From: Marvin Essary Howell, Sacramento, Calif. November 7, 1998, 11:50 AM (PST) My parents and siblings were born in Hardeman County, so I have had a strong interest in the area. I bought HARDEMAN COUNTY HISTORICAL SKETCHES, and on a trip to Bolivar in the 1980s visited with Faye Tennyson Davidson, founder and president of the county historical society. I had a wonderful visit with Faye, and learned that we were DISTANT cousins, since we shared common Howell ancestor. She was gracious enough to share her Howell lineage information with me, and helped me to find information about the Essarys of Essary Springs (founder Benjamin Essary was my g-great grandfather). I subscribed to the Bolivar newspaper for several years to read the regular historical column that Faye wrote. The purpose of this letter is to find out if any of you can give me any updated information about Faye Tennyson Davidson. Someone told me that she had had a stroke and does not do genealogy research any more. I would love to have news about her. Faye showed me her filing cabinets of information about families in Hardeman County. She had done a prodigious among of work writing her data manually and by typewriter. How that dear lady would have enjoyed the new access to information that the Internet provides. Can someone give me an update about distant cousin Faye? Who am I? I am a retired college administrator (Sacramento City College) and former newspaper reporter. I am married to Ellenor Joy Hardeman (who is related to the Thomas Jones Hardeman for whom the county was named). (She is also the niece of N. B. Hardeman, the cofounder of Freed-Hardeman University in Henderson). So, that partly explains our interest in Hardeman County. Marvin Essary Howell - [email protected]