Robert: Thanks for the correction - you are right, of course. I responded to am through the TEMPLE-l roots mail group. I have included everything here as well as notifying the group. Good luck - I hope you and Pam can help each other. Park Pam wrote: > Hi guys, > I can't think of where to turn. I subscribed to this list because it > mentions variant spellings, etc. But what do I do when the name I need > really does end in an 'S'?? > When I submit to GenForum, it gets lumped in with "TEMPLE" --- a nice > name, but, as I say, our family name has always (and still does) end in > the letter 's'. I'll send what I have --- maybe there is one more > 's' person out there........! > James TEMPLES was born abt 1820 in (?) NC, TN or MO (TX?) > He married Celia Howell Ellis who was born abt 1830 in TN > The couple lived in Stoddard Co. MO and were the parents of 5 children > (+2 from Celia previous marriages). > Children of James and Celia include : > Hulda Strawn and Oma Ellis (Celia's) > John TEMPLES b. 1856 > Minerva TEMPLES b 1858 Children born Stoddard Co., MO > William TEMPLES b. 1861 > Mary. E. TEMPLES b.1866 > Lewis Ballard TEMPLES b. 1864 > Lewis Ballard is my g. grandfather. Lewis married Nancy Melvina SADLER > and they were the parents of 8 children: Elmer, Amma, Etta (Betty), > Ralph, Oden, Florence, Owen and Luther. > Does this ring any bells with anyone? It's as if the TEMPLES came into > being as a single entity (or are secretly aliens!) Any help will be > appreciated. > Pam (in Idaho) _____________________________________ L. Parker Temple III Researching the TEMPLEs and Related Lines http://www.erols.com/lptemple/house.htm -----Original Message----- From: Robert Temples <templesd@ix.netcom.com> To: L. Parker Temple <lptemple@erols.com> Cc: TEMPLE-L@rootsweb.com <TEMPLE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, July 27, 1998 7:24 PM Subject: Re: TEMPLES - ENDS In 'S'from SC > > >Dear Parker: > >> On one of you recent posting to a Pam, you pose a question - about the TEMPLES >> from the south. The information I sent you regarding Seaborn's line is >> varified up to him. It's Seaborn's father that we have not varified yet, do >> you have more varifaction or information regarding William C.TEMPLE and Mary >> FRANKLIN. William C.TEMPLE on one document to us showed him as Seaborn's >> father and that he was killed in the Florida Indian Wars. We suspect that >> after his fathers death, he lived with his mother ( a Mary A. Temple, head of >> house hold in the 1840 SC census with appropriate age and sexs shown that >> match for Seaborn, wife Rebecca, and children). This too needs varifaction. >> >> If the Pam mentioned in your e-mail is researching this line we want to >> communicate with her. Feel free to have her e-mail us. I've attached a >> Microsoft Word document showing my descentant chart. > >> Does anyone have any varifaction or information on the above family lines >> believed to have come down from the north(Va, NC,Tn?) to the Saluda and or >> Edgefield Co. areas of SC. about 1800-1810. > >Robert M. Temples > >> >> >> > > >