When I show my mom stuff about her family, I could talk to the walls and get more excitement than I do from her. She says, 'their dead and I didn't know them'. What enthusiasum she shows. My dad shows more interest in family history than my mom which always kind of surprised me. Lol, but any interest is more than I see from her but I do it because it is what I like to do and it gives me joy to find out where and who I came from. I never thought about asking my family about any of their ancestors. I have been asking around and I have found out alot of information just by asking my grandparents and parents about them. I have scattered mine out and made copies because I have lost alot of information. Joan, you are very welcome. I have met alot of family on-line. They are so nice. Lol, you'd never think they could be family. I have met people from all over the country. My granddad had a whole trunk full of pictures and family information and when he passed away and his wife (my step grandma) passed away..........her daughter, who isn't in anyway related took it all and won't let any of my family see it. When he was alive, I use to beg them to look in it. I never got to. You all are so nice and that is also what makes this that much more fun and addictive.........the passing down of the old names is a nice way to rememebr them by............... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kenneth Dunlap" <kdunlap59@comcast.net> To: <tnhenry@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 11:57 PM Subject: Re: [TNHENRY] GENEALOGY IN SCHOOLS > I've really enjoyed reading all the messages on this. I always liked > graveyards, long before I was interested in genealogy. One of the aspects > that really grabs me is the detective work, pouring over facts and putting > a > larger picture together. > I have trouble getting anyone to listen when I have some new info on long > gone family members. Not much more than polite inattention, if there is > such > a thing. But they do come to me when the family history school projects > come > along, and I give them everything I can to help. > I think people should really copy and print any info they find on > scattered > web sites. Left online, you may as well just write it down in the sand. > Who > knows what temporary catastrophy could destroy it forever... > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joan Morris" <sacres@intergate.com> > To: "Kim" <Kimcagle@hotmail.com>; <tnhenry@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 12:44 AM > Subject: Re: [TNHENRY] GENEALOGY IN SCHOOLS > > >> Thanks for the kind words. Like you, I do believe all the work I have >> done >> will not be in vain. If so, if makes no difference because I am having >> soooo >> much fun doing it all. I have met the nicest people online, and it seems >> where ever I go to do research I run across someone that is somehow >> related >> to me..It is amazing!! All you have to do is drop a few names & someone >> comes up to you saying they have that same name in their gene pool..Seems >> I >> can't go to a library without meeting a distant relative..I only wish I >> have >> of had the God given sense to be interested in all this many years >> ago..But >> it is the generosity of strangers that never ceases to amaze me..I truly >> believe that everything happens for a reason, so there is definitely some >> reason for my driving obsession of finding my ancestors..Maybe the reason >> is >> only to make sure my granddaughters one day know who & where they came >> from...but that is good enough for me. I wish someone had cared enough >> about >> me to leave my ancestry behind..It definitely would have been much >> easier..But as another researcher at the library told me....."What would >> be >> the fun in that if it were easy?" He does have a point!! I do love the >> challenge, but I also love to get rewarded every so often... >> >> Thanks, >> Joan Broach Morris >> >> P.S. My little granddaughter has some of the names memorized..She loves >> some >> of those old names..I wouldn't be surprised if some of those old family >> names don't show up for some of her future children, my great >> grandkids..Wouldn't that be great??? That would be more payment than I >> ever >> thought possible!! >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNHENRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Let's just do both and cross our fingers. Web sites do often change their address and it makes it hard to find the info again. Hopefully, the information on the big servers will remain there. Peggy M. T.

Supposedly they did come from Northampton county, NC. Which Futrell is you earliest TN ancester? Daniel came across the border from Trigg and Christian County, Ky after the War of 1812, which he participated in. It's been suggested (but with no concrete proof that I've seen) that he was the son of Sanders Futrell. Both he and his wife Mary Burden or Burken are brick wall for me. Sandy -----Original Message----- From: tnhenry-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:tnhenry-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Joan Morris Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 11:33 PM To: tnhenry@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TNHENRY] NO CHIGGERS TODAY!! Sandy, I'll glady do that!! I will make a note & put the names in my folder right now..Strangely enough, I descend from Futrells also..and I am not having much luck finding them..Did you ancestors come from Northampton Co NC by any chance?? Don't worry, I'll find the cemetery..It may take several tries, but we always eventually find them..Hopefully, the weather will straighten up, and I'll get that way before long. I was just at Henry Co Library last week..I love that place! Later... Joan Broach Morris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandra Wanamaker" <swanmak@sbcglobal.net> To: <tnhenry@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 5:44 PM Subject: Re: [TNHENRY] NO CHIGGERS TODAY!! > When the weather gets much warmer : ), if you ever get to Groom > cemetery in > Henry County, I would love pics of the stones of Daniel Futrell and > his wife > Mary, my ggggrandparents.. There are only a few people buried there, > so they are easy to find, although finding the cemetery may be > difficult... Sandy Wanamaker > > -----Original Message----- > From: tnhenry-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:tnhenry-bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of Joan Morris > Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 10:33 PM > To: tnhenry@rootsweb.com > Subject: [TNHENRY] NO CHIGGERS TODAY!! > > > Jim, I don't think you would have to worry about chiggers today!!! BRRRRR!!! > Ha!Ha! It is snowing here in KY..I love it!! My only concern when I go > graveyard hopping is if it is illegal or not to carry ticks across the state > lines!! Ha!Ha! We seem to run across lots of those pesty critters..Although > I am a country gal, I still detest ticks!! Snakes I can reason with, > but ticks are a different matter.. > > I can't imagine that I have never seen the Mt Pleasant Cemetery in > Henry Co..We go tromping all over the TN countryside in search of long > lost old cemeteries..I love it!! I don't think my husband is that > thrilled about it, > but he never complains!! When I was a kid, I always mowed the local > church cemeteries...at that point I could have cared less about my ancestors..But, > I always enjoyed the peacefulness of them..Then as a teenager, we > always parked in this real old remote cemetery out in the boonies > called Asbury Graveyard...You know the kind of place that gave you > gossebumps even in the > daylight...At night you definitely had to cuddle up to someone to ward > off boogie men..Ha!Ha! Those were the good old days!! If I had of > known then what I know now, I might possibly have killed 2 birds with > 1 stone...Ha!Ha! > Although Asbury Graveyard is the neatest graveyard I have ever seen!! > It is > probably the oldest 1 that I have ever been in, and they are still > burying people there toda! y..I know I have some very fond memories > of it...possibly I should buy a plot there.. > > Well when the weather straightens up, my granddaughter & I will be off > again...If any of you people out there need any tombstone pics...just > let me > know. I'll be glad to oblige you...I live in Calloway Co Ky, but I go > over in TN all the time.. > > Later.. > Joan Broach Morris > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNHENRY-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 TNHENRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.0.411 / Virus Database: 268.17.39/686 - Release Date: 2/14/07 > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNHENRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks for the kind words. Like you, I do believe all the work I have done will not be in vain. If so, if makes no difference because I am having soooo much fun doing it all. I have met the nicest people online, and it seems where ever I go to do research I run across someone that is somehow related to me..It is amazing!! All you have to do is drop a few names & someone comes up to you saying they have that same name in their gene pool..Seems I can't go to a library without meeting a distant relative..I only wish I have of had the God given sense to be interested in all this many years ago..But it is the generosity of strangers that never ceases to amaze me..I truly believe that everything happens for a reason, so there is definitely some reason for my driving obsession of finding my ancestors..Maybe the reason is only to make sure my granddaughters one day know who & where they came from...but that is good enough for me. I wish someone had cared enough about me to leave my ancestry behind..It definitely would have been much easier..But as another researcher at the library told me....."What would be the fun in that if it were easy?" He does have a point!! I do love the challenge, but I also love to get rewarded every so often... Thanks, Joan Broach Morris P.S. My little granddaughter has some of the names memorized..She loves some of those old names..I wouldn't be surprised if some of those old family names don't show up for some of her future children, my great grandkids..Wouldn't that be great??? That would be more payment than I ever thought possible!! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kim" <Kimcagle@hotmail.com> To: <tnhenry@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 7:06 PM Subject: Re: [TNHENRY] GENEALOGY IN SCHOOLS > Joan, > Your husband may think noone will be interested but I think they will. I > never thought I would be into this as much as I am but I love it. For all of > the ones who kept such good records, it has made such a difference to me. > Believe me, there is always one person or more that you are helping and you > may never even know. My husband doesn't care much for it either but he knows > how much it means to me. Joan, you are helping alot of people. > > Kim > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joan Morris" <sacres@intergate.com> > To: <tnhenry@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 9:59 PM > Subject: [TNHENRY] GENEALOGY IN SCHOOLS > > > > Peggy, When I was a freshman in high school (many moons ago), we had to do > > our family tree in science class. In order to get an A, we had to do 5 > > generations..Well, I had no problem doing that..Amazingly I still kept > > mine all these years..Then when my kids got freshman, they had to do the > > same project..Luckily I still had mine, but it took some time to get my > > husband's side..no one wanted to be bothered..After all these years, I > > knew I had them, but I could not remember where I had put them for safe > > keeping!! Finally after looking in every possible hiding place, I found > > them..Still to this day do I wonder if I stopped at 5 generations because > > that is all I needed to get my A...Back then I'm sure I could have gotten > > much more, but I had no interest in doing that..Why did I care to know > > those old dead people?? I am so thankful that I am a total packrat & kept > > them all these years..It was better than any Christmas I ever had reading > > through all those old names & dates..It was s! > > ooo cute...my granddaughter said, "Look NaNa, the paper makes it look > > old." I had to laugh & explain to her...IT WAS OLD!!! Her mother does all > > that scrapbooking & always buys antique paper..So, she though her NaNa did > > the same..Don't you love um??? > > > > My husband keeps telling me that I am wasting my time & that no one that I > > leave behind will care anything about my genealogy..I so hope he is wrong. > > I have tried to make it all interesting enough to my granddaughters that > > they will want to treasure all my hard work..My oldest granddaughter > > shares my love of the old photos, and my middle 1 the graveyard hopping..I > > hope I had made a good enough impression on where they came from to want > > to be able to share it with their families 1 day..I sure hope so!! > > > > Joan Broach Morris > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > TNHENRY-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 TNHENRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > -- > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.441 / Virus Database: 268.17.25/669 - Release Date: 2/4/07 9:58 PM > >

I would love to rely on my family to care enough to keep up with everything that I've found, but I am putting my money on the Internet. Even if this generation doesn't care, maybe two hundred years from now one of my descendants will check out their version of a "media copy" of the 2007 Rootsweb Henry County, Tennessee Mailing List Archives or the Rootsweb Family Trees circa 2007 to see if they can find a hint of their family mentioned. Funny to think that what I am writing right now might be pored over for clues in 2207 the same as we do with old documents right now. That's a little creepy to really think about. But if you're reading this and wondering what my maiden name was, it was Miller. Peggy Jean Miller Trevathan born April 5, 1950 in Niagara Falls, New York. There!!!

Joan, Your husband may think noone will be interested but I think they will. I never thought I would be into this as much as I am but I love it. For all of the ones who kept such good records, it has made such a difference to me. Believe me, there is always one person or more that you are helping and you may never even know. My husband doesn't care much for it either but he knows how much it means to me. Joan, you are helping alot of people. Kim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joan Morris" <sacres@intergate.com> To: <tnhenry@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 9:59 PM Subject: [TNHENRY] GENEALOGY IN SCHOOLS > Peggy, When I was a freshman in high school (many moons ago), we had to do > our family tree in science class. In order to get an A, we had to do 5 > generations..Well, I had no problem doing that..Amazingly I still kept > mine all these years..Then when my kids got freshman, they had to do the > same project..Luckily I still had mine, but it took some time to get my > husband's side..no one wanted to be bothered..After all these years, I > knew I had them, but I could not remember where I had put them for safe > keeping!! Finally after looking in every possible hiding place, I found > them..Still to this day do I wonder if I stopped at 5 generations because > that is all I needed to get my A...Back then I'm sure I could have gotten > much more, but I had no interest in doing that..Why did I care to know > those old dead people?? I am so thankful that I am a total packrat & kept > them all these years..It was better than any Christmas I ever had reading > through all those old names & dates..It was s! > ooo cute...my granddaughter said, "Look NaNa, the paper makes it look > old." I had to laugh & explain to her...IT WAS OLD!!! Her mother does all > that scrapbooking & always buys antique paper..So, she though her NaNa did > the same..Don't you love um??? > > My husband keeps telling me that I am wasting my time & that no one that I > leave behind will care anything about my genealogy..I so hope he is wrong. > I have tried to make it all interesting enough to my granddaughters that > they will want to treasure all my hard work..My oldest granddaughter > shares my love of the old photos, and my middle 1 the graveyard hopping..I > hope I had made a good enough impression on where they came from to want > to be able to share it with their families 1 day..I sure hope so!! > > Joan Broach Morris > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNHENRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Peggy, I hope you are right about the internet...but I am not as confident as you are about the records still being around..I am having trouble now with websites that I have saved in my favorites with genealogy info on them..Some of them are already gone. I hate to copy everything that I see, so I just save them all in my favorites, but obviously that is not such a good idea!! Several have disappeared!! I just can't imagine anything online being there that long!! I know that I could have not gotten anywhere without the internet.. I would really love to believe that my descendants will 1 day be reading what I have written online..I hope you're right!! I just wish more stuff I am searching for was on there now!! Joan Broach Morris ----- Original Message ----- From: <Peggyt1950@aol.com> To: <tnhenry@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 6:19 PM Subject: Re: [TNHENRY] GENEALOGY IN SCHOOLS > I would love to rely on my family to care enough to keep up with everything > that I've found, but I am putting my money on the Internet. Even if this > generation doesn't care, maybe two hundred years from now one of my descendants > will check out their version of a "media copy" of the 2007 Rootsweb Henry > County, Tennessee Mailing List Archives or the Rootsweb Family Trees circa 2007 > to see if they can find a hint of their family mentioned. Funny to think > that what I am writing right now might be pored over for clues in 2207 the same > as we do with old documents right now. > > That's a little creepy to really think about. But if you're reading this > and wondering what my maiden name was, it was Miller. Peggy Jean Miller > Trevathan born April 5, 1950 in Niagara Falls, New York. There!!! > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNHENRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.0.411 / Virus Database: 268.17.39/686 - Release Date: 2/14/07 > >

When the weather gets much warmer : ), if you ever get to Groom cemetery in Henry County, I would love pics of the stones of Daniel Futrell and his wife Mary, my ggggrandparents.. There are only a few people buried there, so they are easy to find, although finding the cemetery may be difficult... Sandy Wanamaker -----Original Message----- From: tnhenry-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:tnhenry-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Joan Morris Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 10:33 PM To: tnhenry@rootsweb.com Subject: [TNHENRY] NO CHIGGERS TODAY!! Jim, I don't think you would have to worry about chiggers today!!! BRRRRR!!! Ha!Ha! It is snowing here in KY..I love it!! My only concern when I go graveyard hopping is if it is illegal or not to carry ticks across the state lines!! Ha!Ha! We seem to run across lots of those pesty critters..Although I am a country gal, I still detest ticks!! Snakes I can reason with, but ticks are a different matter.. I can't imagine that I have never seen the Mt Pleasant Cemetery in Henry Co..We go tromping all over the TN countryside in search of long lost old cemeteries..I love it!! I don't think my husband is that thrilled about it, but he never complains!! When I was a kid, I always mowed the local church cemeteries...at that point I could have cared less about my ancestors..But, I always enjoyed the peacefulness of them..Then as a teenager, we always parked in this real old remote cemetery out in the boonies called Asbury Graveyard...You know the kind of place that gave you gossebumps even in the daylight...At night you definitely had to cuddle up to someone to ward off boogie men..Ha!Ha! Those were the good old days!! If I had of known then what I know now, I might possibly have killed 2 birds with 1 stone...Ha!Ha! Although Asbury Graveyard is the neatest graveyard I have ever seen!! It is probably the oldest 1 that I have ever been in, and they are still burying people there toda! y..I know I have some very fond memories of it...possibly I should buy a plot there.. Well when the weather straightens up, my granddaughter & I will be off again...If any of you people out there need any tombstone pics...just let me know. I'll be glad to oblige you...I live in Calloway Co Ky, but I go over in TN all the time.. Later.. Joan Broach Morris ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNHENRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Sandy, I'll glady do that!! I will make a note & put the names in my folder right now..Strangely enough, I descend from Futrells also..and I am not having much luck finding them..Did you ancestors come from Northampton Co NC by any chance?? Don't worry, I'll find the cemetery..It may take several tries, but we always eventually find them..Hopefully, the weather will straighten up, and I'll get that way before long. I was just at Henry Co Library last week..I love that place! Later... Joan Broach Morris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandra Wanamaker" <swanmak@sbcglobal.net> To: <tnhenry@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 5:44 PM Subject: Re: [TNHENRY] NO CHIGGERS TODAY!! > When the weather gets much warmer : ), if you ever get to Groom cemetery in > Henry County, I would love pics of the stones of Daniel Futrell and his wife > Mary, my ggggrandparents.. There are only a few people buried there, so > they are easy to find, although finding the cemetery may be difficult... > Sandy Wanamaker > > -----Original Message----- > From: tnhenry-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:tnhenry-bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of Joan Morris > Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 10:33 PM > To: tnhenry@rootsweb.com > Subject: [TNHENRY] NO CHIGGERS TODAY!! > > > Jim, I don't think you would have to worry about chiggers today!!! BRRRRR!!! > Ha!Ha! It is snowing here in KY..I love it!! My only concern when I go > graveyard hopping is if it is illegal or not to carry ticks across the state > lines!! Ha!Ha! We seem to run across lots of those pesty critters..Although > I am a country gal, I still detest ticks!! Snakes I can reason with, but > ticks are a different matter.. > > I can't imagine that I have never seen the Mt Pleasant Cemetery in Henry > Co..We go tromping all over the TN countryside in search of long lost old > cemeteries..I love it!! I don't think my husband is that thrilled about it, > but he never complains!! When I was a kid, I always mowed the local church > cemeteries...at that point I could have cared less about my ancestors..But, > I always enjoyed the peacefulness of them..Then as a teenager, we always > parked in this real old remote cemetery out in the boonies called Asbury > Graveyard...You know the kind of place that gave you gossebumps even in the > daylight...At night you definitely had to cuddle up to someone to ward off > boogie men..Ha!Ha! Those were the good old days!! If I had of known then > what I know now, I might possibly have killed 2 birds with 1 stone...Ha!Ha! > Although Asbury Graveyard is the neatest graveyard I have ever seen!! It is > probably the oldest 1 that I have ever been in, and they are still burying > people there toda! y..I know I have some very fond memories of > it...possibly I should buy a plot there.. > > Well when the weather straightens up, my granddaughter & I will be off > again...If any of you people out there need any tombstone pics...just let me > know. I'll be glad to oblige you...I live in Calloway Co Ky, but I go over > in TN all the time.. > > Later.. > Joan Broach Morris > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNHENRY-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 TNHENRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.0.411 / Virus Database: 268.17.39/686 - Release Date: 2/14/07 > >

Thanks for the nice words, Myrlene. And you are right, Teresa, that knowing about your ancestors is not very common. My husband knew that one of his grandfathers was called Fishman (a nickname). That's it. And he really cared for this man, but I had a time finding out anything to begin doing research with. I finally resorted to the SSDI and ordering the grandparents applications to get a start. Some people just don't care where they came from and I married one of them. So I can't really claim that not knowing your family history is something that can be blamed on today's young families. Peggy M. T.

Peggy, When I was a freshman in high school (many moons ago), we had to do our family tree in science class. In order to get an A, we had to do 5 generations..Well, I had no problem doing that..Amazingly I still kept mine all these years..Then when my kids got freshman, they had to do the same project..Luckily I still had mine, but it took some time to get my husband's side..no one wanted to be bothered..After all these years, I knew I had them, but I could not remember where I had put them for safe keeping!! Finally after looking in every possible hiding place, I found them..Still to this day do I wonder if I stopped at 5 generations because that is all I needed to get my A...Back then I'm sure I could have gotten much more, but I had no interest in doing that..Why did I care to know those old dead people?? I am so thankful that I am a total packrat & kept them all these years..It was better than any Christmas I ever had reading through all those old names & dates..It was sooo cute...my granddaughter said, "Look NaNa, the paper makes it look old." I had to laugh & explain to her...IT WAS OLD!!! Her mother does all that scrapbooking & always buys antique paper..So, she though her NaNa did the same..Don't you love um??? My husband keeps telling me that I am wasting my time & that no one that I leave behind will care anything about my genealogy..I so hope he is wrong. I have tried to make it all interesting enough to my granddaughters that they will want to treasure all my hard work..My oldest granddaughter shares my love of the old photos, and my middle 1 the graveyard hopping..I hope I had made a good enough impression on where they came from to want to be able to share it with their families 1 day..I sure hope so!! Joan Broach Morris

Jim, I don't think you would have to worry about chiggers today!!! BRRRRR!!! Ha!Ha! It is snowing here in KY..I love it!! My only concern when I go graveyard hopping is if it is illegal or not to carry ticks across the state lines!! Ha!Ha! We seem to run across lots of those pesty critters..Although I am a country gal, I still detest ticks!! Snakes I can reason with, but ticks are a different matter.. I can't imagine that I have never seen the Mt Pleasant Cemetery in Henry Co..We go tromping all over the TN countryside in search of long lost old cemeteries..I love it!! I don't think my husband is that thrilled about it, but he never complains!! When I was a kid, I always mowed the local church cemeteries...at that point I could have cared less about my ancestors..But, I always enjoyed the peacefulness of them..Then as a teenager, we always parked in this real old remote cemetery out in the boonies called Asbury Graveyard...You know the kind of place that gave you gossebumps even in the daylight...At night you definitely had to cuddle up to someone to ward off boogie men..Ha!Ha! Those were the good old days!! If I had of known then what I know now, I might possibly have killed 2 birds with 1 stone...Ha!Ha! Although Asbury Graveyard is the neatest graveyard I have ever seen!! It is probably the oldest 1 that I have ever been in, and they are still burying people there today..I know I have some very fond memories of it...possibly I should buy a plot there.. Well when the weather straightens up, my granddaughter & I will be off again...If any of you people out there need any tombstone pics...just let me know. I'll be glad to oblige you...I live in Calloway Co Ky, but I go over in TN all the time.. Later.. Joan Broach Morris

Peggy, My niece called with the same request. I don't think it's that the teacher doesn't understand genealogy, but rather with today's families being so far from extended family and divorces; she figured most kids would be lucky to know their grandparents. When I started genealogy, my MIL knew only her parents and grandparents. Her grandparents were easy. Mammy and Pappy Crick and Mammy and Pappy Keith. She had no clue what their real names were. Now she does. <G> For my niece, I sent her a PDF of her ancestry and told her about the family's castle. Sure they lived in it about 10 generations ago, but she still thought it was cool. We just have to remember, that the teacher wants this done in a weekend, and most of us have been doing this for years. And unlike many of the children in her class who can tell you why their ancestors came to America, because they came in the car with them, my niece's ancestors had more complex reasons why they came 6 or 7 generations ago. ;) And many of them I haven't even traced back far enough to find them before they were on this continent. (Which at that time, I hesitate to call America.) Teresa Ghee Elliott --http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rutherfordcemetery/ > > This past fall I got a call from my grandson in Illinois saying that his > teacher had assigned the class to tell where their ancestors had come from > and > why they came to America. Then they had to find out about the native > dress, > diet, etc. of these folks. When he asked me where his ancestors came > from I > was a little surprised and said, "Which ones?" It sort of bothered me > that > the teacher didn't understand that each one of those children had > hundreds of > grandparents. On his dad's side of the family, I could go back far > enough on > one line to tell him when they came to America and why. They actually > were > Quakers who settled in New Jersey and were very well documented in the > Minutes > of the church. I'm not able to participate in the daily life of my > grandson, so I was really happy that he called me to help him with > homework and he > was really proud to be able to report exactly when, where and why one set > of > grandparents came to America. > > Peggy M. T. >

What a great experience, to pass your love of genealogy & your family on to your grandson. He will remember that the rest of his life. Myrlene Hastings ----- Original Message ----- From: <Peggyt1950@aol.com> To: <tnhenry@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 11:34 AM Subject: [TNHENRY] Cemetery hopping >I grew up close enough to Salem (Primitive? Missionary?) Baptist Church on > Blooming Grove Road in Weakley County to play there in the cemetery all > the > time as a child. We would even sneak in a back window of the church to > hold > "services." I was as comfortable among the tombstones as I was in my > living > room. I would read the inscriptions and try to imagine their lives. The > dedication stone I believe said "Stephen Pate 1844" and that sure seemed > like a > long time ago to me back around 1960. Still seems like a long time ago > now. I > always felt really bad for the graves that just had piles of sandstone on > them because no one would ever remember who they were. > > Cemetery hopping became a pastime that I shared with my father and we > spent > many good times driving the old country roads around Henry and Weakley > Counties searching for this grave or that. My dad could remember who a > lot of them > were and would point out the more gruesome deaths, like the accidents or > the > suicides or the murders. I guess that's what stood out in his mind when > he > was young. > > This past fall I got a call from my grandson in Illinois saying that his > teacher had assigned the class to tell where their ancestors had come from > and > why they came to America. Then they had to find out about the native > dress, > diet, etc. of these folks. When he asked me where his ancestors came > from I > was a little surprised and said, "Which ones?" It sort of bothered me > that > the teacher didn't understand that each one of those children had > hundreds of > grandparents. On his dad's side of the family, I could go back far > enough on > one line to tell him when they came to America and why. They actually > were > Quakers who settled in New Jersey and were very well documented in the > Minutes > of the church. I'm not able to participate in the daily life of my > grandson, so I was really happy that he called me to help him with > homework and he > was really proud to be able to report exactly when, where and why one set > of > grandparents came to America. > > Peggy M. T. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNHENRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Workman Cemetery. Garry Brown gsbrown4@yahoo.com Albuquerque, NM

Peggy, There is a cemetery in Weakley County I am not sure of which one it is. Maybe some of you reading this knows where it is. My great great granddad James Monroe MCCLAIN is buried there. He was born June 25, 1855 died April 11, 1911. Does anyone have any pictures of him, his family, or his grave? Peggy, I also grew up around cemeteries and I use to look at the graves and imagine about their lives. My dad used to take us every week sometimes twice a week to visit his dad's and family's cemetery and other family cemeteries. I know them know like the back of my hand. I feel comfortable there. My kids kinda think I am morbid but that's kids. It probably never occured to your grandson's teacher about all of the grandparents he has. I never knew what a long line and that I had so much family and how they multiply until I started researching them. Now though that I have started researching them, I can't stop. It is like a puzzle. It is addictive. I remember going to the cemeteries growing up and my dad would tell stories about the family and the people he remembered from his youth who were buried there. I do that with my kids now but they just don't seem to appreciate it much. Kim ----- Original Message ----- From: <Peggyt1950@aol.com> To: <tnhenry@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 11:34 AM Subject: [TNHENRY] Cemetery hopping >I grew up close enough to Salem (Primitive? Missionary?) Baptist Church on > Blooming Grove Road in Weakley County to play there in the cemetery all > the > time as a child. We would even sneak in a back window of the church to > hold > "services." I was as comfortable among the tombstones as I was in my > living > room. I would read the inscriptions and try to imagine their lives. The > dedication stone I believe said "Stephen Pate 1844" and that sure seemed > like a > long time ago to me back around 1960. Still seems like a long time ago > now. I > always felt really bad for the graves that just had piles of sandstone on > them because no one would ever remember who they were. > > Cemetery hopping became a pastime that I shared with my father and we > spent > many good times driving the old country roads around Henry and Weakley > Counties searching for this grave or that. My dad could remember who a > lot of them > were and would point out the more gruesome deaths, like the accidents or > the > suicides or the murders. I guess that's what stood out in his mind when > he > was young. > > This past fall I got a call from my grandson in Illinois saying that his > teacher had assigned the class to tell where their ancestors had come from > and > why they came to America. Then they had to find out about the native > dress, > diet, etc. of these folks. When he asked me where his ancestors came > from I > was a little surprised and said, "Which ones?" It sort of bothered me > that > the teacher didn't understand that each one of those children had > hundreds of > grandparents. On his dad's side of the family, I could go back far > enough on > one line to tell him when they came to America and why. They actually > were > Quakers who settled in New Jersey and were very well documented in the > Minutes > of the church. I'm not able to participate in the daily life of my > grandson, so I was really happy that he called me to help him with > homework and he > was really proud to be able to report exactly when, where and why one set > of > grandparents came to America. > > Peggy M. T. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNHENRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Allbritton Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.tennessee.counties.henry/4385/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I wish to request photos of the following two tombstones, please: Mary Allbritton 1784-1839 John Manly Allbritton 1778-1860 Thank you.

I grew up close enough to Salem (Primitive? Missionary?) Baptist Church on Blooming Grove Road in Weakley County to play there in the cemetery all the time as a child. We would even sneak in a back window of the church to hold "services." I was as comfortable among the tombstones as I was in my living room. I would read the inscriptions and try to imagine their lives. The dedication stone I believe said "Stephen Pate 1844" and that sure seemed like a long time ago to me back around 1960. Still seems like a long time ago now. I always felt really bad for the graves that just had piles of sandstone on them because no one would ever remember who they were. Cemetery hopping became a pastime that I shared with my father and we spent many good times driving the old country roads around Henry and Weakley Counties searching for this grave or that. My dad could remember who a lot of them were and would point out the more gruesome deaths, like the accidents or the suicides or the murders. I guess that's what stood out in his mind when he was young. This past fall I got a call from my grandson in Illinois saying that his teacher had assigned the class to tell where their ancestors had come from and why they came to America. Then they had to find out about the native dress, diet, etc. of these folks. When he asked me where his ancestors came from I was a little surprised and said, "Which ones?" It sort of bothered me that the teacher didn't understand that each one of those children had hundreds of grandparents. On his dad's side of the family, I could go back far enough on one line to tell him when they came to America and why. They actually were Quakers who settled in New Jersey and were very well documented in the Minutes of the church. I'm not able to participate in the daily life of my grandson, so I was really happy that he called me to help him with homework and he was really proud to be able to report exactly when, where and why one set of grandparents came to America. Peggy M. T.

Has anyone run across any Looney family members buried in Henry co Tn. Looking for Dr. Peter Looney an medical doctor who lived in Paris tn and in 1905 died. His daughter Bettie married into my Bailey family in Montgomery Co. Dr. Peter was son of Dr. Jonathan Davis Looney also of Henry Co. Thanks for any and all replies. Talley Bailey _critt61626@aol.com_ (mailto:critt61626@aol.com)

I too love to brave the chiggers and snakes in Henry County cemeteries. I have Lowrys, Dowdys, Burnettes, and Throgmortons there. My g-ggrandmother is buried at Mt. Pleasant Jim > Joan, your e-mail today tells of the love you have for researching in > cemeteries.... I just want to write and say how much I enjoy old > cemeteries.... My kids still tell that all they got to do when they were > little was go in old cemeteries and look for names....... > Henry Co., TN is dear to me... My Paschall and Humphreys were there > early.... then moved to Johnson Co., IL > Have a great day........ Louise > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNHENRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > Your Helpful Family Historians Jim Burnette Leah (Burnette) Hoins