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. > >