That's a neat story Sandy. Im so glad you found that info. Jackie tanimara@townsqr.com ICQ# 16519574 Yahoo Messenger ID Tanimara_2000 Surnames: THOMAS, TOWLES, POPE, BRIDGES, ROBB, HARRINGTON, MOORE, RILEY, PETTY, HARMAN, MADDOX, HILL, BURTCHETT, COLEMAN, ANDERSON, TUCKER, HONER, LOMAX, CUDE, DUDLEY "A people without a history is like wind on the buffalo grass" Crazy Horse - Oglala Sioux "Yigaquu osaniyu adanvto adadoligi nigohilvi nasquv utloyasdi nihi!" ("May the Great Spirit's blessings always be wih you") Cherokee Addresses: Post message: harringtongen@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: harringtongen-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Unsubscribe: harringtongen-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com List owner: harringtongen-owner@yahoogroups.com URL to this page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/harringtongen websites for dogs and native heritage http://www.fortunecity.com/greenfield/twyford/461/index.html http://www.geocities.com/tanimara_2000/ ----- Original Message ----- From: Sandra Ellis <sjellis@mindspring.com> To: <TNDICKSO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 10:49 PM Subject: [TNDICKSO] HAYES/such surprises! > As you know from a recent post, I finally found out the name of my 3rd > great-grandfather and how he really died. Well, today I took a trip to > Christian County (they have a nice genealogy dept. in their library!) to get > a copy of my parents marriage records. (They were divorced after 3 years so > who knows if either of them has a copy!) Someone had told me that my > gg-grandparents were married in Christian County, KY so I thought I'd look > through the marriage index books while I was there. The year I was given > was 1876 but I didn't see a record of the marriage. Some nice person went > to the trouble to compiling an alphabetical marriage index so I looked > through that without paying any attention to the year---I just looked for a > Hays/Hayes and when I found one, I looked to if it was what I wanted. > > I knew my g-grandmother was born in 1880 because she was on the census > record for that year as an infant. I knew she married in 1898 because I > have a copy of that marriage record. Imagine my surprise when I learned > that her parents got married when she was 16 years old! My husband was > totally confused---he kept saying those things didn't happen "back then". > (I told him that he needed to do a little research himself and he'd find out > just how often it did happen!) My gg-grandparents had 12 children but they > didn't decide to get married until after the 10th one was born. I had > always wondered why they didn't get married in Stewart County where they > lived---now, I think I found a pretty good reason for them to cross that > state line to get married. (I'd bet no one knew they were never married all > those years!) > > Theodore Baxter Hayes married Clara Alice Trump on 28 Mar 1896 in > Hopkinsville, Christian County, KY. The paper says "T.B. Hays" and I have > an affidavit written by Clara's mother that says her name is "Clara Ann" > although "Alice" is on the marriage record and the tombstone. > > After I got back to Clarksville, I paid a visit to the cemetery where these > two are buried. I've been there before and have photos of their tombstones > made 15-20 years ago. Back then, there were 2 seperate stones under an old > oak tree. I cleaned the leaves off the stones to be able to read the dates. > My second surprise for the day was at the cemetery. Someone has replaced > those two stones with one stone---and the stone has been turned around! > Before, I faced that oak tree to photograph the stones. Today, I had my > back to the tree to read the stone. > > Isn't genealogy FUN!!!! (Now I have to try to find out who replaced those > stones and why this one is turned around!) > > Sandy Ellis > > > ==== TNDICKSO Mailing List ==== > http://www.rootsweb.com/~tndickso/index.htm > Have you posted your histories or lore lately? > To submit your SURNAMES go to this site and fill out the form: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tndickso/sursubmit.htm > > ============================== > 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 > >