Yes, we do have connections here. I have many records on the FINCH, PIERCE, GATELEY families. I, too, have researched the self-inflicted shotgun story and have found nothing to dispute this story. Unless there are others on the list that are interested in more history of these families, I will write you off-line and share the info that I have. It will take me a bit of time to put the info into typewritten form, as I have it all handwritten on genealogy pages. While I do the transcribing, if there are others that would like to see this compliation, just drop a note to the list and I will post it accordingly. Just off the top of my head, though, I would say that you and I share the same ggg grandparents, who were John PIERCE b. ca 1792 in VA, d. ca. 1880 in Henry Co TN and was married to Margaret BROOKS. Their children were William Bedford PIERCE, John Worrell PIERCE, Robert PIERCE, Stephen PIERCE, Reubin PIERCE, Nancy PIERCE and Noah Richard PIERCE. Robert married Mary SNOW Stephen married Sally HOLLIDAY Stephen and Sally PIERCE were my gg grandparents They had a daughter named Sarah PIERCE who married Thomas WEAKS. Sarah and Thomas WEAKS had a daughter named Lula WEAKS who married Lawrence JONES. Lula WEAKS and Lawrence JONES were my maternal grandparents. Robert and Mary SNOW-PIERCE had a daughter named Savannah Alabama PIERCE who married James Gateley....as you know. They also had several other children. Savanah and James GATELEY had twelve (12) children that I have located. If there were more children, I haven't located them yet. One of their daughters, Jimmy Dora GATELEY did, indeed, marry Stephen Horton FINCH. And they had six (6) children that I have found. I personally knew several of the FINCH's and this, too, I have in my records. I'll dig all of this out and forward the info to you off-list. Virginia > > From: "Tammy Griffiths" <[email protected]> > Date: 2005/01/09 Sun PM 09:47:50 GMT > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [TNHENRY] McEvoy Funeral Home Records > > I too am researching FINCH, PIERCE and SNOW. My grandfather was Everett > Horton Finch. His parents were Stephen Horton Finch, born September 29, > 1876 and died October 23, 1923; Dora Jimmy Gateley, born March 22, 1889 and > died February 4, 1981. Dora's parents were James Henry Gateley born June > 24, 1862 and died July 20, 1907 (story is he shot himself with a shotgun) > and Savannah Alabama Pierce born June 22, 1865 and died June 29, 1909. > Savannah's parents were Robert Pierce and Mary Snow. Unfortunately, I have > no other info. Any connections? > > Thanks, > Tammy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 1:23 PM > Subject: Re: [TNHENRY] McEvoy Funeral Home Records > > > > I purchased the McEvoy book as soon as it became available, as well as the > book from Ridgeway. They have both been extremely helpful, however, here > and there a few mistakes appear, but nothing that is impossible to get > through. > > > > The first thing I did was to read each book from cover to cover and > highlight names that were my family names - WEAKS, PIERCE, HOLIDAY, SNOW, > HASTINGS, FINCH, JONES, to name a few. > > > > While reading the books, and for those of you who have the McEvoy Book, I > found my great grandmother, Amanda German Hewgley JONES, and she is buried > in Bethesda Cemetery in Paris...along with the majority of my family. I > knew she was there, as I've visited the cemetery on many occasions, however, > I found that she is listed in the book with the surname of GERMAN, which was > her middle name. > > > > I went to the funeral home and asked for a copy of her burial records and > noted that someone, for whatever reason, had crossed through her surname > JONES. These things happen....we're only human, of course, but no one had > an answer as to why this happened. > > > > I'm not issuing a complaint here. Both books are absolutely marvelous. > However, I would suggest that sometimes there are minor mistakes that can > cause one to wonder what happened to a family member. > > > > I spent the last two days filling out genealogy forms using the McEvoy > book. I found this to be extremely helpful. For example, I found that one > of my cousins married a WEBB.....so I'm also remotely connected to that > particular family. > > > > I'm more than happy to do look-ups in either book. > > > > Virginia (JONES) Long > > (in St. Louis where the sun is shinning...thank you, Lord.) > > > > > > > > > > From: "Janis Mundy" <[email protected]> > > > Date: 2005/01/09 Sun PM 05:17:16 GMT > > > To: [email protected]om > > > Subject: [TNHENRY] McEvoy Funeral Home Records > > > > > > Dear List: > > > > > > Happy New Year from Snowy (30± inches) Reno, Nevada!!! > > > > > > Are the McEvoy Funeral Home Records in alphabetical order or do you need > to > > > know the date of death? > > > > > > I am looking for the following people: > > > > > > WEBB, URBAN > > > WEBB, JOHN HOLLAND > > > WEBB, TEDDY > > > WEBB, ROBERT GENE > > > > > > I greatly appreciate any and all assistance with this. > > > > > > Janis SNOW Mundy > > > Reno, NV > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TNHENRY Mailing List ==== > > > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, > politicalannouncements, current events, items for sale, personal > > > messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will > be > > > grounds for removal. 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