New to list Does anyone have a Mary Annie Belle Turner, born 23 Oct. 1879 in Hardin County, TN. She married James Alexander Cook (Jim) on August 18, 1895. She died on June 30, 1912, and is buried in Pisgah Cemetary in Hardin County, TN. Her husband remarried and when he died he was buried in Calhoun County, MS. After her death, he married again to Annie Sowell and moved to Banner, Calhoun Co., MS. The children of Mary Turner Cook and Jim Cook were: 1. Herbert Cook 2. Baby Boy Cook 3. Elnara Cook 4. Mattie Ophelia Cook 5. Jimmie Martin Cook 6. Winfred Sutton Cook 7. Minnie Annie Belle Cook (died at 2 years old) 8. Baby Boy Cook 9. Baby Boy Cook (some of the above may be of the second wife, but I do know that #6 was from Mary Turner Cook) My grandmother has a LARGE portrait of her so they seem to have been either quite well off for the time or had a cheap photographer. They were a farming family in both Tennessee and Mississippi. I also know that my great grandfather, one of the children, was born in McNairy County, TN, so they might have moved there after marriage. She was part Indian, but I don't know for sure who her parents were. Two possible suspects are buried in the same cemetary as she and have birth and death dates that make them her possible parents. They are: Eriah S. (b. 1-11-1848 and d. 12-16-1932) Mercia J. (b. 2-12-1868 and d. 12-31-1930) These are the only Turners in the cemetary. Does anyone have info on the above family from Hardin County, TN. I am at a brick wall and have been trying to prove Indian blood so that I can go for the American Indian College Fund, as I am a student. If anyone can help or knows someone who can help please email me or post to the list. Also if anyone has a census for this time period in Hardin County or a surrounding county (or county in Mississippi). Thanks so much Mr. Robby McCain Oxford, MS (but a Water Valley, MS address) ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com