I was with my daughter and two oldest granddaughters on vacation at Williamsburg, Virginia on September 11. We were visiting the Carter's Grove plantation and listening to a young black woman give a talk at what had been the slave quarters of the plantation. She was a wonderful speaker and somehow during the course of her talk we knew we were sisters in faith. Suddenly we were interrupted to be told of the first tower being hit. The talk stopped and we had a few minutes of silent prayer as there was concern that not all present even believed in a God to pray to. As we left the area and started driving west through Virginia to the mountains the day was very odd. There were no planes in the sky, no cars on the road until we came to the gate of a military facility. There the cars were lined up filled with people reporting for duty. The last two days of our trip had a very surreal quality. The day we drove home to New England was the day the services were held at the National Cathedral. As we drove up the highway listening to the radio broadcast of the services it was easy to see that everyone else was doing the same thing. It was a very moving time. We passed truckers, big, hardened men driving down the road with tears streaming down their faces. Flags were everywhere, some in the most unexpected places. Like, Kat I was military brat and I know only too well what that day of terror held for our men and women in uniform. As a fifth generation Texan my heart has always been there even though life has taken me many other places, but the best of all places is this country. I am so proud to be an American. My only prayer is that we continue to try be worthy of all the blessings God has rained down upon us. Glynda Logwood Churchill

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A year ago, when tragedy struck, I awoke to a beautiful sunshine filled day. I was planning on calling my Sunday School teacher...it was her birthday. When I turned on the tv, numbness & shock took over, & I couldn't manage much of anything for a while. When I rose off my knees, I saw buildings crumbling, people running everywhere, people jumping from buildings, black smoke, black, black smoke..... I was not surprised by what I saw soon after all was determined to be a terrorist attack. That first day, I saw people reaching out through their outrage--reaching out to help, caring for one another, & already on our street, our United States of America flag was being displayed on homes, ours was the fourth. I've seen patriotism grow again,... and again, I've seen young men go off to war. There has been a bond formed in our neighborhood. We now KNOW our neighbors. While we embrace all that we hold dear: our families, our freedom, our religion, our very lives, let's all strive to preserve this way of life. Hold your dear ones close, & tell them all the stories of your past, & dreams of the future. God Bless, Bettie <><

11 Sept 2001............ I'm not sure any words can fully describe what I felt on 11 September 2001..........I have compared it to many other major attacks on innocent citizens throughout history, and all the emotions are the same....disgust, anger, pain, fear, sympathy...........yet when it is in our lifetime and on our homeland, we feel we are right THERE with those poor victims and we truly agonize in pain for the lost souls and their families............... In the midst of the shock and destruction, we remembered a wonderful thing that we had often been complacent about........a love for our God, our country, our neighbor and our world........I pray Americans will never become complacent, again.....and, through all the fear and pain, I am truly thankful that this tragedy brought America to it's knees before the only One who is always faithful........ We must tell our children and our grandchildren of our memories and our beliefs, so they will have a genuine understanding of the tragedy of 9-11..........and all other atrocities against man and God....... I can not forget what happened to so many innocent victims on 9-11 and I know God will never forget them, either............... Suzy ~ What we do in life echoes in eternity ~

Please send your tributes, etc. to TXBOSQUE-L@rootsweb.com From: "Sherry Stringer" <stringer47@cox-internet.com> My job involves visits to homes and businesses and airborne comes to my house every day to pick up specimens. I was leaving the country club when I heard this horrible announcement on the radio. I thought........this can't be happening, this must be some kind of a drill or something. When I got home my husband was watching the news and the second plane had just flown into the WTC, then the plane at the Pentagon. I was in total shock as was the rest of the world. My prayers went out to all the people and their families. I continued to work knowing that there would not be any planes in the air and airborne would not be here to pick up my specimens. Like I said, I was in total shock. I watched the news and cried most of the day like everyone else. I still cannot believe this horrible thing happened. This is the worst think that has happened in the world in my life time. I take comfort in knowing that God will take care of these families and watch over us. Sherry Stringer/San Angelo, Tx.

From: "Katrina Weis" <kat_weis@hotmail.com> Hi I will start by saying that I am not a poetical person or swift with words but I thought I would share my thoughts. I was lucky enough to be raised in the military and I have wonderful parents who protected me and raised me to be honest true and loyal to my family God and my Nation. I was twice as lucky when I found my wonderful husband who is in the United States Army and we are stationed in Europe. Last year on 9-11 we were sitting in Arizona on emergency leave where his grandmother was dying of cancer. I remember crying because not only did the shock of what happened hit very hard but also the reality of the 2 time in my life having to send someone very close to me to war. Not even 2 weeks later we had to get on a plane and return to Europe. I am fortunate that my husband never had to go. I have never really gotten to know anyone on the list very well but those who knew we were military offered so much love and support that I will never forget it. Today I would again like to thank all of you who support these military and it's job in protecting us. For all those that stand on the battlefield be it in the Middle East Europe Vietnam or even NY and DC now thank you. For all the people who love us no matter what your view on war and peace thank you it's a tough job and knowing that we are protecting people who truly care and love those around them helps. Sorry for being so long. Love and peace to everyone I truly hope that what we do today and everyday protects you and sends a sense of security. Kat

Remember the heroes in our life, especially those we honor from the September 2001 tragedy. Join with other family, friends and neighbors today as we celebrate being Americans and the freedoms that we have. A Texan by birth and my husband a Virginian by birth with our family moved 5 years ago to Allendale, (Northern) NJ, only about 45 minutes from New York City. Last year on this date we became one nation under God, putting aside our differences and putting American flags outside our homes to wave proudly. The flags still adorn our homes, our cars, and our offices one year later as we continue to celebrate our lives. Many in our town and others in the NYC aurrounding area never came home last year. We have seen in person, read in newspapers, and shared in the community mouring up close. Today, the weather predicted a change - a cool front from the west bringing gusty winds and dropping the temperature from a high of 90 degrees the last few days to a high today of 75 degrees. At 9:15 a.m. this morning, the winds started and hopefully will shift the times as we as a nation with the winds behind us let the winds carry us into the future. Kay Kincheloe Warren

This was sent to me by a friend and I want to share it with the list. A big hug to all of you, Linda > > September 11, 2002 is soon approaching. On that day, please wear > >red,white, and blue to work or school to show your support for those who > >lost their lives on 9~11~01 and to honor the heroes who worked to save them > >and the families left behind. At noon your time on September 11,2002, no > >matter where you are or what you are doing, stop, put your hand on your > >heart, and say the Pledge of Allegiance~ out loud or to yourself and say a > >prayer for our nation. If all of us do this together in every time zone > >around the world, we will have a powerful chain of prayer surrounding us. > >Please keep this going to your friends and family. By September 11,2002 > >hopefully enough people will have read this and will join together in > >unity. > > > > God Bless the > > > > U.S.A.

Hi all, Tomorrow will be a day to lay all our genealogy aside, & we will it make a day of honor & remembrance. If you'd like to share your thoughts & memories of that day, please do so. This means, of course, to lay the "hatred" aside, & place peace above that. Share your thoughts about that day, one year ago, what you were doing, where you were, what you did, & things of this nature. Remember, this starts tomorrow, all day. God Bless You & Yours, Bettie <>< -- Happy USGenWeb Project Volunteer My wish for you...Gentle hugs when spirits sag, !!! -- http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbosqu2/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~garichmo/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~gawalton/ http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~gary/ -- All outgoing mail virus free, scanned by Norton 2002, http://www.symantec.com/

The descendants of: Jethro New and Sarah Bowman William Henry New and Susan Doris Baker James Bert New and Frances Elizabeth Spencer Edward Spencer New and Mary Catherine Peterson are having their family reunion September 28, 2002 at: Cherry Park 313 Davis Weatherford, Texas from 10 am to 4 pm There is an airconditioned building and a playground for the little ones. Those interested in learning more can email the coordinator Rene Rush at Msauntrene@aol.com. We hope to meet new cousins so y'all come on down. Linda

Hello list, Does anyone have information on Jay Gould New, Jr. and wife Ruby Lee Plyant? I have their daughter Ruby Helena New married David Leon Kuykendall. I don't know if Jay, Jr. died or they divorced but I have Ruby Lee married to Ervin Moore with daughter Lena Rivers Moore. If I remember correctly someone told me about 2 years ago that a Lena Rivers New was adopted does this mean that she was adopted by Ervin Moore after he and Ruby married? I don't think there could be two different children named Lena Rivers in Bosque co. or Hamilton co. TX. My mother was the granddaughter of Emma New and William LaFon and was named Lena Rivers Wheeler. I'm curious to know if Lena Rivers New/Moore was named for her. I'll appreciate any information and will share what I have if interested. Thanks list, Linda

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Just in case someone doesn't have this info: NARA.......................... Order Forms for Military Service and Family History Records Type of Record Form: Ship passenger arrival records, 1820-1959 Census records, 1790-1920 Eastern Cherokee application records, 1906-1909 Land entry files Military pension and bounty land warrant records, 1775-1916 Military service records, 1775-c.1916 Military service records, c.1917-present http://www.archives.gov/research_room/obtain_copies/military_and_genealogy_order_forms.html ~~ Suzy-Q ~~

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Sometime back someone posted a search engine for WWII soldiers (don't remember if this was for in general or those killed) and I can't remember which list it came from. Any ideas? I THOUGHT I had saved this engine to my favorites, but somehow didn't. Thank you, Lucretia _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com

It does apply to TX and TX has set aside two days a year for visitation days to cemeteries that need care. The property owners are subject to the law if they refuse entry. http://www.rootsweb.com/~txstc/bridge/PRNTGUID.HTML The web site above tells about the rights and obligations of the visitor. donna ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Baker" <ndnblu@texoma.net> To: <TXBOSQUE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 12:15 PM Subject: [TXBOSQUE] Cemetery statute I got this on another list and thought it interesting and important enough to pass it on. I don't know if this law applies only to TX tho. I don't think it would. Does anyone know? Linda > health and Safety Code > SUBTITLE C. CEMETERIES > CHAPTER 711. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO CEMETERIES > Subchapter A. > > § 711.041. Access to Cemetery > > > (a) Any person who wishes to visit a cemetery or private burial grounds > for which no public ingress or egress is available shall have the right > to reasonable ingress and egress for the purpose of visiting the > cemetery or private burial grounds. This right of access extends only to > visitation during reasonable hours and only for purposes usually > associated with cemetery visits. > > (b) The owner or owners of the lands surrounding the cemetery or private > burial grounds may designate the routes of reasonable ingress and > egress. > Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 634, § 22, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. > > > -------------------------sender's notes > The key to this law is reasonable . If you determine the shortest least > bothersome route that is reasonable. They cannot make you go great > distances if a car can make it . Also the Handicapped have the right of > access that is provident to give such as being able to take a gator to > drive one in or drive through a pasture-so long as you are careful and > do not damage anything. > > Also the owner of the property cannot block you from coming in, they > must provide a number or way to get permission if they want you to be > able to ask. If no owner is evident ( you can't find one , or their > number or a house that seems to be an owner) then they have not provided > the normal means to make it easy to get their opinion on which route to > go in by. They 'may designate' the route, this is best by posting signs > on the easiest route. > You may go in to a cemetery at any time but chances are a Judge will > side with a property owner that midnight is not reasonable. Nor is > everyday visiting perhaps if it is bothersome. However if it is a > Mexican decendant visiting a grave it is 'reasonable ' to eat and place > food on the grave once a year, or for a group of family reunion visitors > to all go to the cemetery for prayer and visit, or for items to be > placed on the grave without removing. The land owner NEVER has the right > to alter the graves or cemetery land unles it is to do so in a > reasonable manner, which means to clean and repair it. The property > owner > ( and by that I mean surrounding , no one can OWN a cemetery it is > covered under landmark useage and not able to be owned, though the > upkeep can be owned such as in a commercial cemetery) is not responsible > to build or keep a fence though at the same time he can be sued for > allowing his cattle to destroy a tombstone. You would have to prove > damage by THEIR cattle and not time and other cattle before theirs. > A fence may be erected by anyone wanting to fence the cemetery , > however they NEVER have the right to fence it so no one may visit the > cemetery in a reasonalbe manner. The people in Bonham have broken this > by their fencing of the Russell cemetery . They did not include a gate. > So the fence is such you cannot visit it without climbing a fence. I > cannot do that and need someone to climb it. The Russell decendants > ought to have them either remove the fence or cut a gate. > The owners of that property either need to post hours of visitation > on their main gate or else leave the gate to the property open at all > times. But there is no excuse for the gateless cemetery. > The laws are based on what is resonable usage. For instense this past > month I dealt with an irate land owner in south texas. she insisted she > owned the property and after proving she cannot own a cemetery but lost > control of it when a burial first took place she was angry someone stood > on her land to take a picture of the cemetery in its little fence. The > person going in to photograph it took a picture of the cemetery on the > way in . That is reasonable use of a cemetery visit. So it is covered > under the law. You can show a judge thousands of such pictures, it is a > common practice. > It is common to place flowers on the grave and not expect them to be > removed (UNless you contract for that by burial in a cemetery with a law > in its charter already). You also have the right to ornament a cemetery > and place a bench there, that is reasonable use and common. You would > not have the right to construct a pyramid for instance in this country > and therefor not average resonable usesage . > You have the right to bury a spouse by their spouse, even if 70 yrs > between their passing. No matter what the surrounding land owner wants. > It would however be unreasonable to open a new section and take on a few > acres for new family graves.However if the cemetery is spread out, you > can bury within the current boundaries, that includes the right to bring > in digging equipment and a funeral procession. > You can only do what is considered reasonable. Have your plan in mind , > laws in hand and you can protect yourself from silly law men. I am > amazed at how stupid they can be. > Don't hesitate to contact a county judge if you are having trouble with > a surrounding land owner or a sheriff. They do not have the right to > stop you , but you have to know right where you stand in the law. > > Susan in Texas

I got this on another list and thought it interesting and important enough to pass it on. I don't know if this law applies only to TX tho. I don't think it would. Does anyone know? Linda > health and Safety Code > SUBTITLE C. CEMETERIES > CHAPTER 711. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO CEMETERIES > Subchapter A. > > § 711.041. Access to Cemetery > > > (a) Any person who wishes to visit a cemetery or private burial grounds > for which no public ingress or egress is available shall have the right > to reasonable ingress and egress for the purpose of visiting the > cemetery or private burial grounds. This right of access extends only to > visitation during reasonable hours and only for purposes usually > associated with cemetery visits. > > (b) The owner or owners of the lands surrounding the cemetery or private > burial grounds may designate the routes of reasonable ingress and > egress. > Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 634, § 22, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. > > > -------------------------sender's notes > The key to this law is reasonable . If you determine the shortest least > bothersome route that is reasonable. They cannot make you go great > distances if a car can make it . Also the Handicapped have the right of > access that is provident to give such as being able to take a gator to > drive one in or drive through a pasture-so long as you are careful and > do not damage anything. > > Also the owner of the property cannot block you from coming in, they > must provide a number or way to get permission if they want you to be > able to ask. If no owner is evident ( you can't find one , or their > number or a house that seems to be an owner) then they have not provided > the normal means to make it easy to get their opinion on which route to > go in by. They 'may designate' the route, this is best by posting signs > on the easiest route. > You may go in to a cemetery at any time but chances are a Judge will > side with a property owner that midnight is not reasonable. Nor is > everyday visiting perhaps if it is bothersome. However if it is a > Mexican decendant visiting a grave it is 'reasonable ' to eat and place > food on the grave once a year, or for a group of family reunion visitors > to all go to the cemetery for prayer and visit, or for items to be > placed on the grave without removing. The land owner NEVER has the right > to alter the graves or cemetery land unles it is to do so in a > reasonable manner, which means to clean and repair it. The property > owner > ( and by that I mean surrounding , no one can OWN a cemetery it is > covered under landmark useage and not able to be owned, though the > upkeep can be owned such as in a commercial cemetery) is not responsible > to build or keep a fence though at the same time he can be sued for > allowing his cattle to destroy a tombstone. You would have to prove > damage by THEIR cattle and not time and other cattle before theirs. > A fence may be erected by anyone wanting to fence the cemetery , > however they NEVER have the right to fence it so no one may visit the > cemetery in a reasonalbe manner. The people in Bonham have broken this > by their fencing of the Russell cemetery . They did not include a gate. > So the fence is such you cannot visit it without climbing a fence. I > cannot do that and need someone to climb it. The Russell decendants > ought to have them either remove the fence or cut a gate. > The owners of that property either need to post hours of visitation > on their main gate or else leave the gate to the property open at all > times. But there is no excuse for the gateless cemetery. > The laws are based on what is resonable usage. For instense this past > month I dealt with an irate land owner in south texas. she insisted she > owned the property and after proving she cannot own a cemetery but lost > control of it when a burial first took place she was angry someone stood > on her land to take a picture of the cemetery in its little fence. The > person going in to photograph it took a picture of the cemetery on the > way in . That is reasonable use of a cemetery visit. So it is covered > under the law. You can show a judge thousands of such pictures, it is a > common practice. > It is common to place flowers on the grave and not expect them to be > removed (UNless you contract for that by burial in a cemetery with a law > in its charter already). You also have the right to ornament a cemetery > and place a bench there, that is reasonable use and common. You would > not have the right to construct a pyramid for instance in this country > and therefor not average resonable usesage . > You have the right to bury a spouse by their spouse, even if 70 yrs > between their passing. No matter what the surrounding land owner wants. > It would however be unreasonable to open a new section and take on a few > acres for new family graves.However if the cemetery is spread out, you > can bury within the current boundaries, that includes the right to bring > in digging equipment and a funeral procession. > You can only do what is considered reasonable. Have your plan in mind , > laws in hand and you can protect yourself from silly law men. I am > amazed at how stupid they can be. > Don't hesitate to contact a county judge if you are having trouble with > a surrounding land owner or a sheriff. They do not have the right to > stop you , but you have to know right where you stand in the law. > > Susan in Texas

I am looking for the parents of Sarah Elizabeth Greenway who married Berry Gatewood on 11 May 1867 in Bosque Co. Margaret McCleskey, Arlington, TX

Is that a grave in Bosque Co. for Martha Tipton, wife of Pleasant Tipton? Margaret McCleskey

On August 30, 1881, W.E. Greenway and his mother-in-law, Mrs. Alabama C. McReynolds [deed calls her A.C. McRunnels] of Bosque Co., TX purchased land in southern Erath Co. from W.W. Heflin and wife. W.W. Heflin was my great granduncle. There is a family story that one of W.W.'s brother married "a Greenway firl." If this story is true, the brother's name would have been Richard Shelton Heflin. Richard Shelton Heflin (1855-1877)is buried in the Shelby Cemetery in Erath Co. Proof of this marriage has not been found. Finding this deed prompted me to do some research on this Greenway family in the hope that it would lead me to the "Greenway girl." If anyone else is researching this family, I will be glad to share the results of my research with you. Margaret McCleskey, Arlington, TX