Hello, Would someone please tell me where Dist # & is located at in 1880? I am trying to pin point exactly what town my gggrandfather was living. Thank you for any help. Also I have J.G. Payne buried in Nolan Cemetery also know as the McDowell Cemetery and his pic of his grave site. This is a great find for me, but question is, would the caretakers have the cause of his death? It was March 1897. Thank you in advance. Sherry AZ

--- Charlene Mann <charlenemann@yahoo.com> wrote: > Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 20:40:23 -0700 (PDT) > From: Charlene Mann <charlenemann@yahoo.com> > Subject: Thomas Jefferson Stephens > To: TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com > > Sorry about the previous email without a message.... > I > am looking for any information about my grandfather, > Thomas Jefferson Stephens. He stated that he was > born > in Alabama in 1866, but he must have come to Bell > County shortly after that. All of my other > grandparents, the Wellhausens, Hambricks and > Beauchamps were from Bell county and I have their > lines back to the 1500's and 1700's, but can't get > this grandparent's info. He lived in the Killeen, > Little Elm Bottom area and married my grandmother in > 1895. They raised their children around there and > both are buried in the Killeen City Cemetery. Any > help would be greatly appreciated. > Charlene Wellhausen Mann > > ===== > Charlene Wellhausen Mann > 15010 Bay Cliff > San Antonio, TX 78233 > (210) 967-6583 > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from > anywhere! > http://mail.yahoo.com/ > ===== Charlene Wellhausen Mann 15010 Bay Cliff San Antonio, TX 78233 (210) 967-6583 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/

Sorry about the previous email without a message.... I am looking for any information about my grandfather, Thomas Jefferson Stephens. He stated that he was born in Alabama in 1866, but he must have come to Bell County shortly after that. All of my other grandparents, the Wellhausens, Hambricks and Beauchamps were from Bell county and I have their lines back to the 1500's and 1700's, but can't get this grandparent's info. He lived in the Killeen, Little Elm Bottom area and married my grandmother in 1895. They raised their children around there and both are buried in the Killeen City Cemetery. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Charlene Wellhausen Mann ===== Charlene Wellhausen Mann 15010 Bay Cliff San Antonio, TX 78233 (210) 967-6583 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/

===== Charlene Wellhausen Mann 15010 Bay Cliff San Antonio, TX 78233 (210) 967-6583 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/

===== Charlene Wellhausen Mann 15010 Bay Cliff San Antonio, TX 78233 (210) 967-6583 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/

What a find, Nancy. Congratulations! Your offer to post info for others is very generous. Do you think this would be something that would be good to transcribe for our archives? Thanks for participating... Joe D. Deaver BellCoTX Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell ancestry@deaver.com -----Original Message----- From: Nancy Harwood [mailto:ndhar@ix.netcom.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 7:01 AM To: TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TXBELL-L] Great-grandmother's daybooks Saturday I fell heir to a family treasure -- my great-grandmother's "daybooks," a series of several ledgers in which she had written little notes about the weather and other daily happenings. This great-grandmother was Lucy Vickers, wife of Henry E. Vickers; they lived in the Oenaville/Seaton area from about 1876 until the late 1920s. The books cover a period from 1922 until her death in 1931; I haven't had time to read many of the entries, but have noticed that she notes things like which farmer had the first bale of cotton for the area, going into Temple to Cheeves' to "do some trading," etc. Many of the entries deal with the weather, and most are family-oriented, but there are some mentions of neighbors, deaths and funerals, etc. As I come across names that may be of interest to others on this list, I'll be glad to post them if y'all would like. Nancy Harwood ==== TXBELL Mailing List ==== Boards Are Available At The Bell County Page To Post Bible Records, Wills, Pensions, Obituaries, And Biographies, And For Surname Queries.

Does anyone have any information about this cemetery? Has a survey been done? It is possible that some of my children's ancestors are buried there. Looking for names Martinec and Jecmenek in particular. Margaret McCleskey, Arlington, TX

Dear Dorothy, This E-mail reminded me of what the "journal" of Levina Jones might have been like. You recall that I came across an entry typed out ( about her sorrow about loosing so many of her family to early and untimely deaths) and you told me that you had typed it but did now know where the journal now was or what it might have contained. I do hope that it shows up again some day. I am now in the midst of my multi-day radioactive gallium scan. Full results perhaps the middle of next week. RON ( read on below - - I keep check on Bell County, TX because Hardy used to live there) ----- Original Message ----- From: Nancy Harwood To: TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 5:01 AM Subject: [TXBELL-L] Great-grandmother's daybooks Saturday I fell heir to a family treasure -- my great-grandmother's "daybooks," a series of several ledgers in which she had written little notes about the weather and other daily happenings. This great-grandmother was Lucy Vickers, wife of Henry E. Vickers; they lived in the Oenaville/Seaton area from about 1876 until the late 1920s. The books cover a period from 1922 until her death in 1931; I haven't had time to read many of the entries, but have noticed that she notes things like which farmer had the first bale of cotton for the area, going into Temple to Cheeves' to "do some trading," etc. Many of the entries deal with the weather, and most are family-oriented, but there are some mentions of neighbors, deaths and funerals, etc. As I come across names that may be of interest to others on this list, I'll be glad to post them if y'all would like. Nancy Harwood ==== TXBELL Mailing List ==== Boards Are Available At The Bell County Page To Post Bible Records, Wills, Pensions, Obituaries, And Biographies, And For Surname Queries.

Saturday I fell heir to a family treasure -- my great-grandmother's "daybooks," a series of several ledgers in which she had written little notes about the weather and other daily happenings. This great-grandmother was Lucy Vickers, wife of Henry E. Vickers; they lived in the Oenaville/Seaton area from about 1876 until the late 1920s. The books cover a period from 1922 until her death in 1931; I haven't had time to read many of the entries, but have noticed that she notes things like which farmer had the first bale of cotton for the area, going into Temple to Cheeves' to "do some trading," etc. Many of the entries deal with the weather, and most are family-oriented, but there are some mentions of neighbors, deaths and funerals, etc. As I come across names that may be of interest to others on this list, I'll be glad to post them if y'all would like. Nancy Harwood

I am interested in the 1880 census. He should be married to Alice Pruett Moore. My gr-grandmother was born in Davilla in 1884. I don't know of any siblings, so I suppose it's possible that he is single at that point.

Hello all, I have spent the better part of my research time in the last two years familiarizing myself with the branch of the John MILLS Quaker line from John>Henry>Aaron down to Seth and Charity THORNBURG MILLS that went from NC>KY>Wayne Co., IN>Washington CO., AR. You can see what I have documented on my website: <http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~jmbhome/2martha.html#John> Most of Seth and Charity's 13 children went to AR with the parents abt. 1837-ish, then in the 1840's at least four lived awhile in Dade Co., MO. First Aaron L. Mills & Pamelia SAMUELS MILLS and Henry & Millie (Permilla) REED MILLS settled 35 miles of Springfield west on the head of Limestone Creek. Later Enos & Edith MANKINS MILLS followed as did John and Sarah MILLS CAMP. In Nov. 1848, Henry died intestate, then in Nov. 1849, Enos died intestate as well. Henry's estate was settled by wife Millie's relative, Jacob REED - I don't know the relationship here, father brother or cousin, I assume). Enos MILLS' estate was settled by Sylvester MASSEY, son of Enos' elder sister Mary Ann MILLS MASSEY. Mary Ann's husband has died and she is married to 2nd husband, Joseph THOMPSON and they have settled in Belton, Bell Co., TX. In 1850, Aaron with brother Seth went to CA after gold and Aaron died on the return trip. In the 1850 Dade Co., MO census, both widows of the brothers and their children show up in the Census (Edith's children are Martha Jane [I am 99.9% sure this will prove to be my gg grandmother, but I want the proof!], Lydia, William Riley, Henry, Lucinda Charity & Enos - Millie's children are Seth, Phineas, Cristena, Rebecca and Thomas). Edith's young son Enos is 5 mos. old, born after his father died and named for his deceased father. By 1852, a letter from Seth states that "Out of seven brothers there is but two of us left." Those two are Seth and Jacob. By 1860 Henry's wife had gone back to Washington Co., AR and may have married James Dickinson (found a record, but haven't verified it is the same woman - too many repeated names;]). By 1853, Sylvester & Perlina SKEEN MASSEY have settled a land claim in Oregon. Jacob was "killed by bushwhackers" in 1862 and Seth also died in the Civil War, but of measles, not combat. Seth and Charity THORNBURG MILLS remain all this time in Washington Co., AR and do not die until the mid-1870s. Their lives are very well documented. Mary Ann MILLS MASSEY THOMPSON dies in 1884 in TX. At this point, of the 13 children, only Rachel MILLS VAN HOOSE and Lettie Elizabeth MILLS LEWIS survive and both live until their deaths in Washington Co., AR. Rachel dies in 1886 and Lettie in 1913. Stories of both of these families are very well documented locally. MY QUESTION: What happened to the wives and children of the brothers? I am specifically interested in what happened to EDITH MANKINS MILLS and her children, but am curious about the others as well to round out the whole story of this family. I can find no traces of them after that 1850 Census. Edith is the daughter of John Bracken & Mary "Polly" SLOAN MANKINS (she is sometimes confused with her Aunt Edith who is 11 years older and the daughter of Peter MANKINS Sr.). I know Mary "Polly" Sloan had died and John had remarried Matilda GIBSON MANKINS by 1839 and they were also in Washington Co., AR. By 1864, John marries a third wife, Lydia BOYD MILLS in Tulare Co., CA. Then in 1869 he marries a 4th time, to Jane WOOD MILLS. He dies in 1876. His other children were Rachel (m. FINE), Lydia, Elizabeth (m. FINE and YOSE), Peter P., Walter W., John Bracken, Jr., & Samuel Walter Mankins. I know Rachel MANKINS FINE went to Bosque Co., TX, but I don't know much about the rest of them and wonder if any of you do - it seems someone emailed me not to long ago about the FINEs and YOSE/YOES families, but I'll be durned if I can find it.... My suppositions from all this are: 1) It is possible that Edith remarried (the chances of a 28 year old woman with 6 children ages 0-10 surviving on her own in the 1850's are slim) 2) It is possible she went to TX or OR or CA (but I can find no evidence) with members of either the Mankins, Massey or Mills lines 3) It is also possible that all the boys died in the Civil War as they would have been fighting age by then. I know there are folks on these lists with ties to these families. I would appreciate you taking a look through what you have for any clues! The only child so far whose line is documented to have survived is that of Lucinda Charity MILLS who married James Marion RAMEY. They stayed in Washington Co., AR. You can see all the children of this marriage on my website. I have recently met a descendant of this line however, she is struggling with me to learn what happened to Edith and the rest of the children along with me. I have one more clue. I found an Obit in Washington Co., AR for 1885 for a Mrs. E.A. MILLS. It reads: Fayetteville Democrat, 23 July 1885 lists: "MILLS, Mrs. E.A. - Mrs. E.A. Mills committed suicide last Sunday by jumping on front of the train while crossing the high trestle just beyond Avoca in Benton county. She had been to Texas and before starting back wrote a letter to Mr. A. S. GREGG in regard to some land in this county which she had disposed of in which she expressed the opinion that she and her children would not live to get home. She was raised in this county, was a highly respectable lady and her unfortunate death is mourned by many friends." I suspect this is Edith MANKINS MILLS, daughter of John BRACKEN MANKINS & Mary "Polly" SLOAN. She was the widow of Enos MILLS (son of Seth and Charity THORNBURG MILLS who died intestate in Dade Co., MO in 1849). The Gregg family owned a mill (known later as the Lee Mill) at the shoals north of "Perry Hole" near Middle Fork River, in the White River Township/Sulphur City area. It was in this area that Seth MILLS donated part of his farmland to build the Primitive Baptist Church, a school and a cemetery. Carter's Store, affiliated with the RAMEY family is in the same area. If anyone has information to support or dismiss this, please let me know! TIA.... Jana Black

I am looking for anyone who is researching this two names. The time frame would be from about 1880 to present. Margaret McCleskey

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Thanks to Gina Heffernan, the 1930 Bell County births are now online: ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/bell/vitals/births/1930/bellb30.txt Thanks Gina! Joe D. Deaver BellCoTX Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell ancestry@deaver.com

The Texas Cemetery Inscription Search Engine has been added to CemSEARCH and can be accessed from http://www.obitcentral.com/cemsearch/ Thanks, Bill Cribbs Bell Co., TX Obituary Search Engine http://www.obitcentral.com/obitsearch/counties/tx-bell.htm CemSEARCH http://www.obitcentral.com/cemsearch/ ShipSEARCH http://www.obitcentral.com/shipsearch/ Obituary Archive Search Engine http://www.obitcentral.com/obitsearch/ The Obituary Links Page http://www.geocities.com/cribbswh/obit/ States of the Union http://www.cribbs.net/states/ Always Searching http://www.cribbs.net/as/

Searching for a death record for a James Brinson Merchant d.1842 buried Bell Plains Ceme just outside of Salado TX. Would like to find the names to his parents. His wifes name Mahulda (Swain) Merchant. Their son John W. Mercahnt d. Nov 1892 also buried in the Bells Plains Ceme. Would like to find his m. record & family he had. They were in the 1850 Smith Co census before coming to Bell Co. Thank you, Jackie Kirby Tonkawa,OK

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Thought this might interest some of you... Joe ============================================= CENSUS TO SCAN AND STORE ALL CENSUS RESPONSES Archivist of the United States, John W. Carlin, announced last week that the scanned image files of individual responses to the 2000 Decennial Census will become part of the permanent records of the 2000 Census. The individual Census Record File, Master Address File, and numerous summary statistic data files are already scheduled to become permanent records at the National Archives. These digital images, which will not be made available to the public until 2072, will be transferred to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) from the Census Bureau in 2010. NARA currently holds microfilmed copies of the census records from 1790 through 1920. These records are available at the National Archives Building in Washington, DC, as well as NARA's regional facilities. The 1930 census will be released on microfilm on April 1, 2002.