Anna, Thanks for the note. I can actually read tombstones again! No more Braille for me. Laser removed the scar tissue off both corneas. I am no longer legally blind. I had RK surgery many years ago and the surgeon just sliced and diced my eyes. I had 24 cuts on one eye and 17 on the other. The scar tissue was so great and had grown over the years, that I simply could not see. Now, all is fine. Thanks again for your concern. It's back to writing books now. Gary D. Norris > From: "Anna L Bertram" <[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 17:23:33 -0700 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [TNOVERTO] WRIGHT, BERTRAM, again! > Resent-From: [email protected] > Resent-Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 16:27:24 -0600 > > Gary, > > Thanks. Hope your eyes are doing better. > > Anna B. > > [email protected] > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Gary Norris > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2003 9:15 AM > Subject: Re: [TNOVERTO] WRIGHT, BERTRAM, again! > > > I just haven't found the connection in the Livingston newspapers. There > were Wrights living around McDonald's Chapel and Wirmingham. I think the > Bertrams lived behind McDonald's Chapel Church many years ago. That might > be the connection. I think the Wrights in the area were cartwrights. > > Gary D. Norris > > > >> From: "Anna L Bertram" <[email protected]> >> Reply-To: [email protected] >> Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 13:55:58 -0700 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [TNOVERTO] WRIGHT, BERTRAM, again! >> Resent-From: [email protected] >> Resent-Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 12:59:42 -0600 >> >> Gary, >> >> As usual you are a big help! Thank you! >> >> Milly Piros also responded with some old newspaper URLs. The Senator was Elza >> E. BERTRAM (1868 - 1953), son of Rev. Alvin BERTRAM and Rosannah B. YOUNG. He >> was married to Maggie BALLENGER. My husband was his 1st cousin, twice >> removed, >> according to Family Tree Maker. You know I research all the BERTRAMS, >> BUTRAMS, >> etc., regardless of which branch. >> >> Still looking for the identity of the Mr. WRIGHT from Overton Co., TN who was >> visiting Senator Elza E. BERTRAM in Clinton Co., KY in 1933. >> >> Sincerely, Anna BERTRAM >> >> [email protected] >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Norris, Gary >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 11:15 AM >> Subject: RE: [TNOVERTO] WRIGHT, BERTRAM >> >> >> Anna, >> >> Tennessee has what is called a Blue Book concerning the state history and >> its people. I wonder if Kentucky would have the same thing. You might try >> the state archive in Frankfort. >> >> Remind me again in a day or so and I will check my database. >> >> Gary D. Norris >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Anna L Bertram [SMTP:[email protected]] >> Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 3:20 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [TNOVERTO] WRIGHT, BERTRAM >> >> Hi! >> >> Found this in the RootsWeb Archives from the Monticello, Wayne Co., >> KY newspaper.. Can anyone tell me who this Mr WRIGHT of Overton Co., TN was >> who was visiting his cousin, Mr. BERTRAM, a KY State Senator living in >> Clinton Co., KY in 1833? Or which Mr. BERTRAM living in Clinton Co., KY in >> 1933 was a KY State Senator? Or any suggestions on how I can find this >> information? >> >> Thanks! >> >> Anna BERTRAM >> [email protected] >> >> >> ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` >> `````````````````````````````````````` >> >> http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ky/adair/news/1933may.txt >> >> Wayne County Outlook, Wayne County KY 18-May-1933 >> >> Submitted by: "Nancy Trice" [email protected] >> Date of Submission: 29-July-2001 >> Source: Wayne County Outlook, Monticello KY 18-May-1933, as >> submitted by, >> Larry and Laura Wright [email protected] to >> [email protected] >> >> 60 Killed in Cyclone. During the storm last Tuesday night a tornado >> swept thru >> this section of Kentucky and northern Tennessee killing 60 people >> injuring many >> and destroying many homes and other property. 19 were killed near >> Russell >> Springs, 16 at Thompkinsville, 2 in Adair County and 22 in Overton >> and Wilson >> Counties TN. This County had a heavy wind rain and electric storm, >> but no damage >> was done. >> >> *A Mr. WRIGHT, of Overton County, was here last week to visit his >> cousin Senator BERTRAM and reported the scenes at BEATTY's swamp as beyond >> description. His parents old home, built of large logs over 100 years ago >> and a large log barn were blown to bits, the house was blown north and the >> barn south showing the whirl of the wind. >> >> The following is the list of the reported dead. >> >> RUSSELL County: Mr. and Mrs. GEORGE GRIDER, Mrs. AMBROSE SMITH and >> daughter, >> Mrs. NATHAN BLANKENSHIP, H. HOFFLEY, WILLORD MEECE, HERMAN BROWN, >> Miss BROWN, >> baby of Mrs. ALEX REXROAT, CHARLES McELROY, J.M. LUTTRELL, >> nine-year-old son of >> HETTY RICHARDSON, and Mrs. RUTH HOLSELL. >> >> MONROE County: Rev. ROY REDFORD, age 22; Mrs. ROY REDFORD, age 20; >> BILLY REDFORD, age 3; infant REDFORD; Mrs. TRAVIS TYREE, 20 and two >> children; >> Mrs. JAMES COULTER; W.F. ANDERSON; MARNIE MAXEY, colored; WILLIAM >> BAILEY, >> colored; MIAMI FRAIN, colored; CLARA HAMILTON; ANNA CRAIG; >> and two unidentified colored girls. >> >> ADAIR County: ROBERT DUVALL, age 5; BESSIE JONES, Colored. >> >> OVERTON County: Mrs. GEORGE REESER, 68; EDGAR HOPKINS, 35; BARBARA >> HOPKINS, 35; >> RAY RAGAN; Mrs. AMBROSE KING; Miss EPSIE KING, 22; BOSS LACY, 30; >> HERSCHAL PHILLIPS; MILLER ALLRED,60; Mr. and Mrs. UNA COLE 40 and 35 >> and their >> 7 children. >> >> WILSON County TN: ED and KATE JAMES, colored. >> >> >> *********************************************************************** >> USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free >> information on the Internet, data may be freely used by >> non-commercial >> entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. >> These >> electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or >> other >> presentation. 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