This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XiB.2ACI/172.361.362.646.5.2.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I asked about Cook's in Anderson County because I remember as a child which was a very long time ago a Cook family lived very close to my grandparents, Mrs, Cook had passed eariler and Mr. Cook lived alone so my grandfather would check on him. I will look up the first name on old papers I have around. Several years ago I had an antique shop and sometimes bought the leftovers from estates. A large box about the size of a washing machine had lots of letters and old papers in it. I saw Palestine, TX on some of the envelopes and became excited as I found papers that involved my grandfather Cole and my great grandfather Harden who was a merchant in Frankston. The saw mill was managed by my grandfather and was owned by the Platter Family. My aunt still lived in Frankston and she showed me where everyone lived. How did this stuff get to me ? I cannot explain but I know there was a reason. I will probably donate it to the Historical Society as there are Deeds,letters about when oil was discovered there and much more.I will look for something on you family. Linda

Your mention of a Harden great grandfather in Anderson County caught my eye. Below is a bit of info about my great-great grandfather who was in Anderson County by 1850. Most of my info is from census Samuel D. HARDIN/EN/ING b. Aug., 1822 TN By 1850 I find him in Anderson Co., TX in the household of his sister, Medlina?(Melinda), and brother-in-law, James William PETERS/PETTUS. Also there is his mother Margaret R.or B. I found in the 1840 census of Bedford Co., TN a Margaret HARDIN as head of household with a daughter in house. These ages fit "my Margaret" and her daughter. In the 1860 census for Anderson Co., TX I find him married to Catherine?(possibly MOSLEY/MOSELEY since on the 1850 census, a Catherine MOSLEY/MOSELEY was the only unmarried "Catherine" in the county in the correct age range and was shown about 3 households away from where Sam lived in 1850.On the 1860 census they are shown with 4 children with birth years from about 1852 to 1860. Did Catherine die from complications of the birth of the last child? By the 1870 census of Anderson Co., TX he was married to Mary Isabella WYLIE, and they are shown with 2 children in the household of Thomas GARLAND. I believe they later parented 3 other children. Mary died 12-31-1872 after they relocated to Erath Co., TX.. The 1880 and 1900 census show him in Erath Co., TX with yet another wife, Jemima Jane GAILEY and I show they produced 7 children. I didn't find him after 1900, so I suppose he died between 1900-1910. My great-grandmother was a child of the first marriage. With this many wives and children, there should be at least another descendant searching him!! Any chance of a connection? From: <linda804@sbcglobal.net> To: <TXANDERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 5:02 PM Subject: [[TXANDERS]] Re: Willingham Family in Anderson, TX > my great grandfather Harden who was a merchant in Frankston. > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.0/167 - Release Date: 11/11/2005