Helen, If you look for Cecil Voiles on Bruce York's information one of his children is shown with children and living. That is Cecil's daughter, Sandra, she married my cousin, Keith Tompkins. I think somewhere within the Tompkins family there is another connection to the Voiles by marriage. My aunt, Elizabeth (Scales) Tompkins married Everett Tompkins. Her grandfather and my great grandfather was Samuel Alexander Tompkins. Yes, the two Tompkins families are related. They both go back to Joseph Tompkins, Overton County, he is one of the lines in the First Families of Tennessee. Joseph Tompkins has some interesting lore connected to him and an Indian Chief named Tecumseh. That is one story I wish I could pen down. I find surrounding events in our ancestors lives very fascinating. I get bogged down in trying to trace rumors and family lore. But I don't want just the bare bones. Marilyne On 11/15/06, HelenD1939@aol.com <HelenD1939@aol.com> wrote: > > > While the Voiles tie into my family through cousins and inlaws > maybe someday > I will get that far. The Voiles that are from inlaws of cousin and and an > aunt are the ones from Armathwaite. I remember them from their wonderful > voices. I heard members of the family sing often at Fellowship Babtist > Church. I went back to Bruce York's Fentress County information just to > refresh my memory. > > Is Bruce correct when he says your William died in Lebanon, Ky? > > I wish we could figure out if and how these two Williams are connected. > Of > course I have seen in some of the old families when a man was married > twice > he would have sons with the same name by each wife; particularly when > that > was his given name. Also brothers often name their sons the same if it is > a > family name being passed down. If they all used different given names > this > quest would be easier and less frustrating. But then it might not hold > our > interest so long. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Hi, Marilyne > > The Armathwaite Voiles are the religious ones. Mine are not so much so. > > > > My William died in Russell Co., KY Dec 5 1913 and I don't know who the > one > is who died in Lebanon, KY. > > I too wish that we could determine the kinship between the two Williams. > Have been trying for a long time. But it never occurred to me that they > might > have the same father, but different mothers. Just never thought about > that. > So I am glad you wrote and reminded me of this possibility. Thank you. > > Now, how are you connected to the Armathwaite William Voiles? > Helen > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNFENTRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Aren't the Tompkins related to the Gilbert family out of VA? Do you know the relationship? I'm researching Wright, Gilbert & Cooper from VA & there seem to be quite a few of then in this part of TN - also Giles Co. Thanks, Diane Ethridge TX deae@consolidated.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "marilyn e brown" <marilyneb@gmail.com> To: <tnfentre@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 4:05 PM Subject: Re: [TNFENTRE] two William Voiles > Helen, > > If you look for Cecil Voiles on Bruce York's information one of his > children > is shown with children and living. That is Cecil's daughter, Sandra, she > married my cousin, Keith Tompkins. I think somewhere within the Tompkins > family there is another connection to the Voiles by marriage. My aunt, > Elizabeth (Scales) Tompkins married Everett Tompkins. Her grandfather and > my > great grandfather was Samuel Alexander Tompkins. Yes, the two Tompkins > families are related. They both go back to Joseph Tompkins, Overton > County, > he is one of the lines in the First Families of Tennessee. > > Joseph Tompkins has some interesting lore connected to him and an Indian > Chief named Tecumseh. That is one story I wish I could pen down. I find > surrounding events in our ancestors lives very fascinating. I get bogged > down in trying to trace rumors and family lore. But I don't want just the > bare bones. > > Marilyne > > > On 11/15/06, HelenD1939@aol.com <HelenD1939@aol.com> wrote: >> >> >> While the Voiles tie into my family through cousins and inlaws >> maybe someday >> I will get that far. The Voiles that are from inlaws of cousin and and >> an >> aunt are the ones from Armathwaite. I remember them from their wonderful >> voices. I heard members of the family sing often at Fellowship Babtist >> Church. I went back to Bruce York's Fentress County information just to >> refresh my memory. >> >> Is Bruce correct when he says your William died in Lebanon, Ky? >> >> I wish we could figure out if and how these two Williams are connected. >> Of >> course I have seen in some of the old families when a man was married >> twice >> he would have sons with the same name by each wife; particularly when >> that >> was his given name. Also brothers often name their sons the same if it >> is >> a >> family name being passed down. If they all used different given names >> this >> quest would be easier and less frustrating. But then it might not hold >> our >> interest so long. >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> Hi, Marilyne >> >> The Armathwaite Voiles are the religious ones. Mine are not so much so. >> >> >> >> My William died in Russell Co., KY Dec 5 1913 and I don't know who the >> one >> is who died in Lebanon, KY. >> >> I too wish that we could determine the kinship between the two Williams. >> Have been trying for a long time. But it never occurred to me that they >> might >> have the same father, but different mothers. Just never thought about >> that. >> So I am glad you wrote and reminded me of this possibility. Thank you. >> >> Now, how are you connected to the Armathwaite William Voiles? >> Helen >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> TNFENTRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNFENTRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message