I'm sorry, but when did David Donahue die? I wasn't even aware of it. Bonnie M

According to Athalia Taylor's message it was early Monday morning, November 8th. She informed us of it in the afternoon. Very sad; he wasn't even 60 years old! Pat Hansen -----Original Message----- From: BLeeWM@aol.com [mailto:BLeeWM@aol.com] Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2004 12:05 PM To: TNDECATU-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TNDECATU] Re: TNDECATU-D Digest V04 #125 I'm sorry, but when did David Donahue die? I wasn't even aware of it. Bonnie M ==== TNDECATU Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe send message unsubscribe to TNDECATU-L-request@rootsweb.com

FYI, TNGenWeb has named its Record Repository in memory of David Donahue. http://www.tngenweb.org/records/ He is mentioned on the Memoriam page. http://www.tngenweb.org/memoriam/

Below is an article in a Pennsylvania newspaper which some of you might enjoy reading. The article is about old graveyards and mentions the website of usgenweb.org. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04302/402844.stm <A HREF="http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04302/402844.stm"> </A>A<A HREF="http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04302/402844.stm">mateur genealogists find historical treasures in old graveyards</A> <A HREF="http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04302/402844.stm"> </A>

I am trying to locate information relating to the James Bruce family who lived in Perry County during 1850, 1860, 1870, and some 1880. Some of the Bruce's may have lived in Decatur County. James and Purtiy ? Bruce had the following children; Amy b abt 1835 married to Jeremiah Bates abt 1855 Sarah b abt 1843 do not have info George b 1846 married Seleney Roberts abt 1865 Martin b 1849 married Sarah unknown married abt 1869 Baily b 1850 married to Ruth Leanne Griffith abt 1870 Rebecca E b 1852 married to James W Rosson married 1872 Amanda 1856 married Elias Bates John H 1859 married Matina/Martina abt 1893 James Bruce died abt 1865 leaving several minor children who moved to relatives during that period of time. He was born approx 1809 according to the 1850 census in South Carolina. Information on the parents would be greatly appreciated.

Our deepest sympathy to the Donahue family. We are saddended by his death. He will be greatly missed. Mr Donahue was a great access to all of us that have searched Henderson, Decatur and surrounding counties. He has opened doors for my genealogy search and gave me hope to continue searching. David you were a "Diamond" among all Jewels and will be missed by all your Genealogy family. You will never be forgotten.Our prayers will go out to the Donahue family during this time. May God bless each of you.

This is very sad indeed. And only a year or so after his father's passing! We will miss him and what he has done for us very much. Patricia Hansen -----Original Message----- From: Athalia Taylor [mailto:taylora@decaturcountytn.org] Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 9:08 PM To: TNDECATU-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TNDECATU] Death of Mr. David Leo Donahue Decatur County Library is in mourning tonight over the death of our dear friend, Mr. David Donahue. David passed away at his home in Parsons, TN this morning. We have been the kind recepient of many of his own personal books and many that he has bought for us. I know the geneological family shares in our sorrow. David has devoted many of his hours on his cemetery researches and we have all benefited greatly from them. There is to be no service of any kind but I would ask that you all take a moment and remember David and all his work he did for us. He will be greatly missed. Athalia Taylor, Director Decatur County Public Library PO Box 396 20 West Market Street Decaturville, TN 38329 ________________________________________________________________ Sent via the WebMail system at decaturcountytn.org ==== TNDECATU Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe send message unsubscribe to TNDECATU-L-request@rootsweb.com

Would you please pass on all of our best wishes for is family and friends? He truly will be missed by many. Sincerely Tommy Curry -----Original Message----- From: Athalia Taylor [mailto:taylora@decaturcountytn.org] Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 10:08 PM To: TNDECATU-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TNDECATU] Death of Mr. David Leo Donahue Decatur County Library is in mourning tonight over the death of our dear friend, Mr. David Donahue. David passed away at his home in Parsons, TN this morning. We have been the kind recepient of many of his own personal books and many that he has bought for us. I know the geneological family shares in our sorrow. David has devoted many of his hours on his cemetery researches and we have all benefited greatly from them. There is to be no service of any kind but I would ask that you all take a moment and remember David and all his work he did for us. He will be greatly missed. Athalia Taylor, Director Decatur County Public Library PO Box 396 20 West Market Street Decaturville, TN 38329 ________________________________________________________________ Sent via the WebMail system at decaturcountytn.org ==== TNDECATU Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe send message unsubscribe to TNDECATU-L-request@rootsweb.com

Decatur County Library is in mourning tonight over the death of our dear friend, Mr. David Donahue. David passed away at his home in Parsons, TN this morning. We have been the kind recepient of many of his own personal books and many that he has bought for us. I know the geneological family shares in our sorrow. David has devoted many of his hours on his cemetery researches and we have all benefited greatly from them. There is to be no service of any kind but I would ask that you all take a moment and remember David and all his work he did for us. He will be greatly missed. Athalia Taylor, Director Decatur County Public Library PO Box 396 20 West Market Street Decaturville, TN 38329 ________________________________________________________________ Sent via the WebMail system at decaturcountytn.org

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: dickson,dixon Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JeB.2ACE/593 Message Board Post: ANYONE HAVING INFO. ON HORACE DICKSON PLEASE CONTACT ME AT justme37096@yahoo.com died in the 1950s+or-10 YEARS. HE HAD A SON BY ILA PLUNKETT OF DECATUR CO. IN 1936. POSSIBLY BURIED IN ARK. ANY INFO. WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. TERRY SHELTON [grandson] 731-847-0956

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JeB.2ACE/592 Message Board Post: If anyone is working the James Quisenbury Brewer and Jane Monroe Stone Brewer line, I have some informaton on their North Carolina roots.I will be glad to share if anyone has a interest. Contact me at BillChumney@webtv.net

The Claybrook community of Madison Co. is where Law Road intersects Highway 412, about a mile west of the Henderson Co. line. Closest railroad would have been about 5 miles away at Beech Bluff on the Tennessee Midland Railroad built from Memphis to Perryville in the 1880s. It was later acquired by the L&N controlled NC&StL Railroad. The line was abandoned in Decatur Co. in 1930s and abandoned at Beech Bluff in 1980s. You mention 1873 in connection with your ancestor. My guess would be that that was when the Illinois Central was built to Jackson. The Mississippi Central reached Jackson about 1855 and the Mobile and Ohio reached Jackson about 1860. David Jerry Allen wrote: >David, > > Just a personal note to tell you how much I appreciated "The Wedding >Trip," and to say thanks for all your contributions to the furtherence of >genealogical research in the area that coincides with my father's old >stomping grounds. "The Wedding Trip" was especially interesting as I had >recently learned of how the son of an Irish immigrant from Dutchess County, >N.Y. name of Frederick Mortimer met and married my great-grandmother Martha >Betty in Madison County, TN in 1873. Frederick was likely working on the >railroads at the time. > Maybe somebody can tell me if the railroad ran through or near Claybrook >at that time. --Jerry Allen > > > > >

David, Just a personal note to tell you how much I appreciated "The Wedding Trip," and to say thanks for all your contributions to the furtherence of genealogical research in the area that coincides with my father's old stomping grounds. "The Wedding Trip" was especially interesting as I had recently learned of how the son of an Irish immigrant from Dutchess County, N.Y. name of Frederick Mortimer met and married my great-grandmother Martha Betty in Madison County, TN in 1873. Frederick was likely working on the railroads at the time. Maybe somebody can tell me if the railroad ran through or near Claybrook at that time. --Jerry Allen ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Donahue" <ddonahue@netease.net> To: <TNDECATU-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2004 3:41 PM Subject: [TNDECATU] The Wedding Trip > Leo J. Donahue and Anne Moore married May 25, 1948. > > On May 14, 1948, Leo Donahue withdrew $1,000 from his savings account at > the Charlestown [MA] Five Cent Savings Bank (passbook). He would have > had to fly to Nashville to be at the Hermitage Hotel on May 16. > > Leo stayed May 16-18 at the Hermitage Hotel in Nashville at $3.50/night > (receipt) but later went to the Sam Davis which probably was less > exspensive. He received a telegram care of the Sam Davis Hotel on the > May 24 confirming a reservation at the Claridge Hotel in Memphis > (telegram). > > On May 21, Anne Moore had her required blood test done at > Nelson-Robinson-Sayers Clinic on 7th Ave. in Nashville ($3.00, receipt) > > On May 25 they shipped Anne's stuff to Charlestown, MA via Railway > Express (receipt), from Anne Moore, McGannon Hall [a YWCA-affiliated > boarding house] to Leo J. Donahue, 9 Franklin Street, Charlestown, MA > [his parents' address]. That day Leo and Anne married in the pastor's > office at First Baptist Church in Nashville. > > They then took Dixie Greyhound to Memphis (stubs) and spent five nights > (May 25-29) at the Claridge Hotel at $11.00/night (receipt, postcard). > They had to pay an extra $1 for a radio in the room. [I always knew that > mother had been to the zoo in Memphis but I never knew when.] > > On the 29th they took Dixie Greyhound to Parsons (stubs). [I have a few > photos of my parents in Parsons at the Kentucky Avenue house where my > grandparents moved in 1941. I have long thought that those photographs > were made on a May 1948 visit.] > > They returned to Nashville on Dixie Greyhound (stubs). > > On June 2, they flew from Nashville to Boston on American Airlines > (ticket carbons). They had to pay $5.69 for 20 pounds of excess baggage > (receipt). > > They spent June3-8 at the Bradford Hotel in Boston ($6/night, receipt). > > On June 8, 1948 Leo deposited $510.50 into his savings account at > Charlestown Five Cent Savings Bank (passbook). > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > After 14 months since my father's death I am finally beginning to deal > with my parents files and everything they saved (like monthly checking > account statements in sheet protectors!). Granted that without the > receipts for the wedding trip and the ticket stubs I would never have > known about my parents wedding trip, but I cannot imagine saving stuff > like this, especially the bus stubs. My dad had the family papers for > mother's family so I inserted the receipts and stubs into a sheet > protector and inserted the sheet into a notebook dad had made on my mother. > > Yesterday I also found that my dad had my mother's 1940 Decatur County > High School annual. I knew that there had been a high school annual > because I have the original of mother's annual photo. But I never knew > that mother actually had a copy of the annual itself. She never > mentioned it, even when I asked her about her school days. She told me > Newman Ivey was the handsomest boy in her class but never offered to > show me his photograph. (It is actually mother's copy of the annual and > not another copy dad obtained; mother wrote her name Anna Moore at the > top of the front page.) > > I think that mother sanitized the annual at some point before she died > (1997). Her sister's 1943 annual printed with the same layout and by the > same company had plastic post screws. At the end were signature pages to > collect parting statements and best wishes from friends. The plastic > post screws broke when I tried to take it apart to scan the senior photo > page and I had to replace the screws with new aluminum ones. Mother's > 1940 annual is missing the signature pages and has aluminum post screws. > > This morning I found mother's valedictorian address in the drawer with > the 1948-2002 tax files. > > Although they both later owned Brownies, I think that neither had a > camera in 1948. There are no photos of their wedding or of Memphis. > There are photos probably taken at that time in Parsons, and there are > photos which could have been taken at that time in the yard of McGannon > Hall. In either case someone else probably made the photographs. > > I wish I could visit Boston now for $6/night.. > > David Donahue > > > > > > ==== TNDECATU Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe send message unsubscribe to > TNDECATU-L-request@rootsweb.com >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JeB.2ACE/591 Message Board Post: I am looking fro information on my great grandmother, Alice Elizabeth Williamson. She was born January 20, 1889 in TN. I don't know where in TN. Her sister, Mary (Molly) Williamson, married William LaFate Creasy , who was born in Decatur Co., TN. Her father's name was George Williamson and her mother's name was Eliza Hooper. I have her Death Certificate and it says that they were born in TN also. Alice died on May 1, 1941 in Kennett, MO. She married my great grandfather, Thomas Douglas Martin in 1906 somwhere in AR. They had two daughters, Retha and Ruby. Retha died around 1915 around age 8. Ruby was my grandmother. Alice later married a Milton Young. Her name was Young when she died. I am trying to find information about the Williamson side. Alice had two brothers, Thomas and Riley Williamson. Riley was married to a lady named Rose and they had a son named Burley. Alice had two sisters also, Tennie, who married a Zach Hopper and Molly, who married a Billy Creasy. Molly and ! Billy lived around the Quilin/Poplar Bluff, MO area. Tennie died in 1936 around Kennett, MO. I would appreciate any information on them that anyone may have. Thanks

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Young and Price Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JeB.2ACE/570.1.2 Message Board Post: Hi Freddie, I wrote Oma also because I'm looking for Creasy's also. Specifically Adam B. Creasy who was the son of Ambrose Creasy. I found Ambrose and your Stephen on the 1850 Hardin Co. Tennessee census and I'm assuming that they were brothers. Do you have any info on Ambrose and Stephen that would help? Thanks, Nita Phillips

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Young and Price Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JeB.2ACE/570.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Oma, I was wondering if you would happen to know anything about Adam B. Creasy, the son of Ambrose and Lucinda. He married Elizabeth and was living next door to my Young's on the 1860 census. I believe Elizabeth was the sister to my gg-grandfather, John Young. Thanks, Nita Phillips

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JeB.2ACE/590 Message Board Post: My GGG grandfather was Newton Franklin Ruff b 1840 in Marshall county, MS. he moved to Decatur county, TN to be near relatives after the war. He and his wife and their 2 children were on the 1870 Decatur County, Tennessee census. They both died about 1875 of an illness leaving their children orphans. Anyone with any additional information about this family, please contact me, Thanks, Marie

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Tucker/Dorsett/Sisson/DePriest/Strange Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JeB.2ACE/585.1.1 Message Board Post: Martha, Dolores, James Jr, JoAnne & Richard are the children of James Oscar & Ernestine Dorsett of Louisville,Ky. My mother was JoAnne, she died 18 June 2002. Grandma Ernie remarried after James died to Joseph Renner & had Jack Jr, Shirley, Alan Leon, Carolyn, Raymond & Paula Lori lee

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: EVANS, HOLDER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JeB.2ACE/140.2.1.1.1.2 Message Board Post: Jean, when you get back from your trip, contact me.... Hero1776@aol.com. I'm of the opinion (and I know, opinions don't count for facts in family tree climbing) but I'm thinking Thomas EVANS who married Louisa HOLDER might be related to my gg grandfather Allen B. EVANS since they lived not far from each other in Perry County, TN. My father was born in Clifton, TN in 1906. Best wishes for a safe trip, Tom Evans, transplanted to Minnesota

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JeB.2ACE/140.2.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Forgot to say we have visited Sivley Cemetary and made pictures.