In a message dated 7/25/03 2:24:53 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ly68@charter.net writes: > > My great uncle, William Thomas Martin was married to a Pigeon Inez Severs. > She was born July 11, 1888 in Arkansas. They were married on August 17, 1906 > in Newport, Jackson Co., AR. Her family lived in Jonesboro, Craighead Co., AR > at the time. She died on July 10, 1982 in Pulaski Co., AR. Her father's name > was James William Seever and her mother's name was Lucy Jane Melton. William > was an engineer for the St. Louis and Frisco Railroad for many years. They > lived in AR mostly and in Thayer Co., MO for awhile. Pigeon and William had > three children, a daughter, Velma Betsy Martin, a son, Harold D. Martin, who > died when he was four, and another daughter, Lucy Jane Martin. All were born in > AR. Pigeon had a sister named Nell or Nellie and a brother named Joe. I am > trying to find more on her parents and where they came from. on the census, it > is listed that her parents were born in Kansas. I have a cousin who lives > in AR who is the granddaughter of Pigeon Seever Martin. We are working on this > together. Thanks > > >