hi Sheri, heres what cuz sent me.INEZ was his grandmother.also he sent me his dad % mom's 50th wedding photo.INEZ is steve's dad's mom. ---------------------------------------------- this from cuz in KNOXVILLE.his granny was MYRA INEZ MAYS of BLOUNT Co.TN..note this GARDNER married CATHERINE VINEYARD.also 10 nonths apart a GOODWIN MAYS/MAYRS married a CATHERINE VINEYARD. same lady? married both? or a word of mouth got the 2 MAYS/MAYES names mixed up?.as a result of finding GARDNER's lines connected to my main MAYES lines & the marriage of HOUSTON & ROSA BROWN's son to a MAYS. as it is HOUSTON's mom was a MAYES. the E added in 1860. our greatgramps JACK MOORE is a mystery.as we are now thinking he may be from the BLOUNT Co.area. thanks Ray Moore. -------------------------------------------------- Gardner Mayes was born around 1780 in Virginia. Died 1-29-1859 in Blount County Tennessee buried at Logen's Chapel cemetary. In 1803 married Catherine Vineyard in Grainger County Tennessee she was born 1783 in Virginia. Her parents are John and Mary Bess Muse Vineyard. There children are: Mary (Polly) Born 1803; Died 1890; Married Joseph TiptonJr. 8-30-1825 Elizabeth Born 1806; Died 1891: Married Rev. Spencer Henry David Born 1807; Married Lucinda Tipton 7- 15-1830 John Born 1809 Millie Amelia Born 1811; Married John Wheeler 8-2-1827 Frances (Frannie) Born 1813; Died 1898; Married Joseph Caldwell 11-16-1833 Flemming Born 1815; Died 1870; Married Jane Sherrill 8-28-1836 Susan Born 1816; Died 1887; Married William Kidd 12-29-1853 Wilson Born 181? (maybe 1812 hard to read) Married Mary Polly Sherrill James Married Susan Brakebell or Brakeville Flemming was my line. He and Jane Sherrill had the following children: Catherine born 1839 Martha born 1840 James born 1842 Serena born 1843 married a Godfrey Susan born 1844 Joseph born 1846 David Pryor born 7-7-1850; Died 2-20-1921; Married Alice Minerva Davis 11-14-1897 2nd wife John R. born 1852 Alexander born 1854; Married Nancy Boyd Elizabeth born 1856 David Pryor Mays was my line. He and Alice Minerva Davis had the following children: Alvin Eugene Died in infancy. Lynn Howard Died in infancy. Veryl Mahalia Born 6-2-1903; Died 3-4-1975; Married Murphy Brown Harlan LaFayette Born 6-10-1905; Died in childhood Ruth Louise Born 9-5-1907; Married Cecil Frank Keith Jr. 1-15-1927 Percy Elmore Died in infancy Myra Inez born 11-16-1911 Myra Inez Mays was my grandmother she married James Earl Moore ----------------------------------------------- On Tue, 17 Jun 2003 04:36:35 -0700 (PDT), "Sheri P. Kelly" <[email protected]> said: > Ray: I have a Howerton/Baumgardner family I'm doing some work in and I > found where a Claude/Cloud Baumgardner married one woman (actually she > was 13) then in other information found where he's married to the girl's > older sister. I felt the researcher was wrong, then I finally found > where most likely the younger girl died and the next oldest sister > married Claude to become a mother for the young baby. Have you checked > any death dates of Gardner? Or was one of the Catherine Vineyards a > married before woman, and she just happened to marry a Vineyard and when > he died, she married a Mays. Also, want to know who Myra Inez Mayes > belongs to. Sheri > > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! > > > ==== TNGRAING Mailing List ==== > To UNSUBSCRIBE please send your message to > [email protected] > > Researching (this name most wanted: MOORE.) MAYES,SMITH, TOWNSLEY,HUNDLEY,HUNLEY & MANIS.my base is CLAIBORNE County,TN -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A no graphics, no pop-ups email service