Would the person who sent me the update on Pratt cemetery please contact me? I've lost the email and need to ask her about the update she sent. Thank you, Vicki

Looking for info on Stephens family that resided in Gibson County. William K. Stephens b. ca 1796, TN m. Mary known children: John M. Stephens 1827 Marion Jasper Stephens 1831 Athenia Stephens 1836 William Stephens 1838 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Marion Jasper Stephens b. 1831, TN d. during Civil War (have been unable to find any record of service) m. 11/19/1855, Gibson Co, TN to: Martha Penelope White (d/o Peter Manson White)[she later married N.O. Gill] children: Rufus Stephens 1857 Margaret Ann Stephens 1861, TN James Madison Stephens 1859, TN (m. Mary Arabell Shoemaker, 12/25/1880) Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Jane Dalby Ozona, TX TX

My mother: Dorothy Jean King-Powell married to Raymond Lyndell Powell. Dad is 72 years old TODAY! Dorothy's parents: James David King (died before Mom was born in 1931) and Betty Lee Smith. James David King's parents: James Vinson King (Sr.) and Harriet Josephine Hurt. Betty Lee Smith's parents: Markus Ellis Smith and Ora Balina Crouse. Ora Balina Crouse's parents: Robert Crouse and Willie Emma Hicks. My dad: Raymond Lyndell Powell. Rays parents: Erby E. Powell and Lattie Lee Green (still living) Erby E. Powell's parents: George McDonald Powell and Sexter Cooper. Lattie Lee Green's parents: Littleberry Green and Lillie May Bolin. My dad says he knew Fred Smith who married Ossie (Sp.) Watson and had a son L.C. and another younger son. And, Ossie's had a son George Watson. George had two boys, Carthel and Lyndell, and two girls, Lottie and Ossie. Lyndell Watson and my dad are the same age. Lyndell lives near Bernice Martin (my Dad's aunt who ran Martin's store/Powell's store/etc.). My grandmother's half-brother, Clifton Grissom, married George Watson's niece, Mary Louise Watson. Mary is Ace Watson's daughter. Are you from Dyer? My dad says he knows a lot of Flowers and Watsons. So, do you live in Lexington as well? We've lived here about 7 years. Nice to hear from you, too! :) Karyl -----Original Message----- From: Alice King <king@hcol.net> To: Fisher <Fisher@hcol.net> Date: Saturday, July 10, 1999 7:29 PM Subject: Re: [TNGIBSON-L] Flowers Cemetery >Hello Karyl, > You must live in Henderson County. It's a small world, isn't it? I'm >still trying to figure out which King family Dorothy Jean King fits into. I >am married to one of David Bailey King's boys--Larry. We have a copy of >Juanita's book, but I must confess I haven't looked all the way through it >yet. I've been concentrating on my Flowers and Watson connections in my own >research. Other people seem to be doing quite well with the King side. > Larry has a sister named Laverda that is married to Robert Crouse. Both >of them grew up in Gibson County, but do not live there now. I have Flowers >relatives and the only Smith in my family is a step-uncle, Fred Smith, now >deceased. Larry's maternal aunt, Vertie Lee Garner, was married to Bodie >Smith. They lived in Dyer, but both are now deceased. One of Jacob >Flowers sons was named Waitman Flowers, and one of his daughters was Jane >Adeline Flowers who married Edmond Taylor. Jane and Edmond Taylor were the >parents of Larry's grandmother, Mary E. (Mollie) Taylor King, who was >married to William James King. So Jacob Flowers is an ancestor to both >Larry and me. >Who were your mother's parents? Is any of this information familiar to you? >Nice to hear from you. >Alice

Does Looking for info on the Woodul [or Wooddell] family. They were in Gibson Co. for the 1850 census, then relocated to Hempstead/Nevada Co., AR. Any info would be appreciated. HENRY H. [WOODDELL]1 WOODUL was born 1802 in TN, and died May 14, 1872 in Sutton, Nevada Co.,AR. He married PENELOPE O'NEAL. She was born 1813 in NC, and died March 17, 1889 in Sutton, Nevada Co., AR. More About HENRY H. [WOODDELL] WOODUL: Burial: Harmony Cemetery, Sutton, Nevada Co., AR Fact: 1850, census in Gibson Co., TN More About PENELOPE O'NEAL: Burial: Harmony Cemetery, Sutton, Nevada Co., AR Census: 1880, Nevada Co., AR w/Sam Roberson family Thanks for your attention, Larry Larry & Kathryn McAda Priest in north east Texas Doing genealogy since 1990. Kathryn's family in Texas Revolution, American Revolution and at Plymouth colony from the Mayflower. Larry's family mostly in the Witness Protection Program. Home page is http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/p/r/i/Larry-W-Priest/index.html "Life is mostly attitude and timing." From a song of Jerry Jeff Walker.

Please disregard the previous request for the burial site of Jane Jones that lived at Dyer. mstauf@arkansas.net

Want to share with you all, one of my joys in this endeavor and also an experience of the Spooky. I have just found the estate sale of our John Dickson in 1836 Gibson. Had entered it on my program. Ran across a copy of a page I had copied of a person who is maybe connected to our line and not proved. There was a picture of Alvin King, who I had just typed in as buying an ax for 50 cents at the sale. Sure made me feel like I had been there. Madelon -----Original Message----- From: Fisher <Fisher@hcol.net> To: TNGIBSON-L@rootsweb.com <TNGIBSON-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, July 10, 1999 5:46 PM Subject: Re: [TNGIBSON-L] Flowers Cemetery >Hi Alice & Richard & Vicki, > >My mother has a book "Alvin King, His Ancestors & Descendants, 1630-1996," >by Allene Hill and Juanita Lowrence (who were sisters and also cousins of my >Mom's). > >In this book it shows your elder Jacob Flowers (1763-1853) married to >Lavinia ____. They had 13 children. Jacob's parents are listed as Simon >Flowers and an unknown first wife. A number of siblings are also listed. >Simon Flowers' parents are listed as John and Mary Flowers. > >Mom says it is Tollie Gordon Road. She is Dorothy Jean King-Powell and she >is originally from Dyer, TN. Her computer is sick right now, so I'm >relaying messages for her. > >Alice, I notice you have the same server (HCOL) as I do so you must be near. > >My mother wants to know if you were akin to the Crouse family. Are we >cousins? We have Flowers, Crouse, King, Smith, all intertwined in our >family. > >:) Karyl Powell Fisher > >-----Original Message----- >From: Alice King <king@hcol.net> >To: TNGIBSON-L@rootsweb.com <TNGIBSON-L@rootsweb.com> >Date: Saturday, July 10, 1999 4:56 PM >Subject: [TNGIBSON-L] Flowers Cemetery > > >>Richard, >> The Jacob Flowers you are researching was my great great grandfather. >His son Michael Flowers is buried at Flowers Chapel Cemetery where you >visited. Michael was my great grandfather. To get to Flowers Cemetery, >traveling from Dyer toward Rutherford on Highway 45, you turn left onto >Gravett Crossing Road, then turn left again on Tollie Gordon Rd when you >reach it. The cemetery is a short distance down this road on the right. It >wasn't marked when I visited it and was badly overgrown although some of the >stones were still visible. As I recall it is across the road from a house >in which a Mr. Brown lives. The cemetery was transcribed by Emily B. Walker >in November of 1981. If you are looking for someone specifically, I could >check her listings for you. The map in her book showing the location of the >cemeteries lists the road as Tommie Gordon Road, but the telephone book >lists it as Tollie Gordon Road, so I think there must be an error on the map >in the book. >> Which of Jacob's children are you descended from? Are you interested >in exchanging information? If so, please contact me at my e-mail address: >king@hcol.net >>Alice King >>ress: king@hcol.net >>Alice King >>

Hi Alice & Richard & Vicki, My mother has a book "Alvin King, His Ancestors & Descendants, 1630-1996," by Allene Hill and Juanita Lowrence (who were sisters and also cousins of my Mom's). In this book it shows your elder Jacob Flowers (1763-1853) married to Lavinia ____. They had 13 children. Jacob's parents are listed as Simon Flowers and an unknown first wife. A number of siblings are also listed. Simon Flowers' parents are listed as John and Mary Flowers. Mom says it is Tollie Gordon Road. She is Dorothy Jean King-Powell and she is originally from Dyer, TN. Her computer is sick right now, so I'm relaying messages for her. Alice, I notice you have the same server (HCOL) as I do so you must be near. My mother wants to know if you were akin to the Crouse family. Are we cousins? We have Flowers, Crouse, King, Smith, all intertwined in our family. :) Karyl Powell Fisher -----Original Message----- From: Alice King <king@hcol.net> To: TNGIBSON-L@rootsweb.com <TNGIBSON-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, July 10, 1999 4:56 PM Subject: [TNGIBSON-L] Flowers Cemetery >Richard, > The Jacob Flowers you are researching was my great great grandfather. His son Michael Flowers is buried at Flowers Chapel Cemetery where you visited. Michael was my great grandfather. To get to Flowers Cemetery, traveling from Dyer toward Rutherford on Highway 45, you turn left onto Gravett Crossing Road, then turn left again on Tollie Gordon Rd when you reach it. The cemetery is a short distance down this road on the right. It wasn't marked when I visited it and was badly overgrown although some of the stones were still visible. As I recall it is across the road from a house in which a Mr. Brown lives. The cemetery was transcribed by Emily B. Walker in November of 1981. If you are looking for someone specifically, I could check her listings for you. The map in her book showing the location of the cemeteries lists the road as Tommie Gordon Road, but the telephone book lists it as Tollie Gordon Road, so I think there must be an error on the map in the book. > Which of Jacob's children are you descended from? Are you interested in exchanging information? If so, please contact me at my e-mail address: king@hcol.net >Alice King >ress: king@hcol.net >Alice King >

Does anyone know where Jane Jones is buried? She lived at Dyer. Appreciatively, BK mstauf@arkansas.net

Richard, The Jacob Flowers you are researching was my great great grandfather. His son Michael Flowers is buried at Flowers Chapel Cemetery where you visited. Michael was my great grandfather. To get to Flowers Cemetery, traveling from Dyer toward Rutherford on Highway 45, you turn left onto Gravett Crossing Road, then turn left again on Tollie Gordon Rd when you reach it. The cemetery is a short distance down this road on the right. It wasn't marked when I visited it and was badly overgrown although some of the stones were still visible. As I recall it is across the road from a house in which a Mr. Brown lives. The cemetery was transcribed by Emily B. Walker in November of 1981. If you are looking for someone specifically, I could check her listings for you. The map in her book showing the location of the cemeteries lists the road as Tommie Gordon Road, but the telephone book lists it as Tollie Gordon Road, so I think there must be an error on the map in the book. Which of Jacob's children are you descended from? Are you interested in exchanging information? If so, please contact me at my e-mail address: king@hcol.net Alice King ress: king@hcol.net Alice King

Can someone help this man? Vicki ----- Original Message ----- From: <r.r.flowers@att.net> To: <TNGIBSON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 09, 1999 10:55 PM Subject: {not a subscriber} Flowers Cemetery > Ref: Flowers Cemetery > > Dear Gibson County Researchers: > > I am researching the Flowers Family of Gibson County. > I am the GGGG Grandson of Jacob Flowers (1763-1855). I > was in Rutherford on July 4th and had a nice talk with > Joe Bone at the Crockett Cabin. I toured the local > cemeteries and was able to find Flowers Chapel Cemetery > about two miles west of Rutherford. However, I was not > able to find Flowers' Cemetery (possibly older). > > Can anyone tell me the location of Flowers Cemetery? > > Best Wishes, > > Richard R. Flowers > Bay St. Louis, Miss. >

I get so much junk mail with virus warnings, dying children, etc. that I thought I'd share this URL with you all. It's a good one to bookmark. Everytime you receive one of these messages, check the Urban Legends page before you forward it to anyone to see if there is any truth to it. http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/blhoax.htm?pid=2733&cob=home Vicki

Vicki: I remember an occupation of 'daguerrotypist' for a person enumerated in the 1850 census for Gibson County. I'm pretty sure that the person lived in the town of Trenton at that time. It impressed me that Gibson county had a photographer in 1850, probably less than 10 years after that art/science was introduced to the U.S. Dennis West in Knoxville, TN. =============== Vicki wrote: > My cousin found a daguerreotype of a gentleman that I think may possibly be > my B.F. Wilson. It appears that a gold watch type chain has been painted on > top of it. > > Do any of you know anything about photography in Gibson Co. in the 1800's? > > I'd be interested to hear what types of photos you might have of your > ancestors from GIbson County. > > Maybe even a photographer's name??? Anything about early Gibson Co. TN > photography??????? > > Vicki > > > > >

Does anyone know about the children of John M Barton & Sarah J Barrett? Did John marry twice? Also, does anyone have anything on Mexico Barton (John's sister) & her husband's (William Barrett) children? Tara Barrett

Vicki, I have two photos that are marked with the photographer not the people in the pic unfortunately. One photo says on the back in a very professional scrool with flowers around it, "Jno. P. Rapier, ARTIST in PHOTOGRAPHY Newbern, Tenn. The other simply says T. B. LATHAM, Rutherford, Tennessee below the photograph. These pictures drive me crazy. I know they are all Dicksons and sure hope to figure it out one day. Anyway, I do know of at least two studios. I also have some very early 1830s tintypes with not identification whatever. Hope this helps. Madelon -----Original Message----- From: Vicki <TnGibson@worldnet.att.net> To: TNGIBSON-L@rootsweb.com <TNGIBSON-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, July 09, 1999 1:59 PM Subject: [TNGIBSON-L] Photos >My cousin found a daguerreotype of a gentleman that I think may possibly be >my B.F. Wilson. It appears that a gold watch type chain has been painted on >top of it. > >Do any of you know anything about photography in Gibson Co. in the 1800's? > >I'd be interested to hear what types of photos you might have of your >ancestors from GIbson County. > >Maybe even a photographer's name??? Anything about early Gibson Co. TN >photography??????? > >Vicki > > >

My cousin found a daguerreotype of a gentleman that I think may possibly be my B.F. Wilson. It appears that a gold watch type chain has been painted on top of it. Do any of you know anything about photography in Gibson Co. in the 1800's? I'd be interested to hear what types of photos you might have of your ancestors from GIbson County. Maybe even a photographer's name??? Anything about early Gibson Co. TN photography??????? Vicki

Marilyn, Would this happen to be your Jordan line? If so, we need to talk. Harvey -----Original Message----- From: TNGIBSON-L-request@rootsweb.com [mailto:TNGIBSON-L-request@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Vicki Sent: Thursday, July 08, 1999 6:51 PM To: TNGIBSON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TNGIBSON-L] Fw: Gibson County Website Calling all volunteers! Here is what a happy researcher said about you all today! See message below! Vicki ----- Original Message ----- From: <MJordan299@aol.com> To: <TnGibson@worldnet.att.net> Sent: Thursday, July 08, 1999 8:44 AM Subject: Gibson County Website > Dear Vicki, > I have been using this website for the last few months. It is wonderful. > Since this was the first place I visited I assumed all counties would be this > good. I was wrong. This is the best one I've seen. My grandparents and > great-grandparents and possibly further back than that all lived in Gibson > County. I have found many of them in the census. > Thank you for all the hard work. I really appreciate it. > > Marilyn Moseley Jordan >

Tricia: I'd forgot about that kind of plugging, but remember "hearing" about it now. That's two kinds of plugging, might be some more. The one I was talking about, we would cut out a little plug, maybe about one inch square, to see if they were ripe. Thanks for your plugging story. Red Anthony Anthony

I agree! This is the friendliest and most helpful "bunch" I have found (except for my own county in Oregon...we try, too) I am truly grateful for all the volunteers on the website and participants on this mailing list. I am never bored. Cathy in Oregon

Red, My daddy told me it was kind like "spikin' the punch bowl" only with a melon instead. Ever hear of that? They plugged 'em full of whiskey, then chilled them up and had a party. Tricia

Calling all volunteers! Here is what a happy researcher said about you all today! See message below! Vicki ----- Original Message ----- From: <MJordan299@aol.com> To: <TnGibson@worldnet.att.net> Sent: Thursday, July 08, 1999 8:44 AM Subject: Gibson County Website > Dear Vicki, > I have been using this website for the last few months. It is wonderful. > Since this was the first place I visited I assumed all counties would be this > good. I was wrong. This is the best one I've seen. My grandparents and > great-grandparents and possibly further back than that all lived in Gibson > County. I have found many of them in the census. > Thank you for all the hard work. I really appreciate it. > > Marilyn Moseley Jordan >