I need to change my e-mail address from rabrams@nortelnetworks.com to ranabr97@aol.com I need to stop all of these e-mails from coming to my work. Can you help? Regards, Randy Abrams -----Original Message----- From: linda or jessica lee [mailto:leefam@networksplus.net] Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2000 7:50 PM To: TNLAWREN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TNLAWREN-L] Boswell Descendants Looking for descendants of William Boswell (1774-1857) md. Mary Fuller in NC (d. 1836 Lawrence Co). William and Mary (Fuller) Boswell came from Person Co NC ca 1830 with their family. William married (2) Rachel Clayton and had daughter, Emily and (3) Vernella Green and had daughter Lidda who married a Brown. William and Mary Fuller Boswell had children: (1) Burley W. Boswell (ca 1815 NC) m. Mary Frances Stribling in Lawr Co; he died 1880-1900; Mary died 1813 Lawr Co. (2) Elizabeth Boswell md. Edmund Gatlin, Lawr Co (3) Susannah M. Boswell (1815-1854) md. John Kelley and had children (4) Alexander Boswell b. ca 1820 d. 1846 in steamboat explosion on the Rio Grande River (5) Kingston G. Boswell (1822-1851) md. Mary Ann Shackelford/Wheeler and had children. There were 5 other older children shown on the 1820 Person Co NC census for whom I don't have names, but probably some of them came to Lawrence Co TN with their parents, so perhaps some of the other Boswell families in Lawr Co are also William and Mary's. Children of (1) above, Burley W. Boswell and Mary Frances (Stribling) Boswell: a. Eliza (1840-1912), Maried Charlie Vandiver and had 6 children b. James Daniel (1843-1900) md Martha Ann Cavnar, 1877, Heywood Co TN; had 4 children. Martha and children came to Lamar Co TX after James died. c. Minerva (1847 - before 1913) md. Cunningham, had 3 children d. Eleanor (ca 1850-1912) married Parker e. Malinda (ca 1851 - before 1913) f. Abner (1855 - before 1913) md. Elvira boswell and had 5 children g. Emily F. (1858-after 1913) md. Wall h. William Jasper (1863- 1900 d. Wayne Co) md. Sarah and had 3 children i. Margaret W. (1864-before 1913) md. Bird and had 5 children. All the above children were born and lived in the Lawrence co TN area and most of their children were in Lawrence co or surrounding counties in 1913 when Mary Stribling Boswell died, with the exception of James Daniel and Martha (Cavnar) Boswell's children. Would like information on the descendants of this family and any other information, including info on Mary Fuller's family. Her father was James Fuller of Caswell Co NC, died 1826. thanks a bunch! Linda Boswell Lee

Looking for descendants of William Boswell (1774-1857) md. Mary Fuller in NC (d. 1836 Lawrence Co). William and Mary (Fuller) Boswell came from Person Co NC ca 1830 with their family. William married (2) Rachel Clayton and had daughter, Emily and (3) Vernella Green and had daughter Lidda who married a Brown. William and Mary Fuller Boswell had children: (1) Burley W. Boswell (ca 1815 NC) m. Mary Frances Stribling in Lawr Co; he died 1880-1900; Mary died 1813 Lawr Co. (2) Elizabeth Boswell md. Edmund Gatlin, Lawr Co (3) Susannah M. Boswell (1815-1854) md. John Kelley and had children (4) Alexander Boswell b. ca 1820 d. 1846 in steamboat explosion on the Rio Grande River (5) Kingston G. Boswell (1822-1851) md. Mary Ann Shackelford/Wheeler and had children. There were 5 other older children shown on the 1820 Person Co NC census for whom I don't have names, but probably some of them came to Lawrence Co TN with their parents, so perhaps some of the other Boswell families in Lawr Co are also William and Mary's. Children of (1) above, Burley W. Boswell and Mary Frances (Stribling) Boswell: a. Eliza (1840-1912), Maried Charlie Vandiver and had 6 children b. James Daniel (1843-1900) md Martha Ann Cavnar, 1877, Heywood Co TN; had 4 children. Martha and children came to Lamar Co TX after James died. c. Minerva (1847 - before 1913) md. Cunningham, had 3 children d. Eleanor (ca 1850-1912) married Parker e. Malinda (ca 1851 - before 1913) f. Abner (1855 - before 1913) md. Elvira boswell and had 5 children g. Emily F. (1858-after 1913) md. Wall h. William Jasper (1863- 1900 d. Wayne Co) md. Sarah and had 3 children i. Margaret W. (1864-before 1913) md. Bird and had 5 children. All the above children were born and lived in the Lawrence co TN area and most of their children were in Lawrence co or surrounding counties in 1913 when Mary Stribling Boswell died, with the exception of James Daniel and Martha (Cavnar) Boswell's children. Would like information on the descendants of this family and any other information, including info on Mary Fuller's family. Her father was James Fuller of Caswell Co NC, died 1826. thanks a bunch! Linda Boswell Lee

Does anyone research the Howard surname on this mailing list? If so, I would like to hear from you. I am searching for info on a Hester Howard who married Joseph G. King in Lawrence Co. in 1860. Judy

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Sheldon Jones" <srjones@pcisys.net> Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 18:31:21 -0700 Subject: 100 years ago ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO The average life expectancy in the United States was forty- seven. Only 14 percent of the homes in the United States had a bathtub. Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone. A three-minute call from Denver to New York City cost eleven dollars. There were only 8,000 cars in the US and only 144 miles of paved roads. The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph. Alabama, Mississippi, Iowa, and Tennessee were each more heavily populated than California. With a mere 1.4 million residents, California was only the twenty-first most populous state in the Union. The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower. The average wage in the US was twenty-two cents an hour. The average US worker made between $200 and $400 per year. A competent accountant could expect to earn $2,000 per year, a dentist $2,500 per year, a veterinarian between $1,500 and $4,000 per year, and a mechanical engineer about $5000 per year. More than 95 percent of all births in the United States took place at home. Ninety percent of all US physicians had no college education. Instead, they attended medical schools, many of which were condemned in the press and by the government as "substandard." Sugar cost four cents a pound. Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen. Coffee cost fifteen cents a pound. Most women only washed their hair once a month and used borax or egg yolks for shampoo. Canada passed a law prohibiting poor people from entering the country for any reason, either as travelers or immigrants. The five leading causes of death in the US were: 1. Pneumonia and influenza, 2. Tuberculosis, 3. Diarrhea, 4. Heart disease, 5. Stroke. The American flag had 45 stars. Arizona, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Hawaii and Alaska hadn't been admitted to the Union yet. Drive-by shootings -- in which teenage boys galloped down the street on horses and started randomly shooting at houses, carriages, or anything else that caught their fancy -- were an ongoing problem in Denver and other cities in the West. The population of Las Vegas, Nevada was thirty. The remote desert community was inhabited by only a handful of ranchers and their families. Plutonium, insulin, and antibiotics hadn't been discovered yet. Scotch tape, crossword puzzles, canned beer, and iced tea hadn't been invented. There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day. One in ten US adults couldn't read or write. Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school. Some medical authorities warned that professional seamstresses were apt to become sexually aroused by the steady rhythm, hour after hour, of the sewing machine's foot pedals. They recommended slipping bromide -which was thought to diminish sexual desire-into the women's drinking water. Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at corner drugstores. According to one pharmacist, "Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach and the bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health." Coca-Cola contained cocaine instead of caffeine. Punch-card data processing had recently been developed, and early predecessors of the modern computer were used for the first time by the government to help compile the 1900 census. Eighteen percent of households in the United States had at least one full-time servant or domestic. There were about 230 reported murders in the US annually.

Joseph G. King married Hester E. Howard Aug. 30, 1860 in Lawrence Co., TN. Does anyone know anything about this couple? If so, I would like to hear from you. I'm trying to determine what King family this Joseph G. King belongs to. Judy

If any one is interested in purchasing a copy of Goodspeed's book on Lawrence County, they are available at the Lawrence County Archives. Kathy Niedergeses

I thought this might interest some of the other lists members also. Phyllis ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: ILFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com, Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 14:28:34 GMT Subject: Re: Books info Recently I called (864) 233-2346 in SC and requested a catalog for Southern Historical Press, Inc. In this catalog there are Goodspeed books listed for sale plus other history books. I got the catalog within a few days after calling. Phyllis On Mon, 21 Feb 2000 08:25:59 -0600 ILFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com wrote: > Hi Joyce, > The name is Goodspeed, and it is the name of the man, that published > many county histories in the late 1800's. They were a lot like the > county histories done today, in that, they had biographies of, many of > the prominent families of the county, in them. I have never been able to > discover whether this featured families paid to have their information > in them, or not. But, they HAVE great clues and some even have fairly > good evidence, in them. Most larger libraries have them. Not all > counties of all states were done. And, I don't know if Franklin Co., > Ill. was one, or not. > Hope this helps a little. > Sue > redbird wrote: > > > > I know that several times a book has been mentioned here....Godspeed > Book?? > Is this the name of it and could someone explain what this or > these books > are about. > > Joyce Bullard McEntire > > Oklahoma

Found this on another list, might be useful if ancestors died in these places/years: Year(s) / Region, Area, City or State / Disease 1657 / Boston / Measles 1687 / Boston / Measles 1690 / New York / Yellow Fever 1713 / Boston / Measles 1729 / Boston / Measles 1732-1733 / Worldwide / Influenza 1738 / South Carolina / Smallpox 1739-1740 / Boston / Measles 1747 / Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina / Smallpox 1759 / North America / Measles 1761 / North America and West Indies / Influenza 1772 / North America / Measles 1775 / North America (especially in North East) / Unknown 1775-1776 / Worldwide / Influenza 1783 / Dover, Delaware (was extremely fatal) / Bilious Disorder 1788 / Philadelphia and New York / Measles 1793 / Vermont / (a "putrid" fever) and Influenza 1793 / Virginia (killed 500 in 5 counties in 4 weeks) / Influenza 1793 / Philadelphia / Yellow Fever 1793 / Harrisburg, PA (many unexplained deaths) / Unknown 1793 / Middletown, Pennsylvania (many mysterious deaths) / Unknown 1794 / Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / Yellow Fever 1796-1797 / Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / Yellow Fever 1798 / Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (one of the worst) / Yellow Fever 1803 / New York / Yellow Fever 1820-1823 / Nationwide (started at Schuylkill River & spread) / "Fever" 1831-1832 / Nationwide (brought in by English Immigrants) / Asiatic Cholera 1832 / New York and other major cities / Cholera 1833 / Columbus, Ohio / Cholera 1833-34 / Kentucky / Cholera 1834 / New York City, New York / Cholera 1837 / Philadelphia / Typhus 1841 / Nationwide (especially severe in the South) / Yellow Fever 1847 / New Orleans / Yellow Fever 1847-1848 / Worldwide / Influenza 1848-1849 / North America / Cholera 1849 / New York / Cholera 1850 / Nationwide / Yellow Fever 1850-1851 / North America / Influenza 1851 / Coles County, Illinois, The Great Plains, and Missouri / Cholera 1852 / Nationwide (New Orleans 8,000 died that summer) / Yellow Fever 1855 / Nationwide / Yellow Fever 1857-1859 / Worldwide (one of the largest epidemics) / Influenza 1860-1861 / Pennsylvania / Smallpox 1865-1873 / Philadelphia, New York, Boston, New Orleans, Baltimore, Memphis, Washington DC / A series of recurring epidemics of Smallpox, Cholera, Typhus, Typhoid, Scarlet Fever, Yellow Fever, and Influenza 1873-1875 / North America & Europe / Influenza 1878 / New Orleans (last great epidemic) / Yellow Fever 1885 / Plymouth, Pennsylvania / Typhoid 1886 / Jacksonville, Florida / Yellow Fever 1918 / Worldwide (high point year) more people were hospitalized in WWI from this epidemic than wounds. US Army training camps became death camps, with 80% death rate in some camps. / Influenza or Spanish Flu Al Dawson, Berea, Ohio - MA, History, UNC-Chapel Hill, 1973. My Webpage: http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/d/a/w/Al--Dawson/ Surnames include ("Mary and John" passengers) GRANT, GILLETT, WOLCOTT, PHELPS, GRISWOLD, HOLCOMBE, FORD, COOK, CHARD ("Mayflower") FRANCIS COOKE, STEPHEN HOPKINS, JOHN ALDEN PRISCILLA MULLINS, THOMAS ROGERS and WILLIAM BRADFORD Al is a daily pilgrim to http://www.thehungersite.com/ - every click helps :) AND Proud member IBSSG- see http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~blksheep/

These are family group sheets that can be filled out and Emailed or printed. I pasted one into my typing program and then it can be used over and over and then pasted to Email to send. You can modify them to include more information. Phyllis FATHER (name): date and place of birth: date and place of marriage: other marriages: military service: date and place of death: father's father (name and date of birth): father's mother (name and date of birth): buried: ........................................................................... MOTHER (name): date and place of birth: date and place of marriage: other marriages: date and place of death: mother's father (name and date of birth): mother's mother (name and date of birth): buried: ........................................................................... CHILD 1. (name): date and place of birth: married (name): date and place of marriage: other marriages: date and place of death: buried: ........................................................................... CHILD 2. (name): date and place of birth: married (name): date and place of marriage: other marriages: date and place of death: buried: ........................................................................... CHILD 3. (name): date and place of birth: married (name): date and place of marriage: other marriages: date and place of death: buried: ........................................................................... CHILD 4. (name): date and place of birth: married (name): date and place of marriage: other marriages: date and place of death: buried: ........................................................................... CHILD 5. (name): date and place of birth: married (name): date and place of marriage: other marriages: date and place of death: buried: ........................................................................... CHILD 6. (name): date and place of birth: married (name): date and place of marriage: other marriages: date and place of death: buried: ........................................................................... CHILD 7. (name): date and place of birth: married (name): date and place of marriage: other marriages: date and place of death: ........................................................................... CHILD 8. (name): date and place of birth: married (name): date and place of marriage: other marriages: date and place of death: buried: ........................................................................... CHILD 9. (name): date and place of birth: married (name): date and place of marriage: other marriages: date and place of death: buried: ........................................................................... CHILD 10. (name): date and place of birth: married (name): date and place of marriage: other marriages: date and place of death: buried: ........................................................................... CHILD 11. (name): date and place of birth: married (name): date and place of marriage: other marriages: date and place of death: buried: ........................................................................... CHILD 12. (name): date and place of birth: married (name): date and place of marriage: other marriages: date and place of death: buried: ........................................................................... SUBMITTED BY: Email and/or home mail: ........................................................................... NOTES: (end) ============================================================

Hi Everyone, My Davis reunion is coming closer (July) in TN and I had hoped to be further along on the family tree than I am. In the last couple years, some lines have come together great but the actual Davis line is still lacking. On the off-chance anybody recognizes these people: William Davis married to Sarah Simonton Willie James Davis (his grandson) married Julia Jane (Martin)Williams. Her parents were Jessee Williams and Mary Fortner. Thank you for any help. Bonnie

Today I got this from another list, I REALLY like what it says and I hope you will appreciate it also. Phyllis WHY WE DO IT Today I want to describe for you what finding our ancestors in terms of being one of the major reasons why I do what I do these days on the Internet, for myself, for my children and grandchildren and for others....and I have an idea, that similar circumstances are the reason many researchers are involved as well. I think more than a few of you will identify with my thoughts and motivations here... I loved that old homeplace dearly, as many of you loved a similar place that now exists only in your minds and hearts. I frequently "walk" through it, escaping todays to yesterdays and memories, willing myself to remember the touch of fabric, the coolness of hardwood floors on my barefeet, the weight of a fat white china cup in my hands, the way the afternoon sun slanted and cast shadows on the floor of a long front porch. Those memories are a comfort to me, because beyond the "things" I have that were there, they are all I have left of the place I knew. I know that many of you feel the same, and have another place you "walk" for comfort at times. But those memories I have, and you have, will be gone all too soon, leaving this world at the same time that we do...just as the memories of our grandfathers and great-grandmothers left with them, and unless they are given and passed on, it is as if those things had never been other than what "facts" are left behind on scraps of paper. This came to me in a very real way recently when the daughter of my first cousin (who is now gone to the next world) contacted me. A young mother, the family's heritage is beginning to be of importance to her. And she asked for my memories, the memories her mother died before she could pass on...and so I have begun to write them for her and to give her what I cannot leave in any tangible form other than description. I have walked her through the family homeplace willing her to see through my eyes, and I have introduced her to the great-grandfather she never knew, trying to give her a balanced picture of him, the good and the bad, making him human and of breathing living flesh for her. For the same reason, documenting the family line in that country is also important. I want to know who the grandparents of my grandfather were, because I have no memories of him telling me about them. I know he must have treasured memories of those who lived in his time, and I know he must have treasured the stories that he heard of those who did not. Because it was important to him, and knowing him, I know it is important to me. My grandfather was of another world and time, as many of yours were. And in that day and time, the passing on of roots came through the oral tradition. They little understood that the coming ways of this world would leave little inclination or time for oral passing of roots...and that unless a generation following them had the wisdom to record it, all was lost. I rue that I was young when he sat so long talking his long tales of "who beget who" and of things that had happened, where they happened, and those who peopled those stories. I am frustrated that I, as did his children, "tuned" much of this out. It is not just a matter of "proving" a lineage...much, much more, it is a matter of salvaging that which was important to one I loved...and giving it to those like my cousin's children and my own children.... passing on the things that were of importance in an endless chain of loving memories. I cannot turn back the clock, and I cannot make my grandfather be here again with me at a time in which I am ready and mature enough now to listen to his endless stories that wound on hour after hour....but I still draw breath, and I can piece together what I can find, add to that what I do remember...and give the next generation something far more precious than the money. We no longer have our Murphy or Howard or Dodd or Greathouse homes in Alabama, and even some of the family burial grounds where my great grandfather, great great grandfather and possibly before that are buried, have been taken from us. All we have is our history....and so you see why it is important beyond description that we preserve our history. It is all we have left of our roots. And I suspect that many of you, if for whatever reason your ancestral lands and homeplace are gone, feel the same. Please remember this when others contact you. Their reasons may have nothing to do with wanting to join an elite organization, may have nothing to do with idle curiosity, may have nothing to do with simple scholarship and an abiding love of research....more often, I am finding, it is a situation in which family history is an anchor to hold to in this fast-paced and all too impersonal world. It is a situation in which all the heritage or "home" a family has left is its history. It is a situation in which a person regrets not finding important those things elders talked of at the time they talked of them, and with maturity wants to salvage what they can of the memories of elders who went on before them.Your words and help are often far more important than you can possibly realize, and will cause a heart to leap, bring tears to an eye in gratitude. In other words, it is often a matter of the "heart" and any small tidbit or fact, any direction you can find time to give, is more meaningful than gold to that person who longs so desperately to find his or her humble link in a long chain...and pass it on, giving the generation to come roots and a sense of belonging in a world that is uncertain. "...and departing leave behind us, footprints in the sands of time." Pat Dodd Greathouse ==== VAISLEOF Mailing List === Genealogy - where you confuse the dead and irritate the living.

I just got the book Marriages of Lawrence County, Tennessee 1818-1854 and I will do lookups. Phyllis

To anyone who is interested in obtaining a copy of the genealogy book FLOWERS CHRONICLES. There is going to be a reprint of this book and if you want a copy you have to get your name on a mailing list. Send your request by Email to..... BFCHRON@concentric.net Be sure to add your home mailing address and phone number when requesting a copy. The book is a hardcover and is very well made and has close to 900 pages of charts and information. The book begins in England with Christopher Flower and Captain John Flower. Some other Flower/Flowers families are..... John Flowers Family Jacob Flowers Family Benjamin Flowers Family Edward Flowers Family And many, many more. Phyllis

I am searching for info on the Jesse Williams family who moved to Lowndes Cty,Ms(on the Al line)in the 1820s. His daug Mary Williams m. James Snell. Jimmy in Ms deltajim@netdoor.com

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Hi, We have received enough queries for the March issue. Any queries I sent now will be used in the June issue. I have such great response from this group every time I ask for something. Thanks. Kathy

Hi, Our editor almost has the March issue of the Lawrence County Genealogical Society ready for the printers - he likes to get things ready ahead of time incase something happens. We have room for two or three more queries if you would like to send one to me. For members they are free, but for none members we charge $2. They can be sent to my email address above. Thanks. Kathy Niedergeses, Director Lawrence County Archives

Hi everyone, Thanks so much to all of you who responded to my message about help with indexing the journals for the Lawrence County Genealogical Society. I have enough people to do all the issues now. But beware, I will be asking for help for other things and for indexing future journals. Jim Crowder, our editor, and I have discussed what would be best to include in our future issues and have decided that each journal will probably be split - half actual records and half articles on families, hopefully written by our good members. We have been very fortunate in having many of the members contribute lately - saves us a lot of work If you are not a member of the society, you might like to join. Our membership is only $10 per year. You receive four very nice 36-40 page journals full of wills, marriages or other records, articles on different families, queries, book reviews, pictures, and much more. If you would like to become a member, please get in touch with me at the address above. Again, thanks to everyone. Kathy Niedergeses, Director Lawrence County Archives

Hi everyone, I'm new to the list and I wonder if anyone can help. I looking for the surname Slaughter. I believe it is Summer Town area. Thanks April

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------31DC3B6E4BFF8A5692C326B2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit This came off one of my mailing lists.... what a good idea! "The year 2000 is a Census Year. most of the census will be taken by mail, so after you have filled out your census form why not make a copy of it and file with your important papers. Then your family will not have to wait 70 years to learn about you." Cheryl Lewis Co CC --------------31DC3B6E4BFF8A5692C326B2 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="vcard.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Cheryl & Mark Zelek Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="vcard.vcf" begin: vcard fn: Cheryl & Mark Zelek n: Zelek;Cheryl & Mark email;internet: zelek@mindspring.com note: Lewis Co, TN County Coordinatorhttp://www.tngennet.org/lewis/ x-mozilla-cpt: ;0 x-mozilla-html: FALSE version: 2.1 end: vcard --------------31DC3B6E4BFF8A5692C326B2--