This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------83A12F12600ED8C4610310E9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I just wanted to share a few more search engines with you all. Jane --------------83A12F12600ED8C4610310E9 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <mjfent@bellsouth.net> Received: from bellsouth.net ([209.214.184.143]) by imf03bis.bellsouth.net (InterMail vM.5.01.01.01 201-252-104) with ESMTP id <20011111000321.UVSG3374.imf03bis.bellsouth.net@bellsouth.net> for <mjfent@bellsouth.net>; Sat, 10 Nov 2001 19:03:21 -0500 Message-ID: <3BEDC078.FBC76275@bellsouth.net> Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2001 19:04:11 -0500 From: Jane Foley <mjfent@bellsouth.net> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73 [en]C-CCK-MCD snapN45b1 (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jane Foley <mjfent@bellsouth.net> Subject: More Search Engines Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 Hi all- This site really has tons of genealogy search engines. http://searchforancestors.com/ or you can enter your surname once to search 20 genealogy search engines. http://searchforancestors.com/quicksearch/index.html Hope this helps, Kathi --------------83A12F12600ED8C4610310E9--

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------E6EE31B04E4CA139B828EE06 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --------------E6EE31B04E4CA139B828EE06 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <mjfent@bellsouth.net> Received: from bellsouth.net ([209.214.184.143]) by imf14bis.bellsouth.net (InterMail vM.5.01.01.01 201-252-104) with ESMTP id <20011110205813.LZGN22080.imf14bis.bellsouth.net@bellsouth.net> for <mjfent@bellsouth.net>; Sat, 10 Nov 2001 15:58:13 -0500 Message-ID: <3BED9514.C8EE5E9E@bellsouth.net> Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2001 15:59:03 -0500 From: Jane Foley <mjfent@bellsouth.net> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73 [en]C-CCK-MCD snapN45b1 (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Genealogy Search Engine Pages Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 This site really does have some interesting links. Jane Hi, I have placed numerous major genealogy search engines on one page to make it easier to search. Take a peek. http://www.imagin.net/~tracers/ssdi_search.htm Happy Searchin' Brenda Visit my web site for databases of AL, GA, IA, IN, KY, MO, NC, TN and TX: CENSUS ONLINE & OTHER DIGGINS http://www.imagin.net/~tracers/census1.htm --------------E6EE31B04E4CA139B828EE06--

Well, it looks like there are alot of opinions on this tombstone protection thing. So I thought I had better pass these ideas along to you. So here goes. Jane ****************** That's a really neat idea! I'd like to add another idea that my son came up with that work also. My gggrandparents tombstones were broken into several pieces by cattle be allowed to roam in the cemetary. He took them to his workshop and laid the stones flat down on their faces, (pieced back together) and put a bolt in the back of each piece. He then built a form around the headstone twice the depth of the stone and poured concrete to fill the form and to cover the metal bolts. This way the stones were stood back up in their original places, and will last as long as the concrete does. This one works for me. There may be others out there that also work. Margaret ************** I hope they are not using the clear acrylic coating. I did some rocks with it to bring out the color and set them outside. After a few years of just going through all the weather the coating yellowed and is still peeling in bitty pieces. Frances ************** Oops on the clear coating. All stone has moisture in it. especially marblesand sealing it will cause it to freeze and slough off in layers so that the front will just fall off. I have worked in Tombstone work for along time. It's horrible what it does. It will speed up the damage if it can't breathe or expand, somewhat like a concrete sidewalk, it needs expanders and the coating seals it in. It might work in the dry desert but I doubt if its needed there. Tombstones are so easy to damage that even someone repeatedly resting their hand on a corner will make it go yellow. There was one in my family that always got 'patted' right in the middle, now some 30 years later it is yellow right there. Another thing people do is try to scrub out the lichen growing on a granite or marble. the cleaners make it look good for a few years then it will cause it to crumble and turn a yellow color.lichen grows deep inside before you see it enough on the outside of the stone to bother you. Just buff it off with a soft flannel cloth. It has already made thin cracks inside the stone itself..These rootspaces are full of plant material and water , little compost bins sort of. There is a tombstone near me that I am still trying to figure out. I have sifted through the soil and found the letters in one and two's and trying to spell it out. it was a native stone that exfoliated its layers offdue to freezing and thawing. They came off neat as puzzle pieces I just don't have all the letters yet. I have seen all kinds of frames put on the old ones, some work well, but really need afiberglass infiltrated epoxy so it won't expand and contract like cement. though some of the new cement to fiber mixes seem not to do so much of it. If you have to resection one, use nylon sticks that are put through a pipe threader, they are used as pegs to epoxy the parts back together. You can also get a plastic epoxy grid made to hold sections of a broken tombstone. It can be shaped by any company who makes the outdoor type of resin decorations and tables etc. They never expand and contract or react to the chemicals in stone. I have seen horror stones! Some in Weatherford Texas where 'saved' by laying them flat into concrete! They were marble and the letters are being frozen and cracked and weatherd right out of them. They needed to be 'rested' and epoxyed against a wedge shaped cement or stone so the water would drain from it. Epoxy being a lot more forgiving and the least chemical reaction. Cement is limey and will eat marble and disolve it eventually. Another commonly seen disaster is the mending with metal screws and plates, they always rust and iron gets inside the stone If you need a cleaner get Orbus,from a farm store. It is the only approved one used by museums and societies, as it leaves the least chemicals. Marble is the biggest challenge, it acts like a sponge and is sovery soft. Check with your State Historical Commission , most of them have a website devoted to the subject or will send a pamplet. Much of their research comes from people who restore buildings and statues as that is where the money is. Your local restorer can give you the names of any epoxy you want to try or where to get the nylon rods or plates needed. I got a call from someone recently who observed a man who was painting the inside of each letter of the Confederate Soldiers stones in a cemetery with gold metalic paint. I thought I had seen everything! The commission still has no idea of how to remove it as it has metal in it and it is aborbed already by the marble. They may never be cleaned from that. I collect interesting tombstones and recently saw some of tombstones that has fake jewels epoxied onto the cement, very unique! Susan in Texas ***************** I forgot to add the epoxy shielding the top of the stones acts like glass in the heat, the mosisture comes up from the ground, though pourous marble and cement and can't get out through the top , the sun heats the stuff into steam and cracks it up. Put a piece of glass on a sidewalk even when it is dry and in the mornings it will be wet from condensation underneath most days. The chemicals also will collect in the steam and make the epoxy go foggy after a while or rusty looking if the ground around it has iron in it. Susan ****************** To all: I know you mean well but this is not an accepted method of preservation of gravestones and will cause the stones to deteriorate. The stone needs to "breathe". The stone absorbs moisture from the ground and it has no way to evaporate if the stone is sealed. This leads to the stone crumbling. The chemicals in the sealer could also interact with the materials in the stone. Please read the following Do's and Don'ts of cemetery repair at: http://members.aol.com/ctgravenet/dosdonts.htm#TOP Susan **************** Dear Jane, Several people have sent me copies of the "new idea" you are sharing on the Internet. Please consider contacting those you have dispersed this message to and letting them know that it is an extremely damaging and irreversible technique and should never be done to any stone. While the stones that you saw may have "looked" fine, it is the result over time that counts. Similar techniques have been tried in the past with the same results; the technique will greatly hasten the deterioration of the stone, and it and the acrylic top coat will form a thick film of mildew and/or algae. Please understand that marble is a highly porous stone. Lying flat on the ground, it will be wicking up moisture from the soil. With the acrylic top coat preventing the normal respiration, coupled with the extreme heat that will be generated on sunny days, much like a greenhouse, the imprisoned gravestone will "cook" in a moisture-laden environment. Furthermore, the stone will become highly impregnated with water, leaving it at much greater risk for internal disintegration during freeze/thaw cycles over the winter. Additionally, as I said in reply to one of the Rootsweb lists in which your note appeared, anyone caught doing this type of gravestone desecration is liable, depending on the laws of that state, for civil and/or criminal prosecution. I realize that your intentions in sharing this information were honorable and applaud your willingness to pass on what you thought was a good idea. In the future, please contact the experts at the Association for Gravestone Studies (info@gravestonestudies.org) before acting on your impulse to help. I have often told my readers that more damage is done in cemeteries by well-meaning preservationists using improper techniques (household bleach, wire brushes, power washers, flat concrete encasements, etc.) than by vandals. The best tool to preserve our cemeteries is proper education. The source is out there and free to anyone. Again, thank you for caring, Jeanne Robinson, Executive Director Oregon Historic Cemeteries Association, Inc. PO Box 802 Boring, OR 97009] (503) 658-4255 - Fax (503) 658-3111 ohca@oregoncemeteries.org www.oregoncemeteries.org Preserving the Past for the Future

I thought this idea was worth sharing. Jane Foley Hey Cousins, It is said there is nothing new under the sun, but I saw something yesterday, though it may not be new, it is certainly new to me. I'll try to describe it for you. While walking through an old cemetery here in Harvey County, KS, I ran across five headstones, broken from their bases. The people who are keeping the cemetery, in very good condition I might add, have built wooden forms the thickness of the various broken stones, laid the stones flat at the head of the grave with the wooden forms around them (with about a 6 inch space all around the stones) and poured concrete into the forms flush with the face of the stones. The stones appear to have been cleaned with mild detergent and a brush. Once dried, it appears that they have poured a coating of either automotive clear coat, or the hard acrylic clear coating found in hobby shops. The end result is a stone too heavy to steal, a coating to protect the face of the stone and the preservation of information for years to come. This may not be new, but it is novel and certainly crucial to genealogy researchers in the years to come. Just thought I would share this with the list, in hopes that it will generate some protection across the nation for the many broken or damaged stones. I might add, that the ones that were in two or three or more pieces, were put together and once coated, all you see are the break lines but they can't be moved. Dean Taylor

I guess I had forgotten one can search the Internet for pictures - what a treat this morning. For those of you, who like me who have forgotten - this is a fun search site for photos on the internet. http://images.google.com/ If you want pictures of anything on the Internet type in what you want, you will be as surprised as I was. This works the same as Google search engine for text, Kathleen Burnett List Mom

Linda, Does your Teal connection go back to Nathaniel Franklin Teal, b. 3/18/1855 in Coosa County, Alabama. My Teel connection go back to Henry Loderick. Wayne corner@ragland.net wrote: This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: TEAL, VAUGHN, BOWMAN, HUBBARD, WALKER, DYAR, AND MORE C/lassification: Query / Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wYRBAIB/6.99.114 Message Board Post: Hi - from the date of your post, I'm afraid my reply is a little late. Are you still working on TEAL genealogy? >From what you posted, we are working on the same line and I actually have a photograph of the grave marker for J. C. Teal at Hokes Bluff Cemetery, Etowah County, Alabama. I live about 30 miles from there and hunted the grave about four years ago. Do you have any of your genealogy posted on the internet? I will gladly swap any info you may need. All my info is stored on a stack of disks and very disorganized. A real nice virus crashed my hard drive last month; but we were able to extract the genealogy records (I hope). My Mother's maiden name is TEAL and she is one of two of the remaining eleven children of Louis Marion Teal and Georgia Bell Bowman Teal. Hope to hear from you. LINDA ==== TEAL Mailing List ==== Checkout the other lists being watched over by your List Mom; http://mailing_lists.homestead.com/lists.html To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett ============================== Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! Wayne SewellAlexander City, Alabama256-234-5437rwsewell@yahoo.comSurnames: Baker, Carnes, Hardwick, Moatts, Sewell, Smith, Teel, Woodall --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: TEAL, VAUGHN, BOWMAN, HUBBARD, WALKER, DYAR, AND MORE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wYRBAIB/6.99.114 Message Board Post: Hi - from the date of your post, I'm afraid my reply is a little late. Are you still working on TEAL genealogy? >From what you posted, we are working on the same line and I actually have a photograph of the grave marker for J. C. Teal at Hokes Bluff Cemetery, Etowah County, Alabama. I live about 30 miles from there and hunted the grave about four years ago. Do you have any of your genealogy posted on the internet? I will gladly swap any info you may need. All my info is stored on a stack of disks and very disorganized. A real nice virus crashed my hard drive last month; but we were able to extract the genealogy records (I hope). My Mother's maiden name is TEAL and she is one of two of the remaining eleven children of Louis Marion Teal and Georgia Bell Bowman Teal. Hope to hear from you. LINDA

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Morris, Teal, Donnell, Fisher, Darnell, Guinn, Sims, Cobb Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wYRBAIB/126.1 Message Board Post: Kenneth contact me at buford60@home.com . I have some information on your John A. & Rose Teal.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wYRBAIB/241.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you very much for the information. My mother Mildred Keck often spoke of the Teal family. I have a weak rememberence of visiting a Teal family in Bonapart sometime in the 50's. Thanks again. bob

Dear List Members, Here it is the end September and time for the Third Quarterly Report for 2001. This past month has been a difficult time for all of us, but we made it through it and each of us are trying to get back to normal, or as normal as we can again. Part of that getting back to normal is our quarterly reports. Again, for your information, the TEAL Mailing List has 48 members, 35 on the Regular list and there are 13 members on the Digest List. If you are interested in knowing about other mailing list out there, one of the very best inventories of genealogical mailing lists is John Fuller’s Genealogy Resources on the Internet located at http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail.html If you ever need to unsubscribe from this list or any rootsweb list all you need to do is visit Password Central located at http://passwordcentral.rootsweb.com/ Follow the instructions and you will received an e-mail of all lists you belong to and from it you can unsubscribe from the ones you want to. Always know that I will be more than happy to help you if you are having problems unsubscribing, you only need to ask. If you would like to visit the Archived messages of this list, go to http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ and type in the name of the list you would like to search. There are a few items I would like to suggest for the benefit of each of us. 1. If someone posts a message to the list that should not have been posted, please just delete it. Know that I am taking care of the problem. If you post your unhappiness, then you just continue on the problem. I know it is hard when your heart has been offended, but for my sake, and the sake of the list, please just delete it. Rootsweb has a wonderful Spam Detective and it stops most of it. You should see what comes across my screen. I have to look at each of them to make sure that what was stopped was truly Spam. Once in a while, one slips by though and if this happens, just delete it and go on with what we all love, genealogical research. 2. If you would put the subject of your posting in the subject line it might give you a better chance to attract the attention of someone who has the information you are looking for or the attention of someone who is searching for the information you are posting. 3. Remember to change the Subject line when you change the topic of the posting. It is confusing to me and the member when your subject line has nothing to do with your posting. Most likely it will get deleted and you will not get the response you are looking for. 3. Please remember to delete the tags and un-needed words when you re-send a message to the list with your answer. If you don't check this, your responses can become quite large and may cause problems with some of our member's servers. This member who might not be able to receive your message because of its size, just might be your long lost second cousin with all the answers you are looking for. 4. The wonderful relationship that develops between list members is also one of a Mailing Lists Problems. I encourage you to respond to the entire list with genealogical responses, you never know who your response will help. In the same thought I would like to ask you to not respond to the entire list with personal responses. Such as, the first message from a member says "Happy Birthday Mary" and then Mary says "Thank you” and then about 60 of our members also send "Happy Birthday Mary". Mary then sends out 60 more "Thank You" messages. This is what I mean by personal messages. Just keep in mind anything is ok to be posted as long as it has to do with the subject of the list. If you have a doubt ask me. KathleenBurnett@earthlink.net 5. Remember to keep your Virus protection up to date and never open any attached file unless you are 100% sure what it is and even then you are taking a chance. Please remember, so that this list is better for each of us, the posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, etc., in other words Spam is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact me at KathleenBurnett@earthlink.net If one of these items come across the list, just delete it, do not respond to it. I am taking care of the problem, quietly behind the scenes. I want to thank each of you for your continued support of me and your willingness to help make this list the success it is. Kathleen Burnett List Mom KathleenBurnett@earthlink.net

Tim I have a Branberry Teal/Teel, Sr., born befor 1757 in North Carolina. Wayne Sewell Alexander City, Alabama Jane Foley <mjfent@bellsouth.net> wrote: Hi! Tim: I'm sorry I do not have a Bradberry Teal. Jane Foley HSingle441@aol.com wrote: > Tim: > > Is there a Bradberry Teal in your family line? > > Hugh Singleton > > ==== TEAL Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political > announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, > etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. > Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB ==== TEAL Mailing List ==== Checkout the other lists being watched over by your List Mom; http://mailing_lists.homestead.com/lists.html To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett ============================== Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Listen to your Yahoo! Mail messages from any phone with Yahoo! by Phone.

Hi! Tim: I'm sorry I do not have a Bradberry Teal. Jane Foley HSingle441@aol.com wrote: > Tim: > > Is there a Bradberry Teal in your family line? > > Hugh Singleton > > ==== TEAL Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political > announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, > etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. > Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB

Tim: Is there a Bradberry Teal in your family line? Hugh Singleton

This was sent to me by a lady from another list. Now I have an answer for those who ask me why am I so interested in the genealogy. They tell me not to waste time on the past but I see it as finding out who I am and why I am the way I am. I am a story teller. I want my family to know where they came from and why. Jane Foley Cornelius, NC "My feelings are in each family there is one who seems called to find the ancestors. To put flesh on their bones and make them live again, to tell the family story and to feel that somehow they know and approve. To me, doing genealogy is not a cold gathering of facts but, instead, breathing life into all who have gone before. We are the story tellers of the tribe. All tribes have one. We have been called as it were by our genes. Those who have gone before cry out to us: Tell our story. So, we do. In finding them, we somehow find ourselves. How many graves have I stood before now and cried? I have lost count. How many times have I told the ancestors you have a wonderful family you would be proud of us? How many times have I walked up to a grave and felt somehow there was love there for me? I cannot say. It goes beyond just documenting facts. It goes to who am I and why do I do the things I do? It goes to seeing a cemetery about to be lost forever to weeds and indifference and saying I can't let this happen. The bones here are bones of my bone and flesh of my flesh. It goes to doing something about it. It goes to pride in what our ancestors were able to accomplish. How they contributed to what we are today. It goes to respecting their hardships and losses, their never giving in or giving up, their resoluteness to go on and build a life for their family. It goes to deep pride that they fought to make and keep us a Nation. It goes to a deep and immense understanding that they were doing it for us. That we might be born who we are. That we might remember them. So we do. With love and caring and scribing each fact of their existence, because we are them and they are us. So, as a scribe called, I tell the story of my family. It is up to that one called in the next generation to answer the call and take their place in the long line of family storytellers. That, is why I do my family genealogy, and that is what calls those young and old to step up and put flesh on the bones." (unknown)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wYRBAIB/31.35.62.69 Message Board Post: Would like information on Lodrick Teal. Also on Jordan Teal. We are looking for partents of John Teal. He was the father of W.J.J Teal. Thank You Mina Loy (Rip) Teal 1111 Collage Avenue Clarksville Arkansas 72830

Rip, My 3-g grandfather was Henry Loderick Teel, son to William Loderick Teel. Henry Loderick and Martha Patsey Young Teel had a son, John L. Teel who was married to Mary Lawrence Teel on 5-13-1849 in Coosa County, Alabama. He was killed in Virginia during the Civil War and That is all I have on him. Henry and Martha were married on 7-6-1815. After the war, Henry and Gasham Teel (a son) both sold their land on the same day and moved to Arkansas. Gasham died in Perry County and is buried in an unmarked grave at Rose Creek Cemetery at north end of the Hubbard plot. Your e-mail address did not work Ripteal@arkansas.com Wayne Sewell Alexander City, Alabama Ripteal@arkansas.com wrote: This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wYRBAIB/31.35.62.68 Message Board Post: We are trying to find the father of John Teal born in 1815 in NC> My mother (now passed on) says it was Lodrick Teal. Could this be? My mailing address- Rip teal-1111 North Collage Avenue-Clarksville Arkansas -72830. My E-Mail ripteal@arkansas.com We are at a stand still. Please help if you can. Rip Teal ==== TEAL Mailing List ==== If you wish to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the Teal list, use TEAL-l-request@rootsweb.com or TEAL-d-request@rootsweb.com if you are on the Digest list. To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett ============================== Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger.

Yes, but our list seems mighty quiet. Clarajane Teal Goux Seeking any information about Eliza(Elizabeth) A. (Davis) Teal, married to Benjamin F. Teal, Cheraw, SC Ben died 1868, Chesterfield Co. SC, Eliza 1883 in Barbour Co., AL.

Candace has given me permission to share this info with you Teal researchers. Jane Candace Gravelle wrote: > Jane, > Thank you for sending all the interesting information about the Teal > families. > I have wondered if John Redding Teal (b. 1822 in NC or SC) who married > > Mahalia Hightower was a son of George Washington Teal? > > John R. Teal and Mahalia Hightower had two children that I know of; > Sarah Teal > born 1846 in GA and William Teal b. 1852 in GA. John R. Teal and > Mahalia Hightower were in Carroll County, Georgia in 1870 census which > shows: > (Carrollton Twp) > John R. Teal, age 49, Miller, born SC > Mahala S. Teal, age 43, born GA > > There is an interesting article in WFT Vol. 1 Tree 830 on a Sarah > Temperance Teal about her life growing up during the civil war, etc. and > it seems to fit the Sarah Teal who was a daughter of John Redding Teal > and Mahalia Hightower. > The person who submitted the info for this World Family Tree CD did not > know who Sarah Temperance Teal's parents were and I do not know who the > submitter of the info was. Here is what the article says: > > Notes excerpted from WFT Vol. 1 Tree 830 on Sarah Temperance Teal > > The following article is a copy of one that was received from Mrs. > Ruby Ferrell Hardy of Thomaston, Georgia to the submittor of WFT Vol. 1 > Tree > > >From the title of the article, it is probably from an article from one > of the cotton mills that were in operations in LaGrange, Georgia in the > early 1940's. > > LEAVES FROM > THE SHUTTLE ALBUM > > `GRANNY' BOGGS RECALLS CIVIL WAR TIMES > > To realize the blessings of the present day one has only to go over to > the Dunson community, and talk to "Granny" Boggs about wartime's-Civil > War times, for we endured no hardships or deprivations, in comparison, > during the World war, she says. And no one listening to her as she > relates the horrors of the 60's would dare dispute her assertion. > This story dates back to the time when Mrs. Boggs was a young girl, then > known as Sarah Teal, and with her mother and small brother went through > the horrors of the Civil War while her father was away fighting the > "Yankees." Not only Mr. Teal, but seven of his brothers enlisted and > saw actual service, only one of them being killed in battle, however. > Mrs. Teal with the help of Sarah, carded, spun and wove government > cloth, besides material for their own needs. The boy being too small to > work, the family burden fell on Mrs. Teal and Sarah. They caught every > day's work in the field that they could get, which helped to keep them > from starving. The only supplies they ever drew from the government was > one peck of salt and a pair of cards. Salt, then was a luxury. To > obtain it, dirt had to be raked up in old smokehouses, dripped, and the > water boiled down. White hickory ashes were used for soda; syrup was > made by boiling cane juice in a huge caldron, and was black and strong. > "But we were thankful to get it," said Granny, "and I think, lots of > times, about how little the present generation knows about hard times > and doing without things. But," she added with a twinkle in her eye, > "we wore a sight more clothes then they do now, in spite of the hard > times," A substitute for coffee was made of wheat, and if they got hold > of a small piece of bacon, it was used very sparingly. Cornbread, peas > and syrup were the main diet-seasoned with salt when they had it. > In the reconstruction days which followed, "Granny" relates even worse > experiences. They had left to them their household goods only. > Armstrong's army was encamped near their home for weeks, and consumed > everything they had but a few chickens, which they kept hidden in a dirt > room of the house. "The officers," she said, "gave strict orders that > no one was to enter our house or molest us in any way, and even if they > did eat our last hog, we felt thankful." > When her father returned to them at the close of the war he found them > sadly improvised. He worked for a peck of corn a day for a while, but > soon secured his place again as a miller, which occupation he filled for > more than 40 years in all. It took years of hard work to put the family > in comfortable circumstances again. Every commodity was scarce and high > for a long time. > Just before the close of the war, Mrs. Boggs was married. Her first > husband was Martin Spinks, a Confederate veteran. He only lived about > six years and left her with two little girls. Later, in the same little > weather-boarded three room cabin, with the stick and dirt chimney, which > was her home for more than 30 years, she was married to William Boggs. > Seven children were born to them. She was left a widow the second time > 26 years ago, still living in the old home county, where she remained > five years afterwards. About that time her youngest daughter married, > and "I broke up housekeeping," she said, "and went to live with my > children." > The "child" who has claimed most of her time is Mrs. P. W. Cantrell, of > Dunson, "the poorest one of all," to quote Mrs. Cantrell's own words, > but her big-hearted love for her mother out-weighs riches. All of the > "children" are devoted to "Granny," and the others would gladly share > their homes with her. They are all home owners save Mrs. Cantrell. One > son W. W. Boggs, is a prosperous farmer of Dublin, Texas, and his son is > an aviator, owning his own airplane. "He fell 1,000 feet at one time, > and came out with a broken shoulder and nose, for which he ought to be > thankful, and he's still flying," said Granny. The eldest daughter, > who is 63 years of age, lives near Heflin, Alabama. Another, Mrs. J. C. > Tatum, still lives in the old home county, near her mother's birthplace. > You may be sure "Granny's" visits there are great pleasures. > Temperance is "Granny's" middle name, and she advocates the cause > strongly. Her parents christened her Sarah Temperance Teal, and she's > proud of her name. At the age of 14 years she joined the Missionary > Baptist church, her membership still remaining at old Friendship Baptist > church in Campbell county. She goes to church at every opportunity, but > nothing could induce her to move her membership from he home church. > "The folks back there wouldn't hear to it," she says. Granny says she > can't talk and pray in public as she used to, but she loves her Bible, > and the above picture was made with it in her lap. We have a grudge at > the one who made the cut for leaving the Bible out. She has read the > Bible through, time after time-has literally worn out two-but is > deprived of reading much now, on account of not having glasses "to > suit." This dear old lady figured in a car wreck in April of last year. > Her glasses were broken, cutting her face badly. It took seven stitches > in one place and eight in another to mend the gashes. Her hip and arm > were also badly bruised, and she was shaken up to the extent that the > family despaired of her ever recovering. And now she doesn't think much > of automobiles, and still less of careless drivers "who run headlong > into folks." She asserts emphatically that she'd prefer an airplane > where "folks would not be so apt to run into you." > Granny says she's having the easiest time now she ever had in her life. > "The don't want me to thing, and want to wait only on me like I was a > baby, but I can't idle away all of my time. I've always been used to > work." And this dear old lady, whose grandfather had slaves to do every > bidding, is winding up a life of unstinted service. She helps with the > various household duties, and at the age of 83 years is remarkably > active. She can't read and sew as much as she would like, because of > not being able to get her eyes properly fitted, but the morning I > enjoyed such a pleasant hour in her company she was busily engaged > fringing a tablecloth. Nor did she waste any time. Industriousness is > second second nature with Granny Boggs, and idleness is punishment. > She is a dear soul--loved by all who know her and as she wonders "why > the good Lord spares me," I couldn't help but think of the mission she > has filled, and is till filling. May her remaining years be her > happiest, and truly her 29 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren and > several great-great-grandchildren rise up to call her blessed. > > The Mrs. P. W. Cantrell that is mentioned in the article is Sarah > Balzora Cantrell, wife of Park Wesley Cantrell. " > > Somewhere in my paper files I have the info on the marriage for John R. > Teal and Mahalia Hightower and also census info for them for 1860 but > can't find it at the moment. > > Candace

Martin Van Buren Teal served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. He was a member of Company F. 40th Georgia Infantry. He drew a pension in his later years of life for his services from the state of Arkansas. He attended the reunions of former comrades and was a member of Camp John H. Morgan No. 448 of Confederate Veterans. (John Hunt Morgan (1825-1864, Confederate cavalry General in the American Civil War. In 1862 he began a series of famous raids in which his troopers attacked union units, trains, and supplies from Iuka, Mississippi, to Columbia, Tennessee. During the summer and fall he ranged through Kentucky and made sorties into Ohio and Tennessee. He was appointed Brigadier General in December, 1862 and the next spring he began a new series of raids that penetrated into Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio. Captured and imprisoned (July, 1863) after a wild pursuit that ended near New Lisbon, Ohio he escaped the following November and was placed in command of the Department of Southwest Virginia. In September 1864 he was surprised and killed near Greenville, Tennessee.) 1865 July 2-26; raid of Confederate Joyhn Hunt Morgan into Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio. One of the several cavalry raids by Morgan throughout the war.

MARTIN VAN BUREN TEAL The Church of Christ on Bear Creek named Piney Grove, reorganized and began meeting at Cross Trails in September, 1880. Members in 1886 were: D. Murphry, W. Murphry, John Helmon, Mary Blair, Malinday Cisco, W. A. Green, Margaret H. Brantly, F. H. Brantly, D. S. Ligon, P.M. Hide, J.T. Leverett, C.W. Pitts, P. Street, M. V. Teal, John Trammell, R.T. McKinney, J.W. Aurtrey and Thomas Scaggs. By 1901, Geneva was a flag station on the DeQueen and Eastern Rail Road, 7 miles East of DeQueen. Once called Logsville. Hortense had its name changed to Geneva in 1906. The BEE carried an article about Martin V. Teal's field near Geneva. "Last week, Mr. E.D. Smith brought to his office a fragment of an earthen ware jar or bowl, which was plowed up by his son in a field belonging to Mart Teal. Mr. Smith says many such pieces have been discovered in this vicinity, and that in cultivating the ground a number of human bones, including a skull, have been uncovered. The ground referred to is not in the vicinity of any mounds, such as is supposed to have been used by Indians for burial purposes."