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/CkB.2ACI/2295.1 Message Board Post: I will check the county clerks office tomorrow and let you know what I find.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Thompson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CkB.2ACI/2296 Message Board Post: I am trying to verify this family in Bell Co. Henry S. Thompson bn. 1867 d. 9-29-1933 Leila Duncan Thompson bn. 1873 d. 1-27-1956 buried in Pendleton Cem. Bell Co Tx Would like a lookup for an obit. or any other information on this family. Could you possibly check death certificates, funeral home records, etc. I have a Henry S Thompson in my family line and need to know his parents name to see if this is the right one. Thank you, Ed Thompson

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Potter Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CkB.2ACI/2295 Message Board Post: Looking for burial, or any other, information on George Washington Potter born about 1850 in Georgia (son of William Potter) and died June 1925 in Bell County, TX.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: PORTR, LOCKLIN, LARGE, HODGE, THOMAS, SMITH Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/CkB.2ACI/2294 Message Board Post: Looking for further information on the following family and their descendants. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Family Group Record for Joe L. PORTER ================================================================================ Husband: Joe L. PORTER ================================================================================ AKA: DOC Born: 1875 Christened: Died: 1940 Buried: 1940 - North Belton Cemetery, Belton, Bell Co., TX Marriage: Place: ================================================================================ Wife: Nola Maranda LOCKLIN ================================================================================ Born: 1881 - Milam Co., TX Christened: Died: 10 Sep 1975 Buried: After 10 Sep 1975 - North Belton Cemetery, Belton, Bell Co., TX Father: Samuel Griffith LOCKLIN (1855-1942) Mother: Sarah Frances LARGE (1859-1940) ================================================================================ Children ================================================================================ 1 M Joe L. PORTER Jr. Born: 1902 Christened: Died: 1951 Buried: 1951 - North Belton Cemetery, Belton, Bell Co., TX Spouse: Mayoma THOMAS (1908-1968) Marr. Date: Spouse: Marr. Date: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 F Ora Lee PORTER Born: 19 Oct 1903 Christened: Died: 30 Dec 1991 Buried: Spouse: Seymoure HODGE (1903-1976) Marr. Date: Spouse: Marr. Date: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Events -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Graduation, Belton High School, 20 May 1920 - Alma Reeves Chapel, Baylor College 2. Social Security Number, 467-26-0042 - TX -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 F Nola Frances PORTER Born: 14 Dec 1913 Christened: Died: Buried: Spouse: Clifford H. SMITH (1912-1998) Marr. Date: Spouse: Marr. Date: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I have made a few updates to the Bell County website. Still have a few more updates to the surname list, so please wait until those are complete before submitting new requests. The obituary archives from the Temple Daily Telegram are now up to date. Cemetery section is next. http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell/whatsnew.htm Joe D. Deaver TXBELL Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell

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/CkB.2ACI/2293 Message Board Post: Is there someone reading this who might have played on a girls' volleyball team in 1935 from Salado? My mother, Eva Allamon (later, Lamberth), coached the team and I have a picture. I would love to have all the players identified. There are 9 women other than my mother in the picture wearing dark shorts, white shirts with an "S" on the front. The girl in the middle of the front row is holding a ball with a trophy sitting on the top of it. Thanks for any help.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: RATHER, HARRIS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CkB.2ACI/2292 Message Board Post: C. C. (possibly Christopher Columbus) RATHER and Susan M. (Mattie) HARRIS married between 1855 and 1860 believe in Bell County, Texas. They had six children: 1. J. E. Rather 2. John Walker Rather (b Oct 1860; m Minnie B. Hague 1888, Kaufman Co. TX) 3. William E. Rather b abt 1863 4. Luda Rather, b abt 1869, married Allan Dow, date unknown 5. Maude Rather b abt 1872, married Ed E. Sinclair, date unknown. These are buried in North Belton Cementery, but no dates listed. 6. Haywood Rather (male), b abt 1874 I would appreciate anyone who is in the courthouse searching the old marriage records checking for any or all of the above. Thank you for this assistance. Ann Gary Researching descendants of James B. (Bright) and Clementine G. Smith HARRIS. James B. Harris was a Cumberland Presbyterian Minister in Belton prior to his death 1879,

David, On their way to Texas from Virginia my ancestors spent some time in Arkansas, Drew and Jefferson Counties mainly. Alfred D. Galloway, a Methodist minister, is my ancestor. Alfred and his family were in Drew Co. in the 1850/60s and I believe he was a Captian in the CSA, although I haven't tried to varify that information. One of Alfred's daughters was Frances Evelyn Galloway who married BF Patton, a Justice of the Peace in Drew County. One of their children was Amanda Jane Patton who married John Thomas Eager in Jefferson County, Arkansas. One of John Thomas and Amanda Jane Eager's children was Thomas Patton Eager, my grandfather, who married Dora Matilda Underwood in Bell County, Tx in 1908. One of their children is my mother Hazel Louise Eager who married Rudolf John Petrek (name change to Patrick later) and these are my parents. I was born in Bell County in 1936. John Thomas Eager's father was John ronimus eager who married Mary Ann Thomas in Ms. John ronimus and his wife had a large number of children. His oldest son, William Dallas Eager fought in the Civil War in the CSA along with his younger brother, a drummer boy, whose name was Josephus James"JJ" Eager. John ronimus Eager's grandfather was Robert John Eager who died in the Revolutionary War while serving in Col. Daniel Morgan's Frontier Rifle Company. I suppose John Ronimus couldn't find it in himself to fight against the country his grandfather died to help create so he went back to Ohio where his family owned and operated The Eager Inn and assisted with the underground railroad. He is buried in the Federal Section of the Oakwood Civil War cemetery in Waco. In 1884, John Ronimus and several of his sons and daughters along with their families moved from Arkansas to Texas settling in Riesel near Waco and Temple. Other than Amanda Jane 'Galloway' Eager I am not certain how many of the Galloway family finally ended up in Texas. If you think this might be your family I sure would be interested in who came to Texas and where they finally settled. Ihope this may be of some assistance. George Patrick of Austin

Three of the maiden names that have married into the KNIGHT family were HENDERSON, Mary Jane - (born about 1886), ROWE M L - (born about 1925, May be still living) & McCARN, J A - (Probably still living). If this rings a bell with anyone please email me. Thanks to everyone. Wendy - WLVJ

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Galloway Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/4300/CkB.2ACI/2285.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you for your response. Since I made the original posting I was able to find him under various spellings in the above-named census records. If you have anything on this particular Galloway family please let me know. If you could provide me with Galloway marriages before 1900 in Travis County, TX that would be very helpful. David C. Galloway

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Galloway Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/4300/CkB.2ACI/2291 Message Board Post: Thank you for your response. Since I made the original posting I was able to find him under various spellings in the above-named census records. If you have anything on this family, please let me know.

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/CkB.2ACI/2285.1 Message Board Post: I think you will find them at the following: 1900 Manor, Travis Co. p. 30 1910 McLennan Co. p. 36 1920 Corpus, Nueces Co. p. 196 1930 Bell Co. near Brookhaven, northwest of Belton. Community is now under Lake Belton.

I must have missed the initial e-mail on this Hilliard family being struck by lightning. My JARRELL family has a Hilliard connection that was also struck by lightning. I wonder if it is the same family. Would you know if there is a connection to a Jarrell Family or maybe a Brown Family that is connected to the Jarrell Family and then connected to Hilliard. Confusing but I can't lay my hands on my JARRELL notebook right this minute. Thanks Jackie famtree43@aol.com wrote: 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/CkB.2ACI/1933.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks, I didn't have the Louise, TX info. He died in Europe 1 Nov 1918 and is buried in Arlington National Cem in Washington, DC....so sad....gerry rollins ==== TXBELL Mailing List ==== Please Keep Messages To Matters of Bell County Genealogy Or History Interest! Don't Send Attachments To Postings. --------------------------------- Sneak preview the all-new Yahoo.com. It's not radically different. Just radically better.

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/CkB.2ACI/1933.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks, I didn't have the Louise, TX info. He died in Europe 1 Nov 1918 and is buried in Arlington National Cem in Washington, DC....so sad....gerry rollins

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Lowther Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CkB.2ACI/2290 Message Board Post: Would like an obit look-up for Nellie Mae Lowther. Date of Birth is 22 Sept. 1881 and Date of Death is 15 March 1966. She lived in Temple, Bell County, Texas. Many thanks.

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/CkB.2ACI/1933.2.1 Message Board Post: Henry H. Hillyard, 90th Division, 360th Infantry, Co. C. Recruit from Louise, Tex.

Kathy, Thank you so very much for your info.. No, this isn't the same family. At least no that I know of, maybe down the line somewhere, but hose names do not ring any bells. This family seems to be from Bell County-I think Temple, in that area. Thanks Again, Wendy - WLVJ

I was actually researching my maiden name, but was drawn to my son's biological family name of KNIGHT. (I always seem to get side tracked for my kids). Any information would be greatly appreciated so that I may let him know of his true roots. My ex-husband's biological name was KNIGHT, but he was adopted by a man with the last name CARROLL. His mother's name was Mouser and she married a KNIGHT in 1966-according to records-divorcing in 1971. They had 3 children together, 2 boys and a girl. I know of the first names but will not mention them out of respect. (Thank You, Ms. Russell) But if anybody follows these last names please help me out. It seems that Mr. Knight has married since then and may very likely have other children also. I would love to be able to make a connection, not personally but just to say what a small world it is and that Mr. KNIGHT has a grandson here. Thanks Much, Wendy WLVJ

Is it alright to use first names of living?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Brooks, Allman, Pittman Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CkB.2ACI/298.1 Message Board Post: I think that Joab Brooks may be related to my Comfort Jane Brooks. She married (1) Thomas P. Allman 10/14/1847 in Marshall Co., MS. Then she married (2) David J. Pittman 3/1/1866 in Sevier Co., ARK. I couldn't help but notice that one of Joab and Florence's kids was named Aureba Comfort Brooks and another David Pittman Brooks. Comfort Jane Brooks Allman Pittman was born in Tn (if my memory serves me correctly) per census records. Please contact me