My email's are bouncing from your home address. Bill, While we have no pictures of, nor living folks who remember Christopher C. (CC), my mom, and her brothers & sisters all remember their grandfather John Wesley Thomas real well. He was the son of CC. They tell me that the Thomas' (ours too) were real dark with dark hair. Your description of "indian looking" is something heard in my family tradition also. CC's wife, Susan Fowler, died between 1872 and 1880. Around 1882/83 the Fowlers, Hortons and Thomas all moved to Sharp County, Arkansas. I have old CC in the 1900 census in Sharp Co. living with his son John W. By 1920 old CC was no longer counted. I recon he died between 1900-1920, somewhere in northern Arkansas. I can't find his grave, nor his ancestors. I find about everyone else he was around, including your folks, but so far he has eluded all of us. Ron > ----- Original Message ----- > From: B. M. <[email protected]> > To: Ron Estes <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, March 24, 2000 4:20 PM > Subject: Re: Fw: [TNMARSHA] HOLMAN'S CALVARY > > > > Hey, Ron! > > > > Thanks for the e-mail. Your Chris and my Thomases may not have been > > brothers, but I wonder if they were cousins? Many times the relatives > > marched off to war together. My John M. and James K. Polk Thomas both > > died at Stone's River, or soon thereafter. > > > > Let me know if you find out anything. My Thomas boys and Susan C. were > > the children of Jonathan and Susan Hayes Thomas. I would give anything > > to find out more about them. A family "tale" has it that they were > > neighbors to "the Jacksons" in Nashville for a while. I checked that > > out and there were some Hays (wrong spelling) living close by, but I > > couldn't find a Susan who m. a Thomas. According to the census, he was > > from Georgia. I've wondered if he was not part/all Indian. Some of > > them were quite dark. > > > > Sincerely, > > Bill Massey > > > > Most sincerely, > > William R. (Bill) Massey > > In F., C., & L. > > > > > > >