Sandra, thanks. Mary K has already suggested that we post them on her website, and I say, the more the merrier! I haven't got them scanned, yet, but will soon...got a paying customer yesterday, so my own stuff has to wait for a couple of days. then, I'll send them one at a time to keep from jamming up your box...do you have ICQ? It's a better, faster way to send than regular e-mail. Shirley -----Original Message----- From: Sam Baxley <thomasat@alaweb.com> To: SHIVER-L@rootsweb.com <SHIVER-L@rootsweb.com> Date: January 13, 2000 11:07 PM Subject: Re: [SHIVER] Old Letter from D.E. Cain, Sr. >Hi- Looks like you have more requests than one person can do. If you would >like (I'm a descendant of Daniel and Unity Shiver) I would be happy to put >the pages on my web site for anyone to look at who wants to. > >Sandra Taylor > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <dmward@juno.com> >To: <SHIVER-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2000 5:41 PM >Subject: Re: [SHIVER] Old Letter from D.E. Cain, Sr. > > >> Would love to have a copy. thanks. >> >> Dan Ward >> 3515 Stefani Rd. >> Cantonment, Fl. 32533 >> >> On Sun, 9 Jan 2000 14:50:34 -0600 "Shirley Turner Shiver" >> <shirleyt@bellsouth.net> writes: >> > I have seen the book D.E. Cain wrote. There used to be a copy in the >> > Montgomery County, Texas library. When I was there this summer, the >> > book >> > had disappeared!. I DO have copies of the SHIVER, PRESTWOOD, and >> > PELHAM/JONES pages. Even though the book is full of errors, it is >> > still >> > useful. If anyone would like copies of these copies, let me have >> > your >> > snail-mail, and I'll send them. >> > >> > Shirley Turner Shiver >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: JohnArden@aol.com <JohnArden@aol.com> >> > To: SHIVER-L@rootsweb.com <SHIVER-L@rootsweb.com> >> > Date: January 09, 2000 02:26 PM >> > Subject: [SHIVER] Old Letter from D.E. Cain, Sr. >> > >> > >> > >Being everyone is so quiet, thought I would put up one of the old >> > letters >> > >from my file and this was dated June 14, 1982, from the late D.E. >> > Cain, Sr, >> > >who lived in Enterprise, AL, about 20 miles from my home. We never >> > met. >> > At >> > >top of this letter is handwritten: Jane Shiver Wingate, Daughter >> > of Gussie >> > >W. Davis, lives in Headland. >> > > >> > >Headland is just north of Dothan. >> > > >> > >Dear Mr. Shiver: >> > > >> > >I am doing some research on the Shiver and Prestwood familys. Here >> > I might >> > >mention here that the Shiver and Prestwood familys have inter >> > married into >> > >each >> > >others familys ever sense they all lived in Wilkinson County, >> > Georgia. We >> > >have traced the Shivers and the Prestwoods farther back than in >> > Wilkinson >> > >County, Georgia. In fact they come to this country from Germany. >> > They >> > first >> > >settled in the Isle of Wight County, Virginia (he has us confused >> > with the >> > >early Shivers family), before they findly settled down in Coffee, >> > Dale and >> > >Pike County, Alabama. >> > > >> > >These familys together with others left Georgia and they cross the >> > >Chattachoochee >> > >River near Eufaula, Alabama. They then went clear across the state >> > and s >> > >ettled for a short time in Green County. They then turn back >> > almost back >> > >tracking them self >> > >before settling in Coffee and Dale County. Mr. Shiver, I want to >> > ask you >> > if >> > >you were a part of these Shiver family, and if you could tell me >> > which one >> > of >> > >these were your forefathers. There is A Abner B. and his wife Mary >> > Shiver. >> > >They live near the Rockyhead Community and are buried in the Mt. >> > Olive >> > >Cemeterey near the Rockyhead Baptist Church. Then there wee an >> > A.S. (Abe) >> > >and Sarah Snellgrove Shiver. They are buried in the Ariton >> > Cemetery. >> > > >> > >This Abe (A.S.), Shiver was my wife uncle. The only thing we been >> > able to >> > >get on this family was, that they had two daughters. Mattie we are >> > told >> > >married Dr. Roy Hart Norris, and the other Lucretia married R.S. >> > Woolfolk. >> > >We do not know if they were other children in this family, so I >> > wonder in >> > you >> > >know any thing that will help to clear this up. >> > > >> > >Now let me tell you my connection into this Shiver family. My wife >> > Lena >> > was >> > >the daughter of John THomas and Hellena Milstead Shiver. John T >> > was the >> > son >> > >of Samuel Augustus and Sarah Prestwood Shiver. Samuel A was the >> > son of >> > >Jacob Jr. and Sarah Shiver. I am retired and sense my retirement >> > this has >> > >become my hobby. I have just finished a book on my family history, >> > and if >> > I >> > >can get enuff material on thse family I would like to have a small >> > book >> > >publish on these familys. End of letter. >> > > >> > >I have several more from same timeframe but thought this might be >> > interesting >> > >to some of you. >> > > >> > > >> > >> >> > >