while many moved for cheaper land, others moved for free land. Then some moved for jobs The African American family, the Osbournes, moved from mid TN to South Pittsburg for jobs at the cement plant and/or other plants My grandfather came to SP for a job at the cement plant, I think in the later half of the 1800's moving to find jobs started. Dick Bloss ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ
That would be after the civil war that you are referring to then? My Great Great Grandparents moved from Tn and Al before then though ( 1830's to 1840's era) as my Great Grandmother was born in Ill along with several of her siblings. I have been told it was for free land??? Then My Grandfather disappeared from the census in late 1840's . Not sure if he died or abandoned them-- as next census she shows up with a new husband and child by him. ----- Original Message ----- From: Richard Bloss To: tnmarion@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2008 12:14 PM Subject: [TNMARION] Migration == while many moved for cheaper land, others moved for free land. Then some moved for jobs The African American family, the Osbournes, moved from mid TN to South Pittsburg for jobs at the cement plant and/or other plants My grandfather came to SP for a job at the cement plant, I think in the later half of the 1800's moving to find jobs started. Dick Bloss ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PLEASE NOTE: This list is for queries and replies, comments, requests for help, and other genealogical related information that is of interest to researchers having a connection or a possible connection to Marion County, Tennessee. There is no soliciting or advertising of any item or service for sale allowed. Betty McBee - list administrator-- macbetty2@peoplepc.com Marion County Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnmario2/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNMARION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message