Carole, Thanks for the obit and marriage dates, I am confused with this family. I had never heard of Jacksonburg until I searched "Jacksonburg" on the web and found this: Jacksonburg, OH Village Population 2000: 67 Metro area: Hamilton-Middletown Latitude: 39.538N Longitude: -84.502W Time zone: Eastern Standard Named for President Andrew Jackson Louise On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 18:55:56 -0500 "Carole Bays" <acbays@mrtc.com> writes: > ********************************************************************** > WOLFE COUNTY NEWS, Jan. 31, 1951 > > MRS. MANERVA CHAMBERS > > Mrs. Manerva (Granny) Chambers, 82, native of Wolf County, died at > 5:10 > a.m. today at the home of a nephew, Elmer Childers, of Jacksonburg, > > following a long illness. > > Mrs. Chambers came to this city in 1945. > > Survivors are five brothers, Harry Childers of Cleveland, Tex., J. > Howard Childers of Talbee, Ky., John Childers of Mary, Ky., Harlan > Childers > of Cincinnati, and Walter Childers of Beattyville, Ky., and a > sister, > Mrs. R.S. Moore, of Mary, Ky. > > Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2:30 p.m. at the Wilson > funeral Home. Burial will be in Woodside Cemetery. > > The family will receive friends at the funeral home, Wednesday from > 2-5 > and 7-10 p.m. > > > I'm somewhat confused with this obit. Minerva d/o John Breeding > Childers and Nancy Taulbee m1) Granville Williams, m. 2) John > Shull > born 1862 TN m. Nov. 11, 1920 in Wolfe m. 3) William H. Chambers > born > April 8, 1860 d. Nov. 18, 1936. As far as I know she only had one > daughter who died in 1911. > > Did Elmer live in Jacksonburg, Florida??? And why was she buried in > the > Woodside Cemetery in Middletown, Ohio. > Minerva did have nieces and nephews living in Ohio, but she also > had > siblings in Wolfe. > > Who was Harry Childers? I'm having trouble listing the 14 children > of > Johnny B. and Nancy. I think they were using first, middle and > nicknames in everything I've found. > > I can't find an Archibald Childers, unless he was born and died > between > the 1880 and 1900 census. > > > 1900 Lee County > Granvil Williams 27 > Minervia 31 1-1 > Lula 3 > > Carole > ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!
Louise, Jacksonburg is like a crossroads. Not much there except a few houses now. They used to have a furniture store. But that closed a number of years ago. Now they are really proud of their 67 populaton numbers. <G> It is west of Middletown. NOrma At 09:07 AM 1/16/2004 -0500, you wrote: >Carole, > >Thanks for the obit and marriage dates, I am confused with this family. >I had never heard of Jacksonburg until I searched "Jacksonburg" on the >web and found this: > >Jacksonburg, OH > >Village >Population 2000: 67 >Metro area: Hamilton-Middletown >Latitude: 39.538N >Longitude: -84.502W >Time zone: Eastern Standard >Named for President Andrew Jackson > >Louise > >On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 18:55:56 -0500 "Carole Bays" <acbays@mrtc.com> >writes: > > ********************************************************************** > > WOLFE COUNTY NEWS, Jan. 31, 1951 > > > > MRS. MANERVA CHAMBERS > > > > Mrs. Manerva (Granny) Chambers, 82, native of Wolf County, died at > > 5:10 > > a.m. today at the home of a nephew, Elmer Childers, of Jacksonburg, > > > > following a long illness. > > from - Middletown Ohio Family Page - www.angelfire.com/oh/myfamilygenes KYCORNETT Yahoo Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KYCORNETT/