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. > > > > >