http://www.USGENWEB.org A good place to start your research! Go to the > State then the County where you know your ancestor was for help!! > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > GoTo: > > http://www.kcnet.com/~denis/hurley/kirby/kirby-03.htm > > "Pig Out"! > > =============================== > THANK YOU JOE- I JUST GOT BACK FROM THE BANQUET!!! > I think it's offical, Julie Kidd and I are cousins. That is an incredible > site for our Kerby/Kirby family. > Thanks again > Shelly^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I PUT ON 500 GENEALOGICAL POUNDS THERE MYSELF <G> ***************************************** Glenn E. Perry Department of Political Science Indiana State University Terre Haute, IN 47809 USA E-Mail: psperrg@scifac.indstate.edu (812)237-2505 (office) (812)234-5661 (home) ****************************************

Thought you folks would want to contact these people.....They just registered their families with RootsWeb... Adrianne Hopkins +Sasscer 1800 1990 PrinceGeorgesCo,MD,USA Anne Agee, asagee@erols.com 21614 Liberty Street Apt 203, Lexington Park, MD 20653 +Saucier 1600 now Paris,FRA>QC,CAN>LA,USA Randy Clement, rjclement@bigfoot.com 419 Whitfield Dr. Natchitoches, LA 71457 USA

Christina is now a member of our list.... this is a copy of her query Don....... >-----Original Message----- >From: Joan Archibald <joanarc@netwiz.net> >To: sasser-d-request@rootsweb.com <sasser-d-request@rootsweb.com> >Date: Tuesday, March 10, 1998 3:49 AM >Subject: Subscribe Sasser Surname >>Please advise if my family surname, Sasse, as it has come down from >>Alsace Lorraine emigration aprox. year 1838+ could be included in this >>list (is it a variation of Sasser?). I am searching for grandfather >>August Sasse and grandmother, Christina Rose. Thank you, >>joanarc@netwiz.net