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Is anyone familiar with a Mrs. L. J. Bishop of Killeen, who would have been living there in 1894? Her name could be Lucia or Lizzie. At that time, she had a mother, Mrs. M. Small, in Tunnel Hill, GA, who owned a grocery store in Macon, GA. I have someone looking for info about or descendents of Mrs. Bishop. Thanks! Joe D. Deaver BellCoTX Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell ancestry@deaver.com

Information received from a fellow TX researcher: Texas Probate list in the making. This is a project in progress. I was impressed reading who is doing the data entry. <http://three-legged-willie.org/texas.htm> I found it slow loading on my old computer but in my brief check I did find at least one name to explore further . Jonelle Ellis Russell

Please respond directly to Mary Ann if you have any information on this query. Thanks! Joe D. Deaver BellCoTX Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell ancestry@deaver.com -----Original Message----- From: Bob Fitzgerald [mailto:mbfitz@smithsys.net] Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2000 5:02 PM To: ancestry@deaver.com Subject: Cemetery location for Major Thomas H. Jones & Louisa Jones I'm needing assistance in locating the cemetery in Salado for Major Thomas H. Jones and his wife, Louisa Morgan McGehee Jones. They were married in Salado on 14 Feb 1866. Thank you for your time and assistance. Mary Ann Fitzgerald

If you have any information on Marilyn's query, please respond directly to her, since she may not necessarily be subscribed to the list. I noticed that we do not yet have Greathouse cemetary transcribed. Thanks! Joe D. Deaver BellCoTX Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell ancestry@deaver.com ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Marilyn Smith" <stormy@fone.net> Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 15:54:55 -0600 We have a grandfather buried at Greathouse Cemetery s. of Temple. What is the best way to go about getting information on him and how could I get a death certificate on him. His name was Joseph Novey and he died in August of 1926. Any information you could give me I would appreciate it. I think that his wife Jessie Novey is also buried in this cemetery. Marilyn Smith

Forwarded from Bill Bost. Please reply directly to Betty if you have any information on this query, as I don't believe she is subscribed to the list. Thanks! Joe D. Deaver BellCoTX Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell ancestry@deaver.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <DBD1959@aol.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 3:12 PM Subject: Surnames Did Elizabeth Reed and her husband live in Bell County before 1846. They had 5 children. Their names are Julia, Henry, Milam, Volumnia, and Emily. Are there any Reed's from this family line still living in Bell County? John Chenoweth lived in Bell County according to the 1870 census. His brother, Vince Chenoweth also lived there. Do you have any information about either in your history or genealogy resources? Please let me know or who I may contact to obtain this information. Thank you. Betty Cheneyworth

Okay, I checked the Belton Library for a copy of the Obituary for "Pink", and I found it on microfilm, but unfortunately, our library does not have a printer for the microfilm reader. So, since it was rather lengthy, I have the following abstracted information for you..... The Belton Journal July 9, 1931 W. P. Denman Died at his home on Monday, July 6th at 4 pm. Born in Harrison County in 1862 and lived there 9 years. Moved in 1871 to Bell County with his parents. Remained in Bell county throughout his life. Was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Belton. He was a Deputy Sheriff of Bell county, and was the County Commissioner of Precint 1 for 16 years. He is well known for his participation in all the great roads in Bell County. He ran for Representative for Bell county, but did not get appointed. Although he did fill a vacancy for 1 session. At the time of his death he was a Claim Agent for the Santa Fe Railroad. (note: Sante Fe has offices in Temple, and there is a museum as well!) He was survived by his wife (name not mentioned), and 3 daughters; Mrs. R.L. Miller, Blue Eyes MO; Mrs. Lewis C. Newman, Tyler; and Mrs. Paul McCormick, Yuma, AZ. Also, 2 sons (note: the article said 2 sons, but 3 were listed!?); W.B. Denman, Belton; R.P. Denman, Paris TX; Sam Denman, Houston. Also survived by 19 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren. Active pallbears; Roy Potts, Edwine Cline, Albert McKay Jr., Otis Baines, T.E. Sanderford, E.L. Upshaw, John R. Bigham (Sheriff), and A. E. Taylor. The names of Honorary pallbearers I will not list, but I can tell you they were the "Who's Who" of Belton at the time! Many of the families still live in this area. I will also tell you that "Pink" and his family lived in the area known as Sparta (right outside of Belton), that was flooded in the 1950's or so, to create Lake Belton. Their bodies were originally buried in Sparta in the Denman cemetery, but were re-buried in Resthaven due to the lake. I also found in a book about the history of Sparta the following tidbit that you might find interesting: "Pink Denman's wife and his Father's third wife were sisters. What is the family Relation? Pink could say - my Father is my brother-in-law. He could say: my Father's children are my brothers and sisters, and that they are also my nephews and nieces. He could say my children and my son's children are cousins and my children and my son's children are uncles and aunts. Is that all?" Also, Moses H. Denman was "Pink's" father, and the cabin that Moses lived in has a historical marker on it, and was moved from it's site at 604 N. Pearl street in Belton, to the Barton House in Salado. (The following is something I found posted at Virtual Texas about the house) The Moses-Denman Cabin is a neighbor of the Boles-Aiken Cabin and was recently moved to this location by the Salado Historical Society as a gift from Robert and Doris Denman. Originally the home of Rev. Moses Denman, it was moved to Belton when the Sparta community was submerged during the creation of Lake Belton. Later, it was moved to Troy. The Denmans located the cabin in Troy and moved it next to their home in Salado. When the home was recently sold, the cabin was donated to the Historical Society. It is furnished with authentic pieces from the mid-1800s, many of which came from the personal collection of the donors. Also, there is an area near the lake named Sparta Road, and right off that road there is Denman's Loop, and Denman's Mountain Rd. Hope this helps you. I also found a site at FamilyTreeMaker that showed the Denman family relationships, but when I was sending you this e-mail, FTM site was down. Maybe I can locate it for you later and forward the address. It appears that Moses Denman was a Baptist minister, married 3 times and had a total of 24 children! So you should have lots of kin if these are your people!!! :) Marion in Belton :) In a message dated 5/24/00 10:44:45 PM Central Daylight Time, jmorgan@txdirect.net writes: << I have some notes stating that William P. Denman was a Bell Co. Commissioner between 1907-1922. According to Resthaven Cemetery (outside of Belton, Texas)records he died in 1931. Can anyone help me locate an obituary for him. Thanks. Jackie Morgan >>

I have some notes stating that William P. Denman was a Bell Co. Commissioner between 1907-1922. According to Resthaven Cemetery (outside of Belton, Texas)records he died in 1931. Can anyone help me locate an obituary for him. Thanks. Jackie Morgan

I am looking for information on DENMAN families in Bell County, Texas. Jackie Morgan

Forwarded from former BellCo coordinator Bill Bost. Thanks Bill! Joe D. Deaver BellCoTX Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell/ ancestry@deaver.com ==================================================== FORT HOOD CEMETERIES TO BE OPEN FOR MEMORIAL DAY: May 28 has been set for Memorial Day visits to cemeteries within the Live Fire Training Areas on Fort Hood. Families may visit cemeteries between 0600 (6 AM) and 2000 (8 PM) without area access clearance. Range Control will have guides available to assist families and will monitor cemetery visits to ensure that all visitors are cleared from the Live Fire Training Areas on time. Signs will be posted along roads giving directions to the cemeteries. Roads which may be used to the cemeteries are: East Range Hubbard West Range Owl Creek The Area Access Control Center, located in Building 1941 (telephone 254-287-8398), will be open to provide information, if necessary. For further information, call Larry Ximinez at the Range Control Operations Office at 254-287-9857/3321. Fort Hood "Sentinel", 18 May 2000

You know, that just gave me another idea for the BellCo site. We need to work on a calendar of events section for occasions like reunions. :) Joe D. Deaver BellCoTX Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell ancestry@deaver.com -----Original Message----- From: RKeetch@aol.com [mailto:RKeetch@aol.com] Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2000 6:17 PM To: TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TXBELL-L] Enterprise Newspaper Dear Listers, The Handbook of Texas describes the Troy Enterprise as a weekly newspaper founded about 1892. Does anyone know where copies or microfilm may exist for reference? Also (FYI) there will be a Keetch Reunion at the Troy Community Center on Saturday, May 27. (Maedgen, White, Moore, and related families.) Thanks in advance - Rick Keetch

Dear Listers, The Handbook of Texas describes the Troy Enterprise as a weekly newspaper founded about 1892. Does anyone know where copies or microfilm may exist for reference? Also (FYI) there will be a Keetch Reunion at the Troy Community Center on Saturday, May 27. (Maedgen, White, Moore, and related families.) Thanks in advance - Rick Keetch

I visited these sites today, they're pretty good for relatively recent events. TEXAS BIRTHS http://userdb.rootsweb.com/tx/birth/summary/search.cgi after 1949 http://userdb.rootsweb.com/tx/birth/general/search.cgi 1926-1949 TEXAS DEATHS http://userdb.rootsweb.com/tx/death/search.cgi 1964-1998 -- Gina Gale - researching ARMSTRONG BRAZZIL DISNEY FORREY HEFFERNAN HOLDER MCKINNON MELLEN MILLS O'NEAL PUCKETT RICKERT SENN SHEPHERD SPARKS WILLS and related lines. My genealogy site: http://members.xoom.com/ggah/ My GenLists: http://www.angelfire.com/journal/genlists/index.html My personal site: http://members.xoom.com/lovedarlin/ My dog site: http://members.xoom.com/mannananm/ Never underestimate the power of a dog's love.

FYI, a message from our Rootsweb support folks. Joe D. Deaver ancestry@deaver.com -----Original Message----- Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2000 12:07 PM Subject: Coming Soon: Upgraded listservers Over the next few days and weeks, we'll be upgrading our two oldest listservers. Rather than do this in place, we'll be moving mailing lists from the old servers to the new. In particular, all the mailing lists on lists.rootsweb.com will move to lists5.rootsweb.com and all the mailing lists on lists2.rootsweb.com will move to lists6.rootsweb.com. If your mailing list is on lists.rootsweb.com or lists2.rootsweb.com, what will this mean? Well, hopefully, it won't mean much except a better working mailing list. In fact, if this comes off the way we intend, you won't even notice when it happens. Important points: - No messages will be lost, though some may be delayed for half an hour or so. - No subscribe/unsubscribe commands will be lost, though they may be similarly delayed. <snip> OK, now, where's that U-Haul van and the packing tape? Rolling up her sleeves, Karen RootsWeb Janitorial Services

>From the current issue of online RootsWeb Review: o The TEXAS DEATH RECORDS database contains 3,963,456 records reflecting 163,544 surnames of those who died in Texas during the period 1964-1998. <http://userdb.rootsweb.com/tx/death/search.cgi> Happy Researching, Jonelle Ellis Russell

Per archive coordinator David Morgan, here are the latest additions to the TXGenWeb Bell County digital archives. Enjoy! Joe D. Deaver BellCoTX Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell/ ancestry@deaver.com -----Original Message----- From: David W. Morgan [mailto:dmorgan@efn.org] Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2000 3:59 PM Subject: [TXGENWEB] Recent uploads to the archives, Part 1 New or revised files uploaded to the archives last week, Part 1 <snip> ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/bell/marriage/HTDeaver.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/bell/marriage/jjdeaver.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/bell/obits/2000/may00.txt <snip> dmorgan@efn.org David W. Morgan Honolulu Hawaii http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/txfiles.htm

Thanks Elmer for your timely response. RON JONES ----- Original Message ----- From: Elmer Boutin To: TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 5:13 AM Subject: [TXBELL-L] Re: TXBELL-D Digest V00 #77 I didn't see Hardy, Linnie or Eva Jones in my list of the Moffat Cemetery. However, I did see this name: Linnie Ann Evans, 1895-1958 This may be a match based on the info given. There are two Joneses, but they were born in 1916 and 1944. Elmer <snip> > My g-grandf., > Hardy Jones, moved to near Moffat about 1889 and stayed about 5 years. > Two sons were born here and two daughters may have died here. I am looking > for cemeteries in the Moffat area that may contain the graves of LINNIE and > EVA JONES. Any help would be appreciated - - Ron Jones </snip> Researching: - MI, ONT, PQ - Roberts, Williamson, Patten, Hitzel Lajeunesse, Boutin, Gagne, Gilbert - TX, MEX - Alvara, Patlan, Rios, Acosta -CO, WA - Jenkins, Hanson _______________________________________________________ Get 100% FREE Internet Access powered by Excite Visit http://freelane.excite.com/freeisp ==== TXBELL Mailing List ==== Support Your Local Genealogy Or Historical Society... You Can Often Find Helpful Points Of Contact And Resources There.

I didn't see Hardy, Linnie or Eva Jones in my list of the Moffat Cemetery. However, I did see this name: Linnie Ann Evans, 1895-1958 This may be a match based on the info given. There are two Joneses, but they were born in 1916 and 1944. Elmer <snip> > My g-grandf., > Hardy Jones, moved to near Moffat about 1889 and stayed about 5 years. > Two sons were born here and two daughters may have died here. I am looking > for cemeteries in the Moffat area that may contain the graves of LINNIE and > EVA JONES. Any help would be appreciated - - Ron Jones </snip> Researching: - MI, ONT, PQ - Roberts, Williamson, Patten, Hitzel Lajeunesse, Boutin, Gagne, Gilbert - TX, MEX - Alvara, Patlan, Rios, Acosta -CO, WA - Jenkins, Hanson _______________________________________________________ Get 100% FREE Internet Access powered by Excite Visit http://freelane.excite.com/freeisp

Forwarded for any available list information. Bill Bost ----Original Message Follows---- From: Ron Jones <alohajones@earthlink.net> Subject: Cemeteries near Moffat Date: Tue, 09 May 2000 11:42:02 -0700 Hello, from Fullerton, southern California. I am a new subscriber to the Bell Co Email and I am just starting to research this County. My g-grandf., Hardy Jones, moved to near Moffat about 1889 and stayed about 5 years. Two sons were born here and two daughters may have died here. I am looking for cemeteries in the Moffat area that may contain the graves of LINNIE and EVA JONES. Any help would be appreciated - - Ron Jones ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

Here is a listing from TXGenWeb archive coordinator David Morgan of the recent uploads the Bell County archives. The Val Verde Cemetary file is not new, but had some formatting problems corrected. Looks like Lola Withrow has made arrangements with the Temple Daily Telegram to post recent obituaries to our archives. Great stuff! To see our full archives list, go to: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/bell/belltoc.htm Joe D. Deaver BellCoTX Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell/ ancestry@deaver.com -----Original Message----- From: David W. Morgan [mailto:dmorgan@efn.org] Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2000 2:48 PM Subject: [TXGENWEB] Recent uploads to the archives New or revised files uploaded to the archives last week ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/bell/cemetery/valverde.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/bell/obits/1999/apr99.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/bell/obits/1999/aug99.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/bell/obits/1999/dec99.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/bell/obits/1999/jul99.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/bell/obits/1999/jun99.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/bell/obits/1999/mar99.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/bell/obits/1999/may99.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/bell/obits/1999/nov99.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/bell/obits/1999/oct99.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/bell/obits/1999/sep99.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/bell/obits/2000/apr00.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/bell/obits/2000/feb00.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/bell/obits/2000/jan00.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/bell/obits/2000/mar00.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/bell/vitals/births/1927/bellb27.txt dmorgan@efn.org David W. Morgan Honolulu Hawaii http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ok/okfiles.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/txfiles.htm