Glen, I would like to have a picture of Wallace and his wife. I don't believe I have ever seen one of him. I'd be more than happy to pay for it, as well as the postage. No need to apologize about the hollers, branches, etc. I recall many stories about the "hollers" in KY. I can remember my grandparents telling about how the Sassers would sit in their backyards in the evenings and shout at each other....letting their voices vibrate down the hollers. Seems they would sit for hours and carry on conversations. Afterall, there were no phones.....and all the Sassers I know love to talk! Thanks for the note....and for thinking of me. Hopefully we will be able to visit the area one of these days. Sue Lynn

Well, family, I'll add my two cents worth to the discussion on Sasser migration to Oklahoma..... My grandfather Cam (Campbell William, son of Wallace) had been in that area as a younger man, working in the oil fields at Burkburnet, TX and in the cattle business. He liked it, but returned to KY to get married and "settle down". Granddad was an accomplished banjo player and played in the dance bands with the folks who went on to establish the Grand Ole Opry. He did marry Ludie Helton, aka Lucretia FairLily who was the daughter of a missionary to the Cherokee Indians. Granddad had TB after they married, which became one of the reasons for leaving KY. They left KY in 1913 and headed to Oklahoma on the train...with their three oldest children, Sara, Crit and Stanley. Granddad had an uncle (I believe it was....a Gilbert) who lived in Lawton. They went to see this uncle and had plans to eventually head northwest to Oregon, but Grandad was too ill to travel due to the TB....so the contingency from SW OK went without him. He and the Uncle then opened a general store in downtown Lawton. I'm not sure what happened to the uncle, but Granddad later opened Sasser's Grocery. At the time it closed in the mid 70s, it was the business opened the longest at the same location in the city of Lawton. He was quite an entreprenuer in the grocery field, opening the first self-service grocery store in Oklahoma and one of the first west of the Mississippi River. This was in the early 1940s. I do know that Granddad loved adventure and was prepared to take on about anything new. Unfortunately, I was only six years old when he died. But I learned a lot about my grandfather when I wrote an award-winning essay about him and his role in Oklahoma history. I think I was in junior high at the time. His sister Stella spent some time in the Lawton area as well, having married D. B. Hale. He also had a cousin (?) John who lived in Blanchard, Tuttle or one of those small towns just south of Oklahoma City. John married a Sasser also...they had about 15 children. Several of these children headed for California to seek fame and fortune in the 30s and 40s, as did my oldest uncle Crit. Crit and one of John's sons were very well known home builders in the area that is now Palm Springs during the 40s. Crit also spent time in Bakersfield (?) before moving back to Oklahoma in the 50s. One of John's sons, Dakery, worked for Bob Hope as his business manager for many years. I do not know much about John's family ...I can't even remember his wife's name.... but I've always heard that the Sassers in Cheyenne, OK are his decendants. I remembered that when I saw the posting re: Melvin Sasser. Hope this helps some. I've always found it interesting that there were so many Sassers in Oklahoma and yet none of us really seem to know each other! Sue Lynn Sasser-Williams

Don, In looking at my message titled "Mt. Ararat" (sent 13 October 1997), I noticed something that did not seem right. January 31, 1891 was of course not the date of birth of William Franklin Sasser. Instead, this was the date of his marriage to Mary Ellen Humfleet (whose birth date was 11/25/1873, not 1/25/1873, as I miscopied it in that message). I do not have the date of William Franklin Sasser's birth. Sorry. By the way, I notice that Mary Ellen Humfleet and her husband are not included in the list of children of Arthur Humfleet in "Sassers of laurel Co., Ky" (the second page of p. 6). I also wanted to add that Joyce Cottingim might be able to tell you more about the list of people in the Mt. Ararat Church, as she grew up practically in the shadow of the church. Her family lived up the branch that runs into the main creek at the Mt. Ararat Church. Daisy Cobb lived further up that branch, as did--among many others--Wallace Sasser and later his son Tom Sasser (the "attorney from Sled Road Branch" that I keep promising to write a profile of). When I was down there in August, my brother Michael and I drove up that branch with our father to have him show us the site of Uncle Wallace's house. We wanted to get a picture, especially for Sue Lynn and other descendants of Uncle Wallace who have not been there, but did not have a camera with us. We will try to do better next time. During my trip down there in the spring of 1997, an elderly relative gave Michael and me a picture of some unidentified people. Somebody later identified the people in the picture as Uncle Wallace Sasser, his second wife, Cora "Cory" Perry Sasser, and their son Champ (all of whom I mentioned in an earlier message). I want to have some copies made. Let me know if you would like to have one. There is a good road now up the branch I am referring to. It goes all the way from Highway 1803 at the Mt. Ararat Church and over the hill to Highway 229, not far from Mt. Olivet. I have referred to this as Sled Road Branch, but this term is sometimes used for a smaller tributary of that branch ( also called Billy's Branch). Perhaps somebody on the list can tell us which is correct. I suspect that--especially for those who have lived in the Plains for generations--my way of referring to people living along creeks, branches, and hollows (or hollers) must seem quaint. But that is an important part of our ancestral culture in the Knox/Laurel area. Glenn ***************************************** 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) ****************************************

Sorry to send a general message, but I am not sure who to address this to. As I was picking up my messages just now, I lost one whose title was "Malinda Sasser Jones" before I could open it. I think it was from Sadie, but I'm not sure. In any case, would the person who sent the message, please resend it? Thanks. Vietta

Dear Cousin Sadie, Since both Milton B. & Milton C. Jones are your ancestors, you must be a descendant of one of Will Hodge & Lucy Jones' children. My own line comes through Malinda Sasser's son Thomas Jefferson Jones who was raised along with her children by Milton B., but who was born to her through a relationship she had with another Jones man before she married. I have done extensive research into the Jones & Sasser families & am happy to share what I know. About Will Hodge's ancestry. His father Milton C. (also called Hodge) was the son of Moses Jones ( b ca1789, NC;d before 1860, Clay Co, KY) and Kesiah Smith (b ca1794, SC; d after 1870, Clay County, KY). They were married in Clay County in 1810 (I have the exact date if you don't have it). Moses Jones was the son of William Jones (b ca1765, NC; d 1821, Clay County, KY). The name of William's wife is unknown, although she came with him to Kentucky around 1801. Moses was a brother to John Jones who was Milton B's father. About the same time Moses married Kizzie, John married her sister Unice, so the 2 Miltons were not only 1st cousins, but double 1st cousins, which made Will Hodge & Lucy Jones double 2nd cousins. John & Moses had several siblings. William Jones married a 2nd time after his 1st wife died and had 3 children from that marriage. After he died, his heirs sold the land grant he received when he first came to KY, so all their names are a matter of public record. I can't remember exactly how many children there were, but about 12-13 from both families. I have them, if you want them. William Jones' father was Vinson/Vincent Jones (b ca1747;d 1817, VA). Vinson is well documented as a Revolutionary War solider who fought in the Battle of King's Mountain, among others. His wife was Elizabeth Cope. Kesiah & Unice Smith's parents were Thomas & Unice Smith (don't know Unice's maiden name). (Incidently, Kizzie & Unice's brother married Moses & John's sister). Thomas was born ca1765 in NC & died ca1821 in Clay County, KY. The Thomas Smith family came to KY with the William Jones family, so they probably were related to each other. I don't have much data at hand about Thankful Delaney aka Loamie Phipps except that she was born in TN, because she is not in my direct line of interest, but I can access it if needed. About Will Hodge & Lucinda. She was born February 25, 1847, the 4th of Milton B. & Malinda's children. She died between 1890 & 1897, and is buried in the Beech Creek cemetery about 3 1/2 miles from Manchester, KY. I have not heard that her middle name was Sasser. I would be interested to know about that. Will & Lucy had 12 children. I have all their names, birth dates, spouses, etc. I will give them to you, if you do not already have them. After Lucinda died, Will Hodge married twice more. His 2nd marriage to Parlee Gregory produced 2 sons Moses & Marion. After she died, he married Narcissus Greenaway Turner who was previously married to, and then divorced from Pleasant Turner, and they had a son A. B. Sis also had several children from her 1st marriage. Something interesting about Will & Sis' family is that several of their children from their previous marriages married each other (I think their were 5 pairs...4 Jones boys married 4 Turner girls, and 1 Turner boy married 1 Jones girl). The granddaughter of one of the pairs, John Jones & Sophia Turner, is one of my best friends. Well, that should be enough to get us started. I would be interested to know how you are connected to the family, & I will be glad to share my line the next time again. Vietta Jones Keith

Hi Cousins, Since the Jones family intertwines with the Sasser family several times - I am hoping someone will have some extended research work from the Sasser family into the Jones family. I would appreciate any help you could give me. Lucinda Sasser Jones, b. 1846, Clay Co., KY d/o Milton Blalock Jones and Malinda Sasser Jones She married William "Hodge" Jones, 11-28-1865 I am searching for more information on the parents of William "Will Hodge" Jones - Milton C. Jones and Thankful Delaney Phipps Milton C. Jones and Milton B. Jones were both my g g grandfathers. I am limited in my ability to do research work and I would appreciate any help you could give me. Anyone doing research on the Jones or Phipps family please contact me. I appreciate your time. Sadie sadie@searnet.com

Your question has long intrigued me for a long time. I wish I had asked my Dad, Aunts and Uncles. But I did not, so now I have to research it. 1. My Sasser's first went to Marion Co. AR. 2. Henry B. Sasser's brother Joseph Sasser went to Marion Co. AR. in the spring of 1880. 3. Henry B Sasser went after 1877. His son Thomas Aden Sasser probably went with him as did his brothers Andrew Jackson Sasser, Henry Lee Sasser, James Nelson Sasser his sisters Elizabeth Sasser, Rebecca J Sasser, Mary Ellen Sasser, Mylisa Jane Sasser. And I suspect that your Eli Sasser may have been through there. 4. In Marion County at that time was: 4.1 Jesse Franklin Horner < Neal married into the Morrow family, his second marriage. He had a son by his first Marriage named George Neal Horner who married my aunt in OK> 4.2 Albert Benjamin Cicero Morrow < Married my great aunt Mary Ellen Sasser in AR.> 4.3 Thomas Aden Sasser's Mother-in-law and Father-in-law :Edward McCurry McCarty 5. Henry B Sasser moved to Christen Co. MO in 1898 6. James Nelson Sasser moved to Mo in 1899 7 Henry Lee Sasser moved to Christen CO. MO between 1901 and 1905. 8. Rebecca J Sasser moved to Christian CO., B4 December 09, 1887 9. Mylisa Jane Sasser She was in OK B4 August 10, 1901. I do not know if she was in MO 10 Thomas Aden Sasser went to Luther Ok February 1912. 11 James Nelson Sasser went spring 1912 12 George Neal Horner came to OK and married my aunt Alma there. He had a brother in Edinburg Hidalgo Co. TX. He went to Edinburg, TX around 1927. In 1928, Alma worked for a man named LLoyd Greever. In 1928, her sister Ola came to Texas for a visit and married LLoyd Greever on May 24, 1928 at Methodist Ch Edinburg Hidalgo Co., Texas. 13 Mary Ellen Sasser and her husband Albert Benjamin Cicero Morrow moved to Christain Co. MO in 1905. they moved to OK between 1912 and 1917 14 Thomas Aden Sasser came down to (probably the wedding) in 1928. He did not stay here. But bought a house that he sold to LLoyd and Ola. He returned to OK and farmed just east of Luther OK on HWY 66 15 Eventually, Floyd ( my Dad), Emil, Bertha, Alma, and Ola lived here in south Texas . One Brother lived in East Texas. The remaining 6 remained in OK. Gertrude being one of the. She is the one that is 100 years old that I sent the newspaper article on. Earl Sasser, Sue Lynn Sasser-Williams and T. Smith will have to fill us in on Campbell William Sasser, Leslie Earl Sasser, James Nelson Sasser. The note that Robert Woodham sent out is probably the basis for all this moving around. here it is Our Sasser kin migrated to Oklahoma for the same reasons that other folks migrated to all the other states--"new" lands. Throughout American history, our population has been growing. Until after World War I, we were an agricultural nation which meant that new generations had to get out and find land of their own to support their families. Since families were mostly much larger in pioneer times, that meant the settled land soon filled up. Under the old system of primogeniture, the oldest son inherited all the land and the younger sons were given money and other property. Younger sons had to head off to the frontier to look for "new" lands. Could the other SASSER's on the list post how there ancestors moved from KY to USA?

---------- From: Diana Flynn[SMTP:ivie@tima.com] Sent: Saturday, October 18, 1997 8:00 PM To: debbiem@waymark.net Subject: GLOSSARY CHART A-L No problem, as you can see below, Dan Burrows sent these out to start with and says to share them. Diana >Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 19:47:28 -0500 >To: ky-footsteps@sirius.dsenter.com >From: Diana Flynn <ivie@tima.com> >Subject: GLOSSARY CHART A-L > > >>>This is part 1 of the final chart of the series. Other charts included >>> OCCUPATION CHART and DISEASE CHART. Please share this >>>information and feel free to re-publish. >>> >>>Dan Burrows >>>dburrows1@juno.com >>>dburrows2@juno.com >>> >>>ABSTRACT - Summary of important points of a given text, especially deeds >>>and wills. >>>ACRE - See measurements. >>>ADMINISTRATION (of estate) - The collection, management and distribution >>>of an estate by proper legal process. >>>ADMINISTRATOR (of estate) - Person appointed to manage or divide the >>>estate of a deceased person. >>>ADMINISTRATRIX - A female administrator. >>>AFFIDAVIT - A statement in writing, sworn to before proper authority. >>>ALIEN - Foreigner. >>>AMERICAN REVOLUTION - U.S. war for independence from Great Britain 1775 - >>>1783. >>>ANCESTOR - A person from whom you are descended; a forefather. >>>ANTE - Latin prefix meaning before, such as in ante-bellum South, "The >>>South before the war" >>>APPRENTICE - One who is bound by indentures or by legal agreement or by >>>any means to serve another person for a certain time, with a view of >>>learning an art or trade. >>>APPURTENANCE - That which belongs to something else such as a building, >>>orchard, right of way, etc. >>>ARCHIVES - Records of a government, organization, institution; the place >>>where records are stored. >>>ATTEST - To affirm; to certify by signature or oath. >>>BANNS - Public announcement of intended marriage. >>>BENEFICIARY - One who receives benefit of trust or property. >>>BEQUEATH - To give personal property to a person in a will. Noun -- >>>bequest. >>>BOND - Written, signed, witnessed agreement requiring payment of a >>>specified amount of money on or before a given date. >>>BOUNTY LAND WARRANT - A right to obtain land, specific number of acres of >>>unallocated public land, granted for military service. >>>CENSUS - Official enumeration, listing or counting of citizens. >>>CERTIFIED COPY - A copy made and attested to by officers having charge of >>>the original and authorized to give copies. >>>CHAIN - See measurements. >>>CHATTEL - Personal property which can include animate as well as >>>inanimate properties. >>>CHRISTEN - To receive or initiate into the visible church by baptism; to >>>name at baptism; to give a name to. >>>CIRCA - About, near, or approximate -- usually referring to a date. >>>CIVIL WAR - War between the States; war between North and South, 1861 - >>>65. >>>CODICIL - Addition to a will. >>>COLLATERAL ANCESTOR - Belong to the same ancestral stock but not in >>>direct line of descent; opposed to lineal such as aunts, uncles & >>>cousins. >>>COMMON ANCESTOR - Ancestor shared by any two people. >>>CONFEDERATE - Pertaining to the Southern states which seceded from the >>>U.S. in 1860 - 1, their government and their citizens. >>>CONSANGUINITY - Blood relationship. >>>CONSORT - Usually, a wife whose husband is living >>>CONVEYANCE - See deed. >>>COUSIN - Relative descended from a common ancestor, but not a brother or >>>sister. >>>DAUGHTER-IN-LAW - Wife of one's son. >>>DECEASED - Dead. >>>DECEDENT - A deceased person. >>>DECLARATION OF INTENTION - First paper, sworn to and filed in court, by >>>an alien stating that he wants to be come a citizen. >>>DEED - A document by which title in real property is transferred from one >>>party to another. >>>DEPOSITION - A testifying or testimony taken down in writing under oath >>>of affirmation in reply to interrogatories, before a competent officer to >>>replace to oral testimony of a witness. >>>DEVISE - Gift of real property by will. >>>DEVISEE - One to whom real property (land) is given in a will. >>>DEVISOR - One who gives real property in a will. >>>DISSENTER - One who did not belong to the established church, especially >>>the Church of England in the American colonies. >>>DISTRICT LAND OFFICE PLAT BOOK - Books or rather maps which show the >>>location of the land patentee. >>>DISTRICT LAND OFFICE TRACT BOOK - Books which list individual entries by >>>range and township. >>>DOUBLE DATING - A system of double dating used in England and America >>>from 1582-1752 because it was not clear as to whether the year commenced >>>January 1 or March 25 >>>DOWER - Legal right or share which a wife acquired by marriage in the >>>real estate of her husband, allotted to her after his death for her >>>lifetime. >>>EMIGRANT - One leaving a country and moving to another. >>>ENUMERATION - Listing or counting , such as a census. >>>EPITAPH - An inscription on or at a tomb or grave in memory of the one >>>buried there. >>>ESCHEAT - The reversion of property to the state when there are no >>>qualified heirs. >>>ESTATE - All property and debts belonging to a person. >>>ET AL - Latin for "and others". >>>ET UX - Latin for "and wife". >>>ET UXOR - And his wife. Sometimes written simply Et Ux. >>>EXECUTOR - One appointed in a will to carry out its provisions. Female = >>>Executrix >>>FATHER-IN-LAW - Father of one's spouse. >>>FEE - An estate of inheritance in land, being either fee simple or fee >>>tail. An estate in land held of a feudal lord on condition of the >>>performing of certain services. >>>FEE SIMPLE - An absolute ownership without restriction. >>>FEE TAIL - An estate of inheritance limited to lineal descendant heirs of >>>a person to whom it was granted. >>>FRANKLIN, STATE OF - An area once known but never officially recognized >>>and was under consideration from 1784 - 1788 from the western part of >>>North Carolina. >>>FRATERNITY - Group of men (or women) sharing a common purpose or >>>interest. >>>FREE HOLD - An estate in fee simple, in fee tail, or for life. >>>FRIEND - Member of the Religious Society of Friends; a Quaker. >>>FURLONG - See measurements. >>>GAZETTEER - A geographical dictionary; a book giving names and >>>descriptions of places usually in alphabetical order. >>>GENEALOGY - Study of family history and descent. >>>GENTLEMAN - A man well born. >>>GIVEN NAME - Name given to a person at birth or baptism, one's first and >>>middle names. >>>GLEBE - Land belonging to a parish church. >>>GRANTEE - One who buys property or receives a grant. >>>GRANTOR - One who sells property or makes a grant. >>>GREAT-AUNT - Sister of one's grandparent >>>GREAT-UNCLE - Brother of one's grandparent. >>>GUARDIAN - Person appointed to care for and manage property of a minor >>>orphan or an adult incompetent of managing his own affairs. >>>HALF BROTHER/HALF SISTER - Child by another marriage of one's mother or >>>father; the relationship of two people who have only one parent in >>>common. >>>HEIRS - Those entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit >>>property from another. >>>HOLOGRAPHIC WILL - One written entirely in the testator's own >>>handwriting. >>>HOMESTEAD ACT - Law passed by Congress in 1862 allowing a head of a >>>family to obtain title to 160 acres of public land after clearing and >>>improving it for 5 years. >>>HUGUENOT - A French Protestant in the 16th and 17th centuries. One of the >>>reformed or calvinistic communion who were driven by the thousands into >>>exile in England, Holland, Germany and America. >>>ILLEGITIMATE - Born to a mother who was not married to the child's >>>father. >>>IMMIGRANT - One moving into a country from another. >>>INDENTURE - Today it means a contract in 2 or more copies. Originally >>>made in 2 parts by cutting or tearing a single sheet across the middle in >>>a jagged line so the two parts may later be matched. >>>INDENTURED SERVANT - One who bound himself into service of another person >>>for a specified number of years, often in return for transportation to >>>this country. >>>INFANT - Any person not of full age; a minor. >>>INSTANT - Of or pertaining to the current month. (Abbreviated inst.) >>>INTESTATE - One who dies without a will or dying without a will. >>>INVENTORY - An account, catalog or schedule, made by an executor or >>>administrator of all the goods and chattels and sometimes of the real >>>estate of a deceased person. >>>ISSUE - Offspring; children; lineal descendants of a common ancestor. >>>LATE - Recently deceased. >>>LEASE - An agreement which creates a landlord - tenant situation. >>>LEGACY - Property or money left to someone in a will >>>LEGISLATURE - Lawmaking branch of state or national government; elected >>>group of lawmakers. >>>LIEN - A claim against property as security for payment of a debt. >>>LINEAGE - Ancestry; direct descent from a specific ancestor. >>>LINEAL - Consisting of or being in as direct line of ancestry or >>>descendants; descended in a direct line. >>>LINK - See measurements. >>>LIS PENDENS - Pending court action; usually applies to land title claims. >>>LODGE - A chapter or meeting hall of a fraternal organization. >>>LOYALIST - Tory, an American colonist who supported the British side >>>during the American Revolution. >

---------- From: Diana Flynn[SMTP:ivie@tima.com] Sent: Saturday, October 18, 1997 8:01 PM To: debbiem@waymark.net Subject: GLOSSARY CHART M - Z >Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 19:49:09 -0500 >To: ky-footsteps@sirius.dsenter.com >From: Diana Flynn <ivie@tima.com> >Subject: GLOSSARY CHART M - Z > > >>>This is part 2 of the final chart of the series. Other charts included >>> OCCUPATION CHART and DISEASE CHART. Please share this >>>information and feel free to re-publish. >>> >>>Dan Burrows >>>dburrows1@juno.com >>>dburrows2@juno.com >>> >>>MAIDEN NAME - A girl's last name or surname before she marries. >>>MANUSCRIPT - A composition written with the hand as an ancient book or an >>>un-printed modern book or music. >>>MARRIAGE BOND - A financial guarantee that no impediment to the marriage >>>existed, furnished by the intended bridegroom or by his friends. >>>MATERNAL - Related through one's mother, such as a Maternal grandmother >>>being the mother's mother. >>>MEASUREMENTS - Link - 7.92 inches; Chain - 100 Links or 66 feet; >>>Furlong - 1000 Links or 660 feet; Rod - 5 1/2 yds or 16 1/2 ft (also >>>called a perch or pole); Rood - From 5 1/2 yards to 8 yards, depending >>>on locality; Acre - 43,560 square ft or 160 square rods. >>>MESSUAGE - A dwelling house. >>>METES & BOUNDS - Property described by natural boundaries, such as 3 >>>notches in a white oak tree, etc. >>>MICROFICHE - Sheet of microfilm with greatly reduced images of pages of >>>documents. >>>MICROFILM - Reproduction of documents on film at reduced size. >>>MIGRANT - Person who moves from place to place, usually in search of work >>>MIGRATE - To move from one country or state or region to another. (Noun : >>>migration) >>>MILITIA - Citizens of a state who are not part of the national military >>>forces but who can be called into military service in an emergency; a >>>citizen army, apart from the regular military forces. >>>MINOR - One who is under legal age; not yet a legal adult. >>>MISTER - In early times, a title of respect given only to those who held >>>important civil officer or who were of gentle blood. >>>MOIETY - A half; an indefinite portion >>>MORTALITY - Death; death rate. >>>MORTALITY SCHEDULES - Enumeration of persons who died during the year >>>prior to June 1 of 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 in each state of the United >>>States, conducted by the bureau of census. >>>MORTGAGE - A conditional transfer of title to real property as security >>>for payment of a debt. >>>MOTHER-IN-LAW - Mother of one's spouse. >>>NAMESAKE - Person named after another person. >>>NECROLOGY - Listing or record of persons who have died recently >>>NEE - Used to identify a woman's maiden name; born with the surname >>>of.NEPHEW - Son of one's brother or sister. >>>NIECE - Daughter of one's brother or sister. >>>NONCUPATIVE WILL - One declared or dictated by the testator, usually for >>>persons in last sickness, sudden illness, or military. >>>ORPHAN - Child whose parents are dead; sometimes, a child who has lost >>>one parent by death. >>>ORPHAN'S COURT - Orphans being recognized as wards of the states, >>>provisions were made for them in special courts. >>>PASSENGER LIST - A ships list of passengers, usually referring to those >>>ships arriving in the US from Europe. >>>PATENT - Grant of land from a government to an individual. >>>PATERNAL - Related to one's father. Paternal grandmother is the father's >>>mother. >>>PATRIOT - One who loves his country and supports its interests. >>>PEDIGREE - Family tree; ancestry. >>>PENSION - Money paid regularly to an individual, especially by a >>>government as reward for military service during wartime or upon >>>retirement from government service. >>>PENSIONER - One who receives a pension. >>>PERCH - See measurements. >>>POLE - See measurements. >>>POLL - List or record of persons, especially for taxing or voting. >>>POST - Latin prefix meaning after, as in post-war economy. >>>POSTERITY - Descendants; those who come after. >>>POWER OF ATTORNEY - When a person in unable to act for himself, he >>>appoints another to act in his behalf. >>>PRE - Latin prefix meaning before, as in pre-war military build-up. >>>PRE-EMOTION RIGHTS - Right given by the federal government to citizens to >>>buy a quarter section of land or less. >>>PROBATE - Having to do with wills and the administration of estates. >>>PROGENITOR - A direct ancestor. >>>PROGENY - Descendants of a common ancestor; issue. >>>PROVED WILL - A will established as genuine by probate court. >>>PROVOST - A person appointed to superintend, or preside over something. >>>PROXIMO - In the following month, in the month after the present one. >>>PUBLIC DOMAIN - Land owned by the government. >>>QUAKER - Member of the Religious Society of Friends. >>>QUITCLAIM - A deed conveying the interest of the party at that time. >>>RECTOR - A clergyman; the ruler or governor of a country. >>>RELICT - Widow; surviving spouse when one has died, husband or wife. >>>REPUBLIC - Government in which supreme authority lies with the people or >>>their elected representatives. >>>REVOLUTIONARY WAR - U.S. war for independence from Great Britain 1775 - >>>1783. >>>ROD - See measurements. >>>ROOD - See measurements. >>>SHAKER - Member of a religious group formed in 1747 which practiced >>>communal living and celibacy. >>>SIBLING - Person having one or both parents in common with another; a >>>brother or sister. >>>SIC - Latin meaning thus; copied exactly as the original reads. Often >>>suggests a mistake or surprise in the original. >>>SON-IN-LAW - Husband of one's daughter. >>>SPINSTER - A woman still unmarried; or one who spins. >>>SPONSOR - A bondsman; surety. >>>SPOUSE - Husband or wife. >>>STATUTE - Law. >>>STEP-BROTHER / STEP-SISTER - Child of one's step-father or step-mother. >>>STEP-CHILD - Child of one's husband or wife from a previous marriage. >>>STEP-FATHER - Husband of one's mother by a later marriage. >>>STEP-MOTHER - Wife of one's father by a later marriage. >>>SURNAME - Family name or last name. >>>TERRITORY - Area of land owned by the united States, not a state, but >>>having its own legislature and governor. >>>TESTAMENTARY - Pertaining to a will. >>>TESTATE - A person who dies leaving a valid will. >>>TESTATOR - A person who makes a valid will before his death. >>>TITHABLE - Taxable. >>>TITHE - Formerly, money due as a tax for support of the clergy or church. >>>TORY - Loyalist; one who supported the British side in the American >>>Revolution. >>>TOWNSHIP - A division of U.S. public land that contained 36 sections, or >>>36 square miles. Also a subdivision of the county in many Northeastern >>>and Midwestern states of the U.S. >>>TRADITION - The handing down of statements, beliefs, legends, customs, >>>genealogies, etc. from generation to generation, especially by word of >>>mouth. >>>TRANSCRIBE - To make a copy in writing. >>>ULTIMO - In the month before this one. >>>UNION - The United States; also the North during the Civil War, the >>>states which did not secede. >>>VERBATIM - Word for word; in the same words, verbally. >>>VITAL RECORDS - Records of birth, death, marriage or divorce. >>>VITAL STATISTICS - Data dealing with birth, death, marriage or divorce. >>>WAR BETWEEN THE STATES - U.S. Civil War, 1861 - 1865. >>>WARD - Chiefly the division of a city for election purposes. >>>WILL - Document declaring how a person wants his property divided after >>>his death. >>>WITNESS - One who is present at a transaction, such as a sale of land or >>>signing of a will, who can testify or affirm that it actually took place. >>>WPA HISTORICAL RECORDS SURVEY - A program undertaken by the US Government >>>1935 - 1936 in which inventories were compiled of historical material. >>>YEOMAN - A servant, an attendant or subordinate official in a royal >>>household; a subordinate of a sheriff; an independent farmer. >

Dear Doug, Our Sasser kin migrated to Oklahoma for the same reasons that other folks migrated to all the other states--"new" lands. Throughout American history, our population has been growing. Until after World War I, we were an agricultural nation which meant that new generations had to get out and find land of their own to support their families. Since families were mostly much larger in pioneer times, that meant the settled land soon filled up. Under the old system of primogenature, the oldest son inherited all the land and the younger sons were given money and other property. Younger sons had to head off to the frontier to look for "new" lands. In areas where the soil was poor, it also meant the land wore out after a few years and productivity went down. Folks had to move on to find virgin land to support their large families. Most states and the federal government offered land grants and homesteads at very cheap prices. In Oklahoma, there was the famous land rush which brought in thousands of people in one huge rush. The huge shifts of population taking place today has the very same reason: economic opportunity. Folks are moving from place to place looking for jobs, or better jobs, just as our ancestors looked for jobs (as farmers). Robert Earl Woodham

I've noticed that different branches of the Sassers (including mine) migrated to Oklahoma around the turn of the century. Does anyone have any family stories as to why they migrated? I've got some letters that were written from Oklahoma back home in the 1918-1919 time frame, but the families were pretty well established by then, and they just describe what conditions were like. I'd love to hear any thoughts on this subject. Doug Sherman dougsherma@aol.com

I did not expect to get it so quick or I would not have made that last posting. I am going toget the Glossary list that she refers to as well and will pass it on too. Debbie M ---------- From: Diana Flynn[SMTP:ivie@tima.com] Sent: Saturday, October 18, 1997 6:38 PM To: debbiem@waymark.net Subject: List of Occupations This was passed on to me so pass it along. Enjoy. There is also a Glossary List if you are interested. Diana >Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 19:39:46 -0500 >To: ky-footsteps@sirius.dsenter.com >From: Diana Flynn <ivie@tima.com> >Subject: List of Occupations > >"LIST OF OCCUPATIONS" > >Accomptant Accountant >Almoner Giver of charity to the needy >Amanuensis Secretary or stenographer >Artificer A soldier mechanic who does repairs >Bailie Bailiff >Baxter Baker >Bluestocking Female writer >Boniface Keeper of an inn >Brazier One who works with brass >Brewster Beer manufacturer >Brightsmith Metal Worker >Burgonmaster Mayor >Caulker One who filled up cracks (in ships or windows)or seems to make them watertight by using tar or oakum-hemp fiber produced by taking old ropes apart >Chaisemaker Carriage maker >Chandler Dealer or trader; one who makes or sells candles; retailer of groceries >Chiffonnier Wig maker >Clark Clerk >Clerk Clergyman, cleric >Clicker The servant of a salesman who stood at the door to invite customers; one who received the matter in the galley from the compositors and arranged it in due form ready for printing; one who makes eyelet holes in boots using a machine which clicked. >Cohen Priest >Collier Coal miner >Colporteur Peddler of books >Cooper One who makes or repairs vessels made of staves & hoops, such as casks, barrels, tubs, etc. >Cordwainer Shoemaker, originally any leather worker using leather from Cordova/Cordoba in Spain >Costermonger Peddler of fruits and vegetables >Crocker Potter >Crowner Coroner >Currier One who dresses the coat of a horse with a curry comb; one who tanned leather by incorporating oil or grease >Docker Stevedore, dock worker who loads and unloads cargo >Dowser One who finds water using a rod or witching stick >Draper A dealer in dry goods >Drayman One who drives a long strong cart without fixed sides for carrying heavy loads >Dresser A surgeon's assistant in a hospital >Drover One who drives cattle, sheep, etc. to market; a dealer in cattle >Duffer Peddler >Factor Agent, commission merchant; one who acts or transacts business for another; Scottish steward or bailiff of an estate >Farrier A blacksmith, one who shoes horses >Faulkner Falconer >Fell monger One who removes hair or wool from hides in preparation for leather making >Fletcher One who made bows and arrows >Fuller One who fulls cloth;one who shrinks and thickens woolen cloth by moistening, heating, and pressing; one who cleans and finishes cloth >Gaoler A keeper of the goal, a jailer >Glazier Window glassman >Hacker Maker of hoes >Hatcheler One who combed out or carded flax >Haymonger Dealer in hay >Hayward Keeper of fences >Higgler Itinerant peddler >Hillier Roof tiler >Hind A farm laborer >Holster A groom who took care of horses, often at an inn >Hooker Reaper >Hooper One who made hoops for casks and barrels >Huckster Sells small wares >Husbandman A farmer who cultivated the land >Jagger Fish peddler >Journeyman One who had served his apprenticeship and mastered his craft, not bound to serve a master, but hired by the day >Joyner / Joiner A skilled carpenter >Keeler Bargeman >Kempster Wool comber >Lardner Keeper of the cupboard >Lavender Washer woman >Lederer Leather maker >Leech Physician >Longshoreman Stevedore >Lormer Maker of horse gear >Malender Farmer >Maltster Brewer >Manciple A steward >Mason Bricklayer >Mintmaster One who issued local currency >Monger Seller of goods (ale, fish) >Muleskinner Teamster >Neatherder Herds cows >Ordinary Keeper Innkeeper with fixed prices >Pattern Maker A maker of a clog shod with an iron ring. A clog was a wooden pole with a pattern cut into the end >Peregrinator Itinerant wanderer >Peruker A wig maker >Pettifogger A shyster lawyer >Pigman Crockery dealer >Plumber One who applied sheet lead for roofing and set lead frames for plain or stained glass windows. >Porter Door keeper >Puddler Wrought iron worker >Quarrier Quarry worker >Rigger Hoist tackle worker >Ripper Seller of fish >Roper Maker of rope or nets >Saddler One who makes, repairs or sells saddles or other furnishings for horses >Sawbones Physician >Sawyer One who saws; carpenter >Schumacker Shoemaker >Scribler A minor or worthless author >Scrivener Professional or public copyist or writer; notary public >Scrutiner Election judge >Shrieve Sheriff >Slater Roofer >Slopseller Seller of ready-made clothes in a slop shop >Snobscat / Snob One who repaired shoes >Sorter Tailor >Spinster A woman who spins or an unmarried woman >Spurrer Maker of spurs >Squire Country gentleman; farm owner; justice of peace >Stuff gown Junior barrister >Stuff gownsman Junior barrister >Supercargo Officer on merchant ship who is in charge of cargo and the commercial concerns of the ship >Tanner One who tans (cures) animal hides into leather >Tapley One who puts the tap in an ale cask >Tasker Reaper >Teamster One who drives a team for hauling >Thatcher Roofer >Tide waiter Customs inspector >Tinker Am itinerant tin pot and pan seller and repairman >Tipstaff Policeman >Travers Toll bridge collection >Tucker Cleaner of cloth goods >Turner A person who turns wood on a lathe into spindles >Victualer A tavern keeper, or one who provides an army, navy, or ship with food supplies >Vulcan Blacksmith >Wagoner Teamster not for hire >Wainwright Wagon maker >Waiter Customs officer or tide waiter; one who waited on the tide to collect duty on goods brought in >Waterman Boatman who plies for hire >Webster Operator of looms >Wharfinger Owner of a wharf >Wheelwright One who made or repaired wheels; wheeled carriages, etc. >Whitesmith Tinsmith; worker of iron who finishes or polishes the work >Whitewing Street sweeper >Whitster Bleach of cloth >Wright Workman, especially a construction worker >Yeoman Farmer who owns his own land > > > > > Diana Flynn Springville, Lawrence Co., IN. ivie@tima.com List manager of HODGES-L at: HODGES-L-request@rootsweb.com Visit the Lawrence Co., IN. Biographies page at: http://www.geocities.com/~pangits/biographies/lawrence.html Also visit the INDIANA BIOGRAPHIES PAGE AT: http://www.aye.net/~dee1234/indybios/inbio2.html

Some of you have asked for a copy of this list. I am sorry to say that I do not have a copy as yet of this posting but I am tracking it down. Once I get a copy I will post it. I think it is in the KY-Footsteps archives if any one else on this list is a member and has it saved please let me know. Debbie M

Their marriage certificate states they married, February 1, 1875. The !2-6-1850 would seem more likely to be correct. I don't have any dates on her. Does any one Know who her parents are? Mike Sasser Subj: William Henry Sasser & Mary Catherine Jones Date: 97-10-18 03:18:01 EDT From: DIXIE@locktrack.com (Dixie Ricker) Resent-from: KYLAUREL-L@rootsweb.com To: KYLAUREL-L@rootsweb.com (Laurel County Disscusion (E-mail)) William Henry Sasser, son of Lavina Weaver & Arthur Sasser? I received some information from another source. Which states that his wife, Mary Catherine Jones (b. 12/6/1850 d. 5/21/1926). The information I received previously from someone else had her birth as May 27, 1839. I just want to make sure that the dates are correct and if anyone has information to back this up. Thanks, Dixie Dixie@locktrack.com Evans & Ricker, Inc. 7405 SW Tech Center Drive, Suite 144 Portland, OR 97223 Phone: (503) 639-9296 Fax: (503) 684-1411

It used to be that women who had recently had children died of consumption, a disorder (undoubtedly some type of infection) that was caused by unsanitary conditions related to childbirth; i.e., midwife with dirty hands, etc. They might linger with a chronic fever for several months after a baby was born, and then die. Both my grandmother & her mother died from consumption. Vietta

Can any one help me place Viney A Sasser ? Who was her father ?? Thanks, Don 1 Hounchell, T.T. +Sasser, Viney A. m: November 17, 1887 in Laurel Co. Kentucky 2 [1] Hounchell, Bertha +Weaver, Marshal b: August 13, 1891 in Cane Creek, KY *2nd Husband of [1] Bertha Hounchell: +Schell, John H.

I hope this will help, It was a posting to another list. Debbie M ---------- From: Diana Flynn[SMTP:ivie@tima.com] Sent: Thursday, June 19, 1997 8:53 PM To: ky-footsteps@sirius.dsenter.com Subject: KY-F: DISEASE CHART #2 King's evil - Tuberculosis of neck and lymph glands >>>Kruchhusten - Whooping cough >>>Lagrippe - Influenza >>>Lockjaw - Tetanus or infectious disease affecting the muscles of >>>the neck and jaw. Untreated, it is fatal in 8 days >>>Long sickness - Tuberculosis >>>Lues disease - Syphilis >>>Lues venera - Venereal disease >>>Lumbago - Back pain >>>Lung fever - Pneumonia >>>Lung sickness - Tuberculosis >>>Lying in - Time of delivery of infant >>>Malignant sore throat - Diphtheria >>>Mania - Insanity >>>Marasmus - Progressive wasting away of body, like malnutrition >>>Membranous Croup - Diphtheria >>>Meningitis - Inflations of brain or spinal cord >>>Metritis - Inflammation of uterus or purulent vaginal discharge >>>Miasma - Poisonous vapors thought to infect the air >>>Milk fever - Disease from drinking contaminated milk, like undulant fever >>>or brucellosis >>>Milk leg - Post partum thrombophlebitis >>>Milk sickness - Disease from milk of cattle which had eaten poisonous >>>weeds >>>Mormal - Gangrene >>>Morphew - Scurvy blisters on the body >>>Mortification - Gangrene of necrotic tissue >>>Myelitis - Inflammation of the spine >>>Myocarditis - Inflammation of heart muscles >>>Necrosis - Mortification of bones or tissue >>>Nephrosis - Kidney degeneration >>>Nepritis - Inflammation of kidneys >>>Nervous prostration - Extreme exhaustion from inability to control >>>physical and mental activities >>>Neuralgia - Described as discomfort, such as "Headache" was neuralgia in >>>head >>>Nostalgia - Homesickness >>>Palsy - Paralysis or uncontrolled movement of controlled muscles. It was >>>listed as "Cause of death" >>>Paroxysm - Convulsion >>>Pemphigus - Skin disease of watery blisters >>>Pericarditis - Inflammation of heart >>>Peripneumonia - Inflammation of lungs >>>Peritonotis - Inflammation of abdominal area >>>Petechial Fever - Fever characterized by skin spotting >>>Puerperal exhaustion - Death due to child birth >>>Phthiriasis - Lice infestation >>>Phthisis - Chronic wasting away or a name for tuberculosis >>>Plague - An acute febrile highly infectious disease with a high fatality >>>rate >>>Pleurisy - Any pain in the chest area with each breath >>>Podagra - Gout >>>Poliomyelitis - PolioPotter's asthma - Fibroid pthisis >>>Pott's disease - Tuberculosis of spine >>>Puerperal exhaustion - Death due to childbirth >>>Puerperal fever - Elevated temperature after giving birth to an infant >>>Puking fever - Milk sickness >>>Putrid fever - Diphtheria. >>>Quinsy - Tonsillitis. >>>Remitting fever - Malaria >>>Rheumatism - Any disorder associated with pain in joints >>>Rickets - Disease of skeletal system >>>Rose cold - Hay fever or nasal symptoms of an allergy >>>Rotanny fever - (Child's disease) ??? >>>Rubeola - German measles >>>Sanguineous crust - Scab >>>Scarlatina - Scarlet fever >>>Scarlet fever - A disease characterized by red rash >>>Scarlet rash - Roseola >>>Sciatica - Rheumatism in the hips >>>Scirrhus - Cancerous tumors >>>Scotomy - Dizziness, nausea and dimness of sight >>>Scrivener's palsy - Writer's cramp >>>Screws - Rheumatism >>>Scrofula - Tuberculosis of neck lymph glands. Progresses slowly with >>>abscesses and pistulas develop. Young person's disease >>>Scrumpox - Skin disease, impetigo >>>Scurvy - Lack of vitamin C. Symptoms of weakness, spongy gums >>>and hemorrhages under skin >>>Septicemia - Blood poisoning >>>Shakes - Delirium tremens >>>Shaking - Chills, ague >>>Shingles - Viral disease with skin blisters >>>Ship fever - Typhus >>>Siriasis - Inflammation of the brain due to sun exposure >>>Sloes - Milk sickness >>>Small pox - Contagious disease with fever and blisters >>>Softening of brain - Result of stroke or hemorrhage in the brain, with >>>an end result of the tissue softening in that area >>>Sore throat distemper - Diphtheria or quinsy >>>Spanish influenza - Epidemic influenza >>>Spasms - Sudden involuntary contraction of muscle or group of muscles, >>>like a convulsion >>>Spina bifida - Deformity of spine >>>Spotted fever - Either typhus or meningitis >>>Sprue - Tropical disease characterized by intestinal disorders and sore >>>throat >>>St. Anthony's fire - Also erysipelas, but named so because of affected >>>skin areas are bright red in appearance >>>St. Vitas dance - Ceaseless occurrence of rapid complex jerking movements >>>performed involuntary >>>Stomatitis - Inflammation of the mouth >>>Stranger's fever - Yellow fever >>>Strangery - Rupture >>>Sudor anglicus - Sweating sickness >>>Summer complaint - Diarrhea, usually in infants caused by spoiled milk >>>Sunstroke - Uncontrolled elevation of body temperature due to >>>environment heat. Lack of sodium in the body is a predisposing cause >>>Swamp sickness - Could be malaria, typhoid or encephalitis >>>Sweating sickness - Infectious and fatal disease common to UK in 15th >>>century >>>Tetanus - Infectious fever characterized by high fever, headache >>>and dizziness >>>Thrombosis - Blood clot inside blood vessel >>>Thrush - Childhood disease characterized by spots on mouth, lips and >>>throat >>>Tick fever - Rocky mountain spotted fever >>>Toxemia of pregnancy - Eclampsia >>>Trench mouth - Painful ulcers found along gum line, Caused by poor >>>nutrition and poor hygiene >>>Tussis convulsiva - Whooping cough >>>Typhus - Infectious fever characterized high fever, headache, and >>>dizziness >>>Variola - Smallpox >>>Venesection - Bleeding >>>Viper's dance - St. Vitus Dance >>>Water on brain - Enlarged head >>>White swelling - Tuberculosis of the bone >>>Winter fever - Pneumonia >>>Womb fever - Infection of the uterus. >>>Worm fit - Convulsions associated with teething, worms, elevated >>>temperature or diarrhea >>>Yellowjacket - Yellow fever. Diana Flynn Springville, Lawrence Co., IN. ivie@tima.com Am I the only person up my tree - seems like it. Any ancestors you can dig up would be appreciated.

---------- From: Diana Flynn[SMTP:ivie@tima.com] Sent: Thursday, June 19, 1997 8:51 PM To: ky-footsteps@sirius.dsenter.com Subject: KY-F: DISEASE CHART #1 There have been requests for a list of disease terminology after sending >>>out the list of occupations -- included here is a combined list from >>>myself and Sally Pavia who sent me many additions. Because there are over >>>250 lines it will be split into two postings. >>> >>> >>>Ablepsy - Blindness >>>Ague - Malarial Fever >>>American plague - Yellow fever >>>Anasarca - Generalized massive edema >>>Aphonia - Laryngitis >>>Aphtha - The infant disease "thrush" >>>Apoplexy - Paralysis due to stroke >>>Asphycsia/Asphicsia - Cyanotic and lack of oxygen >>>Atrophy - Wasting away or diminishing in size. >>>Bad Blood - Syphilis >>>Bilious fever - Typhoid, malaria, hepatitis or elevated temperature and >>>bile emesis >>>Biliousness - Jaundice associated with liver disease >>>Black plague or death - Bubonic plague >>>Black fever - Acute infection with high temperature and dark red skin >>>lesions and high mortality rate >>>Black pox - Black Small pox >>>Black vomit - Vomiting old black blood due to ulcers or yellow fever >>>Blackwater fever - Dark urine associated with high temperature >>>Bladder in throat - Diphtheria (Seen on death certificates) >>>Blood poisoning - Bacterial infection; septicemia >>>Bloody flux - Bloody stools >>>Bloody sweat - Sweating sickness >>>Bone shave - Sciatica >>>Brain fever - Meningitis >>>Breakbone - Dengue fever >>>Bright's disease - Chronic inflammatory disease of kidneys >>>Bronze John - Yellow fever >>>Bule - Boil, tumor or swelling >>>Cachexy - Malnutrition >>>Cacogastric - Upset stomach >>>Cacospysy - Irregular pulse >>>Caduceus - Subject to falling sickness or epilepsy >>>Camp fever - Typhus; aka Camp diarrhea >>>Canine madness - Rabies, hydrophobia >>>Canker - Ulceration of mouth or lips or herpes simplex >>>Catalepsy - Seizures / trances >>>Catarrhal - Nose and throat discharge from cold or allergy >>>Cerebritis - Inflammation of cerebrum or lead poisoning >>>Chilblain - Swelling of extremities caused by exposure to cold >>>Child bed fever - Infection following birth of a child >>>Chin cough - Whooping cough >>>Chlorosis - Iron deficiency anemia >>>Cholera - Acute severe contagious diarrhea with intestinal lining >>>sloughing >>>Cholera morbus - Characterized by nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps, >>>elevated temperature, etc. Could be appendicitis >>>Cholecystitus - Inflammation of the gall bladder >>>Cholelithiasis - Gall stones >>>Chorea - Disease characterized by convulsions, contortions and dancing >>>Cold plague - Ague which is characterized by chills >>>Colic - An abdominal pain and cramping >>>Congestive chills - Malaria >>>Consumption - Tuberculosis >>>Congestion - Any collection of fluid in an organ, like the lungs >>>Congestive chills - Malaria with diarrhea >>>Congestive fever - Malaria >>>Corruption - Infection >>>Coryza - A cold >>>Costiveness - Constipation >>>Cramp colic - Appendicitis >>>Crop sickness - Overextended stomach >>>Croup - Laryngitis, diphtheria, or strep throat >>>Cyanosis - Dark skin color from lack of oxygen in blood >>>Cynanche - Diseases of throat >>>Cystitis - Inflammation of the bladder >>>Day fever - Fever lasting one day; sweating sickness >>>Debility - Lack of movement or staying in bed >>>Decrepitude - Feebleness due to old age >>>Delirium tremens - Hallucinations due to alcoholism >>>Dengue - Infectious fever endemic to East Africa >>>Dentition - Cutting of teeth >>>Deplumation - Tumor of the eyelids which causes hair loss >>>Diary fever - A fever that lasts one day >>>Diptheria - Contagious disease of the throat >>>Distemper - Usually animal disease with malaise, discharge from nose and >>>throat, anorexia >>>Dock fever - Yellow fever >>>Dropsy - Edema (swelling), often caused by kidney or heart disease >>>Dropsy of the Brain - Encephalitis >>>Dry Bellyache - Lead poisoning >>>Dyscrasy - An abnormal body condition >>>Dysentery - Inflammation of colon with frequent passage of mucous and >>>blood >>>Dysorexy - Reduced appetite >>>Dyspepsia - Indigestion and heartburn. Heart attack symptoms >>>Dysury - Difficulty in urination >>>Eclampsy - Symptoms of epilepsy, convulsions during labor >>>Ecstasy - A form of catalepsy characterized by loss of reason >>>Edema - Nephrosis; swelling of tissues >>>Edema of lungs - Congestive heart failure, a form of dropsy >>>Eel thing - Erysipelas >>>Elephantiasis - A form of leprosy >>>Encephalitis - Swelling of brain; aka sleeping sickness >>>Enteric fever - Typhoid fever >>>Enterocolitis - Inflammation of the intestines >>>Enteritis - Inflations of the bowels >>>Epitaxis - Nose bleed >>>Erysipelas - Contagious skin disease, due to Streptococci with vesicular >>>and bulbous lesions >>>Extravasted blood - Rupture of a blood vessel >>>Falling sickness - Epilepsy >>>Fatty Liver - Cirrhosis of liver >>>Fits - Sudden attack or seizure of muscle activity >>>Flux - An excessive flow or discharge of fluid like hemorrhage or >>>diarrhea >>>Flux of humour - Circulation >>>French pox - Syphilis >>>Gathering - A collection of pus >>>Glandular fever - Mononucleosis >>>Great pox - Syphilis >>>Green fever / sickness - Anemia >>>Grippe/grip - Influenza like symptoms >>>Grocer's itch - Skin disease caused by mites in sugar or flour >>>Heart sickness - Condition caused by loss of salt from body >>>Heat stroke - Body temperature elevates because of surrounding >>>environment temperature and body does not perspire to reduce temperature. >>> Coma and death result if not reversed >>>Hectical complaint - Recurrent fever >>>Hematemesis - Vomiting blood >>>Hematuria - Bloody urine >>>Hemiplegy - Paralysis of one side of body >>>Hip gout - Osteomylitis >>>Horrors - Delirium tremens >>>Hydrocephalus - Enlarged head, water on the brain >>>Hydropericardium - Heart dropsy >>>Hydrophobia - Rabies >>>Hydrothroax - Dropsy in chest >>>Hypertrophic - Enlargement of organ, like the heart >>>Impetigo - Contagious skin disease characterized by pustules >>>Inanition - Physical condition resulting from lack of food >>>Infantile paralysis - Polio >>>Intestinal colic - Abdominal pain due to improper diet >>>Jail fever - Typhus >>>Jaundice - Condition caused by blockage of intestines Diana Flynn Springville, Lawrence Co., IN. ivie@tima.com Am I the only person up my tree - seems like it. Any ancestors you can dig up would be appreciated.

Thursday, August 5, 1971 Longtime Arcadia Resident has been Busy for a long Time By Ruby Gunn Gertrude Crabb came to Oklahoma in February of 1912 from Missouri. She was born in Arkansas. She grew op at Luther, graduated from Luther high School and attended Central State University when it was Central Normal School. Gertrude's father was the late T. A. Sasser of Luther Gertrude was postmaster at Arcadia for 27 years. She was commissioned postmaster September 25, 1939 and retired December 30, 1966, "A fun job." She said When she took the postmasters job, first class postage stamps were two cents. her wages were $980.OO for one year. She advanced to $7800.00 at retirement. The base pay was figured on the value of canceled stamps sold each day. Fifteen percent went for rent on the building and utilities. In 1939, the post office was located where the Enos Grocery now Stands. The present post office was built by Gertrude, in 1948. It has been remodeled since, in 1969. Gertrude told me Tuesday that she went to a contractor to have him figure the cost of the 1940 building. When she found how much he wanted for his part, Above the cost, she decided to be contractor herself. She hired the labor was the overseer. She had learned to build from her father who was a carpenter. The present post office was remodeled in 1969, at a cost of #5300.00. It was re-roofed. A well and septic tank was added. Central air and heat were also installed. Gertrude was on the first basketball team ever organized in Oklahoma County. It was at Luther High School. She lettered in basketball in Luther school. She taught school for ten years at Soldier Creek, Mt. Lion and Arcadia. Then worked in a bank before becoming postmaster. When she retired from the Post Masters job, she had accumulated 2360 hours of sick leave for which she was riot paid. She received pay for 89 days. She took only five days off in 27 years for sickness. That is some record. Her working hours were 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. six days a week, seven to nine on Sunday. When Gertrude first worked for the Postal Department, the mail was dispatched by train {MK&T) 7 A.M.., 11 A.M., and 5 P.M. A lot of the mail for Arcadia was mistakenly sent. to Ardmore and Arcandia. Oklahoma. The mail was later dispatched by bus twice a day, morning and afternoon. Now it is dispatched once a day. The hours for work are now 9 A.M. to 12 noon. 1 P.M. to 4 five days a week. An assistant Works Saturday. Gertrude is married to a wonderful man. How do I know? A man would have to be wonderful to stay in the background while a woman does all the things Gertrude has done. Like the old saying, "Behind "very great man stands a great woman". The reverse can be said for Floyd M. Crabb. The Crabb�s have celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary. They have no children of their own, but have helped eight young people gain a good education. Even now, well past retirement age, they are assisting one student through college. Gertrude has been president of many organizations, and has held many other offices, She served more than 15 years as state secretary of the National League of Postman She is a member of Arcadia Methodist Church, superintendent of the Sunday School and a Sunday School teacher for many years. She still is. Gertrude is a charter member of Arcadia Rebekah Lodge, now serving as secretary, also a past district deputy president. She has been a leader in the American Legion Auxiliary, locally and statewide A member and office holder in PTA., Arcadia Homemakers Extension group and county group. She has been a member of Home Demonstration Club for 52 years arid has held every office In it, parliamentarian of Oklahoma County extension homemakers group, president of Civil Service Retired in Edmond. Only last week, she was elected president of the American Legion Auxiliary and vice president Rebekah Circle District 21. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------- I had the pleasure of visiting my aunt Gertrude Melissa Sasser Crabb b. January 06, 1897 in Yellville Arkansas. She celebrated her 100 year birthday January 06, 1997. Thanks, Don Sasser

I have been made aware of a SASSER book that is in the Jackson MS library that is on the Sasser family. The name is, 'My Kin' (I think). I know the word KIN is correct. Could someone take a look at it? Thanks! Ms. Adrian Hopkins P.O. Box 1463 Tucker, Georgia 30085-1463 Researching: Hunsucker, Griffith, Kirby, Whitlatch, Kennedy, Vandeford, Hopkins, Plummer, Golden, Nuckolls, Warbington, King, Cushman, Sasser and Hadaway, as my main lines. Personal Web Page http://members.tripod.com/~ahopkins/index.html NKW - NUCKOLLS Web Page http://207.137.74.213/ Genealogist HAVE no other hobbies!!!! <G> HOPKINS, KIRBY-KERBY, NUCKOLLS, GEORGIA LIST OWNER @ ROOTSWEB.COM