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    1. Re: [TNMARSHA] Fw: [TNMARSHA-L] Belfast, Tn
    2. WILLIAM MASSEY
    3. Dear Bobby, I can add my $.02 to the Belfast discussion. I had several friends from the area. Bob Tate, the son of Mr. Tate who ran the store, I believe, was a student at Marshall County High School. I believe he went on to become a college professor. Robert O. McDaniel worked with my dad for a long time at the Borden Company in Lewisburg. I went to school with Tommy Muse, who was an accomplished musician and from Belfast. Dr. and Mrs. H.A. Morgan was the county health doctor for years. My distant cousin, Walter Bussart, spent his childhood in Belfast. We are related through the Woods who are related to my not-so-distant cousins, the Dysarts (Now there's an old Marshall County name!) and the Ewings. There are Dysarts and Ewings buried in Round Hill Cemetery and also in the Bills and Dysart Cemetery near Farmington. I also know Francis Neeley Wiley, wife of the late R.C. Wiley, chief engineer for WJJM Radio in Lewisburg. I worked with R.C., Denny Walker, Perry Gilliam, Jim Travis (McClelland), Bill Humbles, and others for many years. She and her family attended the Presbyterian Church there in Belfast for many years. Judging from those names, most of the early inhabitants of Belfast were, as you would expect, Scots-Irish, or, as they call themselves, Northern Irish or Ulstermen. I've been cautioned not to confuse them with the native Irish who came from the southern part of the island. Hope this helps a little, and, yes, I for one would love to hear tales from your father about "old Belfast." Was there any Civil War activity around there? I know Andrew Jackson came through there on his way to New Orleans.  Thanks, Bill Massey In F. C. & L. Most sincerely, William R. (Bill) Massey

    08/15/1999 12:31:07