Have no idea how to repair a tombstone wish I did but here is a rather unique way of makind another one , This came from another list I belong to and Beth gave premession to pass it on . Frances How to make a new headstone >>I have a little time so thought I would write the instructions down for you >>in the simplest form that I can so that the beginners may understand them. >>To someone of you it will be old hat. >> >>Now, if you have a marbel bread board or just a hardwood breadboard, >measure >>it and add four inches to both the longth and width. Now you are ready to >>take that use pallet or some 1/4 inch x 4 innch boards and saw them so >that >>you have two board the length and two boards the width. Now nail them >into >>forms. Hammer them together lightly for you will later be knocking them >>apart. Set this form aside. >> >>Now take a piece of paper (I use copy paper) and write or print (what ever >>you do best) on this paper the name of the person who you want this stone >>for and the information that you wish. Under the date of birth and death, >I >>usually write the place and also wife of - or husband of - or son of - or >>etc. with the appropreate name and information. >> >>Now, for some of you this next part will be a piece of cake, for other of >>lyou, take courage, you can do it, or if you wish, just forget it. >practice >>makeing a curve line with three cross's on it to put in either the lower >>right side of the stone or in the upper left corner. Or if the stone is >>for a child, you may want to make two circles with ears on the top circle >>and a tail on the bottom circle. You may make simple rabbits, cats, >>flowers, leaves etc. Use you own ideas but keep them VERY SIMPLE >> >>Now, with a WASHABLE marking pen, put the design you decided upon onto the >>marble breadboard or wooden breadboard. If you make a mistake, wash it off >>and redo it untill you are satisified. It need not be perfect. This is a >>personal headstone and it gives a loveing touch to have someone take the >>time to make it, a slight errors is fine. >> >>Now take a dremell tool with a diamond engraveing bit and engrave what you >>have written. >> >>It is fine without doing the painting step, however, I usually do. I take >>model paint and paint what has been engraved. If it is a little girl, I >>might make the bunny white and flowers (five little circles with a small >>circle in the middle and two line curving out from this) pink with the >small >>circle yellow. For a little boy, I might make a little cat and paint it >>white - orange - brown etc with flowers of blue with small circle of >>yellow - the curves of green. When you have done this to your >>satisfaction, spray LIGHTLY with polyurethene. You can get a can of >>polyurthene airisal at a hardware store or a craft store, let it dry and >>spray again LIGHTLY about three times. set the breadboards aside >> >>Now take the wooden forms and set out in the back yard on some grass where >>it won't be noticed, Take the bag of ready mix concrete and mix in a >>container, I use an empty 5 gal. detergent bucket. Pour this mix into the >>form up to about 2 inches from the top. Let this sit for a while untill it >>is firm enough to hold up the beadboard, when the bread board is place in >>the center of the form and press down even with the mix. >> >>Now I let this concrete and breadboard sit overnight to dry. When the >>concrete is dry, knock the frame form away. I keep these forms for the >>next time I want to make a stone. Now take a small can of liquid >>polyurthene ( you may buy at a hardware or paint store) and pour on the >>whole gravemarker, breadboards and concrete, smooth with an old paint brush >>and let dry. >> >>Your gravestone is now complete. All you have to do now is pick it up and >>take it to the grave and set it in place. I hope that you are proud of >>your efforts. For those of you that wish, send me you snail mail address >>and I will send you the patterns that I have used and you may copy that >form >>but for those of you who are advance, use your own artist skills You might >>even want to make a form for the base and then another larger form to sit >on >>it with the information. If you run into problems, just e-mail me. Let me >>know how you do. >> >>Looking forward to hearing from you. >> >>Beth --- Daniel & Angela <dthornton@mwsi.net> wrote: > Has anyone repaired a broken tombstone? One of my > ancestor's is broken and I want to fix it, but don't > know what kind of adhesive you would use. Does > anyone have a suggestion? > > angela > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

African American Farmer b. abt. 1815 I don't know if he was born in Sumner cty, but he married his wife Minerva Mitchell (mulatto) there. Nelson relocated to Alton, Il and had the following children (that I know of so far): John H., Umey, Nelson T, jr., Are there any Mitchell researchers who've come across information on this African American Mitchell family?

forgive me all... but this probably will help with the elimination of nosey interns... that turn up lost...... Confederately Yours ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pauline Baumeier" <candeeann@hotmail.com> To: <TNSUMNER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 7:12 PM Subject: [TNSUMNER] SSA > > Copied from a post to another list: > > > > I have just discovered that the SSA is raising the price by 286% for the > most valuable tool that genealogists request, the SS-5 form, Original > Application for SS Number... > > > > It is going up from its present $7 to $27, effective 1 July 2001. > > Reference: <http://www.ssa.gov/foia/foia_guide.htm#_Toc517745431> > > > > This is untenable, since many people who do genealogy are older retired > folks on fixed income... and this large increase appears to be intended to > discourage the public from access to documents under the Freedom of > Information Act. > > > > How can it cost $27 to receive a request, then make and mail a copy of the > one page document??? ...Government is not intended to be making a > profit... The $7 seems high, when you actually evaluate the task...and > Researching costs more...Could it be that they have some awfully high paid > clerks...and/or interns...??? > > > > Since anything can be proven by statistics, I don't believe their > "analysis" but you might want to make your representatives in Congress aware > of this... > > > > Senate Addresses <http://www.senate.gov/> > > > > House Addresses <http://www.house.gov/> > > > > President George W. Bush: <president@whitehouse.gov> > > Vice President Dick Cheney: <vice.president@whitehouse.gov> > > Assistant-Secretary for HHS: <Sandra.Eubanks-Brown@hhs.gov> > > > > Notify all your Genealogical buddies, too??? We all need to write... > > > PaulineGet more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com >

Do you have Birth Places, Date of birth and Date of Death. Thank You

LadyVolNut@aol.com writes: >I am not saying that this wasn't a nice story to read but it not genealogy. >If people can post stuff like this on the list what will happen next. Do we >also want to share jokes and how about pictures of the grand kids? I think >there is a place for this type of stuff I just don't think it should be on >this genealogy list.< Wayne I have to disagree with you...This is genealogy at it's finest. One day someone is going to find this article and be thankful that it's here, giving such detail on their family. Did you not notice the names and clues included? "Mr Charlie, Joyce, Daddy and Robert, Jerry, Daddy's relatives had to drive from clear the other side of Paris, Aunt Zula, and Uncle Douglas and Myrtle Winchester." These stories are what give the name of an ancestor a personality. It would be a treasure find such an article on one of my own family members. Have a good day, Verna _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

Jeannie T, I am not saying that this wasn't a nice story to read but it not genealogy. If people can post stuff like this on the list what will happen next. Do we also want to share jokes and how about pictures of the grand kids? I think there is a place for this type of stuff I just don't think it should be on this genealogy list. Then to come back and thank everyone who said they enjoyed it after you personally wrote me saying it was a mistake that you sent it to the list makes me wonder if it really was a mistake. I have many friends who send me stuff like this but I have never thought of imposing on everyone on this list by sending it to them. If you are a writer or a wanna-be-writer I am sure there are many list that you can join. just my opinion Wayne In a message dated 7/2/01 6:41:53 PM EST, askgranny@juno.com writes: << I would like to thank everyone for the kind words sent to me about my reminescing ....Why don't you start a new tradition in YOUR family and get together ? Hey, have a neighborhood party if the relatives live too far away ! My Grandkids are in Spokane for the summer, so I will just go down to the end of our street that overlooks the Cumberland River and it's floodplain and watch the fireworks display at the Fairgrounds. We get a wonderful view from up here on the ridge, and neighbors have a chance to visit with each other between the Ooohhhs and Awwww's ! Jeannie T >>

I would like to thank everyone for the kind words sent to me about my reminescing ....Why don't you start a new tradition in YOUR family and get together ? Hey, have a neighborhood party if the relatives live too far away ! My Grandkids are in Spokane for the summer, so I will just go down to the end of our street that overlooks the Cumberland River and it's floodplain and watch the fireworks display at the Fairgrounds. We get a wonderful view from up here on the ridge, and neighbors have a chance to visit with each other between the Ooohhhs and Awwww's ! Jeannie T ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

The rocking chairs sure are gathering a lot of dust these days, seems to me like...My goodness, this is a perfect time to just sit on the front porch, rocking gently , watching the lightning bugs courting in the dark, and reminisce about the good old days when folks had time to visit. Yes, back when one had to travel in a rickety old wagon , looking over the rumps of the same mules that pulled a plow that had just "laid by" the corn that week, with luck ! What a thrill it was at our house getting ready for the friends and relatives to come and celebrate the fourth of July.....Daddy would kill a young goat for Mama to cook and wring the necks of what seemed like a whole pile of young roosters to be fried up a golden brown...And he would gather and shuck a tow sack full of roasting' ears... Most of it was boiled but some was cut and scraped off the cob and' fried' in the big iron skillet.... In the meanwhile, us kids had been sent down to the "New ground " with a tow sack to pick beans. Of course it wasn't really NEW ground ...It was just a field that Daddy and Robert had cleared of weeds, brush and trees...{.Every once in awhile the plow would hit a stump and Daddy's religion would be tested ! }.He planted the corn, and me and Mama went back down there when it was about 6 inches high and planted some pole beans....to run up on the corn, you know .My goodness did we have the Kentucky Wonders that year ! Mr Charlie's herd of white faced cattle saw us toting a sack and thought we had some feed in there , I guess, and they chased us all the way across the pasture ! We didn't stop to figure out why they were running after us, just ran as fast as we could till we could scramble over that fence ! Earlier in the week ,me and Mama picked buckets full of the huge juicy blackberries that grew by the handfuls, to can and make into jam . Joyce watched the little kids and Daddy and Robert worked in the corn. Jerry was so little he had to reach up to grab the handles of the plow, but he insisted on doing it, so Daddy let him. One of the neighbors joked about our old mule that was so smart he could plow corn by himself ! Anyway, berries from the woods edging the New Ground were sweetened up and put into a rich biscuit dough crust in our biggest pudding pan. Sugar was sprinkled on the top after a paring knife was used to make a fern pattern in the crust . Mama kept us running to the hen house to check for more eggs to add to the rich milk of our Jersey cow to make a golden rich custard to cook then chill for making the ice cream and of course her famous egg or caramel pies. Oh, I can see them now, setting on the side table cooling...little amber beads forming on the meringue piled high on top...She used those old black pans with the scalloped edges....so pretty ! "You kids get out of here !" was heard more than once as the morning of the Big Day wore on and the buggies and wagons started pulling up Red Hill, and then coming down the lane to that old log house with the dog trot hall...Daddy's relatives had to drive from clear the other side of Paris, so they had to get up and on the road early ...even in their car .. Aunt Zula and Uncle George had a car so they would drive over to Gleason and pick up a big block of ice to be used in iced tea, lemonade, and most importantly, the ice cream freezer they brought along ....This rare frozen treat was placed in the deep shade , well wrapped in an old ragged quilt to keep it from melting...What a treat that ice cream was after the men and boys had 'turned it' till the crank would barely move. Mama would set down by the churn and carefully take the dasher out, and brother Robert got to lick the ice cream off , best I can remember...he loved it so well that he was a' fast licker ' and that was important in July's heat...Then the 'Freezer' was closed tightly and well wrapped in grass sacks and more ice and salt to" mellow," while we made do with all that delicious food Mama had cooked and the relatives had unloaded out of their buggies and wagons. I remember vegetables of every description, and desserts unbelievably good....especially a chocolate cake with GREEN icing ! Aunt Pearl , Daddy's old maid sister had made it, and she said it was called Devil's Food cake !This sounded slightly sinful to us, so of course we all had to have a piece of it. It sure was devilishly good. Aunt Pearl was a big woman and she didn't stint on the cream and eggs when she cooked...Everything she made was delicious , from Corn Light bread to cherry cobblers , to a cantaloupe pie made just like banana pudding.... After we had made short work of the ice cream the women had the job of clearing up the tables and dishes, and us kids were allowed to roam free, and show our cousins all of our favorite places to play...like high in the June apple tree where we had worn a certain place slick, playing skin the cat between two limbs . For some reason they thought picking the top of the tree for this game was a bit 'Iffy ' so we had to take them to play in the gullies and down in the woods to swing on the many wild grapevines...we didn't start smoking them till much later in our lives ! The men had lounged around catching up on the latest war news and how the crops were doing, and those who felt the need to walk off their meal would amble along with Daddy to see how the crops were doing down by the Big Ditch...By the time they worked their way back to the house it was time to load up the wife and kids and head for home.... There's no doubt in my mind that each one left thinking that Douglas and Myrtle Winchester sure knew how to celebrate the 4th of July ! No fancy fireworks, political speeches, nor "Shooting the anvil ", just lots of delicious food and a good time visiting with friends and neighbors.....If only we could turn back the clock.........................Jeannie T ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

Still looking for any information on: Malvina ( ? ) married to (unknown CLAIBORNE) and her daughter, Clara Divine CLAIBORNE 1859-1932 married William A. Hesson 1857-1933. They were both on census records for Macon County, Tn. at various times. I'm looking for parents of Malvina and also her spouse, who would be a CLAIBORNE. Any information will be greatly appreciated. Will gladly share information. Thanks Brenda Knight Nashville, Tn.

Is anyone researching the surnames Murray or Clendening from Sumner County, TN? I am searching for early Murray/Clendening families (1815-1880) who lived in the Shackle Island area. The names are associated with Dorris, Bruce, Hogan, Wix / Wicks, Honeycut / Honeycutt etc. families who lived in or around District 9. I have been helping a cousin sort and identify his Murray family. The farthest ancestor we have been able to identify is Jonathan Murray who married Rachel Dorris, dau. of Samuel Dorris. Jonathan and Rachel had children: Elizabeth m. Anderson Wix / Wicks, Alsey Murray m. Mary "Polly" Garrison, Daniel Hiram Murray m. Harriet Swift, Samuel D. or B. Murray m. Mary Ann Clendening, Simpson Murray m. Sarah Ann Honeycutt, William Anderson Murray m. Narcissa Emily Hogan, and Rachel Murray Murray m. James F. Clendening. William Anderson Murray and his wife Narcissa both died young, but left two daughters: Martha Elizabeth Murray m. William Thomas Benning Clendening and Sarah Catherine Murray m. Columbus Bruce. Do these names strike a bell with anyone? Danene Vincent

Sorry to include so many surnames, but they all tie into the one woman I'm researching. I'm looking for information on Martha Jane Richardson(1866-1913). I don't know where she was born, but she lived at least part of her life and died in Sumner Co. She is buried in Westmoreland in a small cemetery by the Road, near Garrett's Creek. She was married to a man named Claiborne(not sure of the correct spelling) and they had a daughter Laura Elizabeth. Claiborne left them and was said to have ended up in CA. Martha Jane then married Joe Wilson(1855-1933 buried in Westmoreland Tn Pleasant Grove Ceme.) I believe they had a son together, Harry. This is all the info. that I have on Martha Jane. I was told that she was at least part Indian, but haven't found proof of it yet. Her daughter, Laura Elizabeth married Pasly Rippy in 1908. They are buried in Rippy's Cemetery. If anyone has info. on any of the people that I've listed I would appreciate hearing from you! I would like to know Martha Jane's parents and siblings, etc.

It is my understanding that Bethpage was once incorporated and that Mr. Ol Moor was the mayor and Toopa Lane was the chief of police. Does anyone have any info on this? Ralph Braswell

Wondering if anyone has anything on a James Robert Meeks born on Jan 11 1911 in Bethpage Tn . Trying to find the names of my grand parents and have nothing more than this. Any help at all will be appreciated thanks James Meeks jr.

I too have a Benjamin Raney born 2 June 1807 married to Catherine Towell born 6 Feb 1807. They were married 30 October 1827 in Sumner County, Tennessee. I have their daughter Sarah C. Raney married to Jonas F. Johnson. I don't right now where I got that information, I thought for a census record. I also got some of my information from a lady that did genealogy all the time. I don't have Sarah and Jonas having a daughter Lura. I would like to exchange info with you. Do you need any thing on Benjamin and Catherine? I need correct info on the Johnson's. I have 5 children: William J; Louisa A; Osker; Robert A.; and Adella who is married to John W. Little. That is about all I have on them. I would be glad to hear from anyone on this family. Thanks! Ruth

I too have a Benjamin Raney born 2 June 1807 married to Catherine Towell born 6 Feb 1807. They were married 30 October 1827 in Sumner County, Tennessee. I have their daughter Sarah C. Raney married to Jonas F. Johnson. I don't right now where I got that information, I thought for a census record. I also got some of my information from a lady that did genealogy all the time. I don't have Sarah and Jonas having a daughter Lura. I would like to exchange info with you. Do you need any thing on Benjamin and Catherine? I need correct info on the Johnson's. I have 5 children: William J; Louisa A; Osker; Robert A.; and Adella who is married to John W. Little. That is about all I have on them. I would be glad to hear from anyone on this family. Thanks! Ruth

The parents of Celia Clampett were Jonathan Clampett and Drucilla Rogers. I have more information on all of them if needed. John Clampett.

Hi Lists, Does anybody have access to 1850 Census?? I would appreciated so much if you can tell me who is living in 1850 Census. What is the names of the households? 280A--Ventress 174A--Vertrees Will it say the color of race? Mine is white race. Many thank if you can help me. Sincerely, Teresa

Hello, I'm looking for information on William Carl (W.C.) Cole. b abt 1828 in TN. He married Sarah Ramsey on April 14, 1857 in Allen Co. Ky. He is listed as having property in Sumner Co. TN, District 12 in 1878. W.C had a brother named Amos Cole (b. 1826) who married Sarah Alexander. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Jennifer West Brown Jennibwn@aol.com

The obit for Thelma Anne Cummings is in today's Nashville Tennessean. Very interesting for people in the area of the Sumner/Davidson Co. line. http://tennessean.com/

Copied from a post to another list: > > I have just discovered that the SSA is raising the price by 286% for the most valuable tool that genealogists request, the SS-5 form, Original Application for SS Number... > > It is going up from its present $7 to $27, effective 1 July 2001. > Reference: <http://www.ssa.gov/foia/foia_guide.htm#_Toc517745431> > > This is untenable, since many people who do genealogy are older retired folks on fixed income... and this large increase appears to be intended to discourage the public from access to documents under the Freedom of Information Act. > > How can it cost $27 to receive a request, then make and mail a copy of the one page document??? ...Government is not intended to be making a profit... The $7 seems high, when you actually evaluate the task...and Researching costs more...Could it be that they have some awfully high paid clerks...and/or interns...??? > > Since anything can be proven by statistics, I don't believe their "analysis" but you might want to make your representatives in Congress aware of this... > > Senate Addresses <http://www.senate.gov/> > > House Addresses <http://www.house.gov/> > > President George W. Bush: <president@whitehouse.gov> > Vice President Dick Cheney: <vice.president@whitehouse.gov> > Assistant-Secretary for HHS: <Sandra.Eubanks-Brown@hhs.gov> > > Notify all your Genealogical buddies, too??? We all need to write... > PaulineGet more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com