I know this is a very old thread but I just found out, from Cousin richard Wilson that the answer is yes, my great grandfather was John Smith Haws. Thanks so very much. I know have my Campbell connection. Jim Sue Maxwell wrote: > Jim, > John S. Haws; is he John Smith Haws grandson of Hugh Campbell and Susana > Rosel McWhirter? Have you determined who his father is if he is John Smith, > is his mother was Nancy Campbell. Also you posted an interest in the > surname Farnsworth a few day ago. Is this any connection to Agnes Jameson > and George Farnsworth. I do have a connection to all of these families > from the John Williams & John Williams Jr. families. Have we corresponded > before. Also their descendants (the Williams & Seehorn's) did leave > Washington county for Iowa County, Iowa. > Sue Maxwell > Glendale, Arizona > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Hawes <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, October 11, 1999 6:31 PM > Subject: Re: [TNWASHIN] Re: leaving Washington Co., TN for Iowa Co., Iowa > > >I wish folks would sign their messages because I have no clue who you are > but > >my great great grandmother Nancy Wilson Haws married John Beals, in > Jonesboro, > >after the death of her first husband, John S. Haws, in 1863 during the war. > >They moved to Iowa City, Iowa. Both Nancy and John Beals are buried in Iowa > >City. Any connection to your lines? > >Respectfully, > >Jim Hawes <HAWS, WILSON, DOUGLAS, HYDER, SIMERLY, HUGHES, LAUGEL, RUCH, > RAUCH, > >RAM, WEBER, GRASS, SCHMIDT, CARLSON, and others> > > > >[email protected] wrote: > > > >> We have some of those Washington folks that went to Iowa in 1800s or > early > >> 1900s. Their names were Campbells and Beals - > >> Anyone share these names from Jonesboro, TN area? > >> > >> ==== TNWASHIN Mailing List ==== > >> Washington Co TNGenWeb: http://www.tngenweb.org/washington/ > >> Jonesborough TNGenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tncjones/ > > > > > > > > > >==== TNWASHIN Mailing List ==== > >To Unsubscribe: Send message to [email protected] with the > only > >message being: unsubscribe. If you are in the Digest mode, it will be > >[email protected] > > > > > > ==== TNWASHIN Mailing List ==== > Find Your Ancestors in Tombstone Transcriptions at: > Washington County TNGenWeb Site: http://www.tngenweb.org/washington/