Hi, Bobbie - I would appreciate any information you have on the Wheeler's as I really don't have much at this point. Anything would be helpful, thank you. Do you know the maiden name of William G.'s wife, Laura? I know the name Smoot figures into the family line somewhere and I wonder if it's with Laura. I would appreciate knowing this if you have it. Below is what info I have regarding William G.'s children. I'll try to get complete birthdate and death information from my parents and get that to you as soon as I can. Their children are: 1. my grandparents - John William, b. Dec. 18, 1902 in Brown Co., died 8-1954 - he was married to Nora Elizabeth Browning who was born Feb. 4 1908, d. Aug. 1 1973 in Brown Co. Both are buried in Pleasant Valley Cemetery near May, TX. 2. Alvie Idell married to Faye Rodgers - Alvie is deceased, Brown Co., buried at Pleasant Valley Cemetery 3. Viola Mae married Andrew Jackson 4. Debra Daphne married Horace White 5. Olvava (sp??) died small 6. Archie Garrison married Lura (no maiden name available) 7. Dorothy Faye married Earl Musick 8. Clarence Odell married Jadie Cox 9. De Verne married Doris Eoff (still living in Early, TX) 10. Dovie Juanita married Elvie Faulkner I hope this is helpful to you. Let me know if there is anything specific you need on this line and I'll do my best to try to get it for you. Thanks, Karen [email protected]

My grandmother was Margaret Wheeler Davidson and she was William G.'s brother. I have a picture of William and Laura. I would really like it if you would send me each his children's names with birthdate, where born, if deceased when and where buried. I don't have much on the Wheeler's. I have pictures of all the children of James and Roxie and have a list of all of James A. 's brothers and sisters,mother and father, grandmother and grandfather. I am corresponding with a man who thinks that his g-grandfather was a brother to James A. Wheeler but we haven't got it all worked out yet. I do have some information on Lucy Wheeler Hood as she lived here in Coke Co. and I've known all her children. Let me know what you need and we'll go from there. Send me your e-mail.

I need to make a correction to my previous post. I had only heard my grandfather's name as William, however, his full name was John William Wheeler, son of William Garrison, who was the son of James A. Wheeler. William Garrison's DOB was 11-12-1873, died 5-9-1927. He was married to Laura (not sure of maiden name, possibly Smoot??). My grandfather, John William Wheeler, was born 12-18-1902 in Brown County, Texas and died in August 1954. He is buried at Pleasant Valley Cemetery near May, Texas. I have William G.'s sibling info if anyone would like it. Thank you.

> The Claremont Institute--PRECEPTS | | July 20, 2001 > Visit <http://www.claremont.org> | | No. 289 > > Claremont Institute Precepts: America is Worth Defending > By Thomas Krannawitter and Brian Kennedy > > So, it's possible to hit a bullet with a bullet after all. > > Late last Saturday night, the Pentagon launched a missile > from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California equipped with > a mock warhead and a decoy to evade detection in space. > Minutes later the missile was targeted and destroyed 144 > miles above the earth by a "hit-to-kill" interceptor fired > from Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. This wasn't > the first or the last test of missile defense technology. > But it reaffirmed what American scientists proved over 40 > years ago: We can shoot down ballistic missiles aimed at > the United States. > > Knowing this, what are we to make of congressional liberals > who continue to oppose missile defense? Surely they agree > America is worth defending, don't they? > > Liberals offer three basic arguments against building a > missile defense system. The first is silly; the second > dishonest; the third anachronistic. All three aim to disarm > America. > > First, liberals say missile defense won't work. Saturday's > success suggests otherwise. True, several recent tests have > failed. But those failures represented nothing but a lack > of quality control within the Clinton Pentagon. In one > case, the first stage of an interceptor rocket didn't > separate from the second stage as planned -- a problem > rocket scientists solved in the 1950s. > > At any rate, correcting problems and improving technology > is precisely why we test things. To say something cannot > be done because a couple of tests failed is, well, silly. > Imagine telling the Wright brothers after their first > couple of crashes that it is impossible for man to fly. > > And it should not be overlooked that this form of missile > defense -- hitting an enemy warhead with a hit-to-kill > interceptor -- is far more challenging technologically than > the system of space-based lasers and interceptors the U.S. > has spent billions of dollars researching. > > Second, liberal critics say we can't afford missile > defense, that social spending is a higher priority. Here > liberals are particularly disingenuous. The Bush > Administration's proposed missile defense budget may amount > to a modest 2% to 3% of the total annual defense budget, or > roughly $8 billion. Americans spend more than that on > pornography and prostitution in any given year. Further, > even the most strident opponents of missile defense vote > consistently to support missile defense research to the > tune of tens of billions of dollars, as they don't want to > appear soft on national security. > > Third, liberals think missile defense unnecessary because > of two outdated relics of the Cold War: The theory of > Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) -- which suggested the > most stable relations among nuclear countries happens when > each maintains a powerful offensive strike force, but no > defense capability, ensuring that any nation that launches > a nuclear first strike must absorb a similar strike in > return, thereby deterring all nations from using nuclear > weapons -- and the 1972 ABM Treaty that forbade the > construction of national missile defenses. > > With the end of the Cold War, however, the public now knows > from Soviet scholar William T. Lee that the Soviets > deployed a national missile defense, with some 9,000 anti > missile interceptors placed around Moscow, in clear > violation of the ABM Treaty, and with little concern for > the theoretical posturing required by MAD. While American > liberals patted themselves on the back for obstructing > American missile defense development, the Soviets gained a > strategic advantage over the U.S. Today, the Soviet-era > anti-missile system protects 70 percent of Russia's > population, while Americans remain defenseless. > > More alarming, liberals downplay nuclear proliferation > among Third World countries. The Communist Chinese possess > some 30 ICBMs capable of hitting the United States. Why > should we trust China, North Korea, Iran, or Iraq -- brutal > dictatorships that place a low premium on human life -- to > refrain from using their nuclear arsenals against America? > And if these countries have no plan to use them, why are > they pouring what little resources they have into nuclear > missile technology? > > Unlike liberals in Congress, most Americans think it > important to defend ourselves against missile attacks as > best we can. But the greatest obstacle we face is > ignorance: Recent surveys show that more than half of > Americans believe we already possess a national missile > defense. The reality is that we cannot stop one missile > from destroying a U.S. city today. Americans need to > understand our current vulnerability, and support the > effort to protect our citizens. > > Thomas Krannawitter is Director of Academic Programs at the > Claremont Institute. > > Brian Kennedy is Vice President of the Claremont Institute. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Copyright (c) 2001 The Claremont Institute > > To subscribe to Precepts, go to: http://www.claremont.org/1_precepts.cfm , or e-mail us at [email protected] . > To be removed from this list, go to : http://www.claremont.org/remove_public.cfm , or e-mail us at [email protected] . > For general correspondence or additional information about the Claremont Institute, e-mail : [email protected] , or visit our website at : http://www.claremont.org . > Changing your e-mail address? Please let us know at : [email protected] . > For press inquiries, contact Nazalee Topalian at [email protected] or (202) 265-9010. > Author and Claremont Institute attribution are required if used for publication. Please contact [email protected] for Tear Sheet information. > > > The mission of the Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship > and Political Philosophy is to restore the principles of the American > Founding to their rightful, preeminent authority in our national life. > > The Claremont Institute | 250 West First Street | Suite 330 | Claremont, > CA 91711 | Phone (909) 621-6825 | Fax (909) 626-8724 > > > > > >

My grandfather was William Wheeler, son of James A and Roxie Rutisel Wheeler. He died in 1954; sorry, I don't have his DOB or exact date of death. He was married to Nora Elizabeth Browning, deceased in 1973 or 1974. Their children are: Frenchie Lee (my father) DOB 12-22-1928, Willie Dee, deceased, Joyce and Virginia. There was another child, Asa, that died in infancy. I can try to find out additional information from my parents if you're still interested in this line. I would be interested in any information you have been able to find regarding these ancestors. I have just begun my search and came across your message from last March so I hope you're still pursuing this. I'll be glad to share anything I come up with. Thank you in advance for any information anyone is willing to share.

I am looking for any information on a John B. Ford and family. I have son's name Ancil Roe Ford is all. I am looking for other descendants. I know there are other brothers who settled there, too. Much of the town's early businesses bore the Ford name. Ancil Roe Ford married a Clare Renda Isabelle (Belle) Jones. Ancil Roe and Belle had six children. Any information at all would be greatly appreciated. Any possible links.

Faye, I don't think that J. C. Clements would have been my grandfather. He deid in Flordia, maybe, in 1954 or 1958. Unless his body was shipped back to Texas. Thanks anyway. But if you do find out anything else please let me know. Betty

please,we need to exchange info.please e-mail me. [email protected] spelling on mcgothrin is more correct then mine, i was guessing.I have been searching for any one in this line.I have info on this morris family and trying to prove if Laura L.Morris is sister to eugene Morris,our grandfather.I know the duruy name from family records, have one old letter.I am so glad you answered, we have searched a long time.Please respond,cousin Ann

Sorry, I had no intention of sending this to TXBROWN!!!! sheila ----- Original Message ----- From: John & Sheila Lauducci <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 1:44 PM Subject: [TXBROWN] Fw: Claremont Institute Precepts: Condemning Slavery and America > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 2:49 PM > Subject: Claremont Institute Precepts: Condemning Slavery and America > > > > > > > > > > > > The Claremont Institute--PRECEPTS | > | July 17, 2001 > > Visit <http://www.claremont.org> | > | No. 288 > >

----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 2:49 PM Subject: Claremont Institute Precepts: Condemning Slavery and America > > > > > The Claremont Institute--PRECEPTS | | July 17, 2001 > Visit <http://www.claremont.org> | | No. 288 > > > Claremont Institute Precepts: Condemning Slavery and America > > By Brian T. Kennedy > > The California Legislature condemned slavery in America > last week, more than 135 years after it ended. The joint > resolution "acknowledge[s] the fundamental injustice, > cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery in the United > States and the 13 American colonies," and "apologize[s] to > African-Americans on behalf of the people of the United > States for the wrongs committed against their ancestors who > suffered as slaves." The resolution - the first by a state > legislature - also urges Congress to establish a national > memorial, a museum, and a commission to study reparations. > In an age of political correctness, most politicians would > have difficulty voting against such a measure. Four state > senators had the courage to do just that. Here is why. > > First, the obvious: No black person alive in America today > was a slave. No American alive today owned slaves. Nothing > we do today can repay those poor souls who suffered under > slavery. > > Second, the idea of reparations is all but impossible. > Slavery in America was never a simple matter of black and > white: On the eve of the Civil War there were approximately > 4,000 black slave owners, as well as American Indians who > owned black slaves. Is anyone prepared to ask descendants > of black slave owners to pay reparations to descendants of > black slaves? Of course not. Instead, what all Americans of > all colors ask is to be treated as equal citizens. > > Third, America was the first country to be founded on the > idea of human equality, and, not coincidentally, the first > to publicly recognize the injustice of slavery, which > existed across the globe in 1776. > > In _Vindicating the Founders_, University of Dallas > political scientist Thomas G. West cites numerous occasions > of the Founders fighting against slavery, both in speech > and practice. In speech, many Americans echoed the > sentiments of John Adams, who explained: "Every measure of > prudence, therefore, ought to be assumed for the eventual > total extirpation of slavery from the United States.... I > have, through my whole life, held the practice of slavery > in...abhorrence." And George Washington: "There is not a > man living who wishes more sincerely that I do, to see a > plan adopted for the abolition of it." > > According to James Madison, the problem of slavery was the > most divisive at the Constitutional Convention. Even though > slavery violated the principles of human freedom and > equality, they had no other reasonable alternative but to > compromise. Demanding an immediate end to slavery would > certainly have caused the slave states to reject union > altogether, and establish a separate country more committed > to continuing the institution of slavery. > > West also points out that by enacting policies such as the > Northwest Ordinance of 1787, the American Founders sought > to put slavery on the road to "ultimate extinction". By > prohibiting slavery from spreading to the federal > territories, they had faith that the growth of free labor > and the promise of liberty would eventually wipe out > slavery as an institution. > > Fourth, so powerful was this commitment to the principles > of human equality and constitutional government that > Lincoln was willing to fight a Civil War in order to > prevent the South from destroying the Constitution, and > spreading slavery to those new lands. Some 359,000 Union > soldiers gave their last and fullest measure of devotion so > that the principle of human equality - what Lincoln > called "the father of all moral principle in us" - would > remain the central idea of the American republic. > > As Lincoln explained at Gettysburg, the blood of those who > died in that struggle stands as the highest testament to > the wrongness of slavery. If one wants to memorialize the > struggle over slavery, the Lincoln Memorial along with > Arlington National Cemetery are the best examples of how > Americans viewed the evils of slavery, and the lengths they > were willing to go to end it. > > The politics and rhetoric from the American Founding > through the Civil War can rightly be described as the > greatest anti-slavery crusade in human history. This used > to be obvious to every child in grade school. Today this > is not so. Civic education in America is at an all time > low, and the recent actions of the California Legislature > is but one example of this decline. > > Legislative resolutions are meant to instruct the citizens > of California about matters of great import. The purpose of > this resolution is to divide, to pit race against race, and > to inspire contempt for the political principles and > institutions that have led to the freedoms we have today. > Some legislators were absent or abstained from voting for > the resolution. The record does not say which. Senators > Dick Ackerman, Tom McClintock, Bill Morrow, and Rico Oller > on the other hand were willing to be counted on the side of > the Constitution and the principles of the Declaration of > Independence. For this they deserve our praise and our > thanks. > > Brian T. Kennedy is Vice President of the Claremont > Institute and Director of their Golden State Center in > Sacramento. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Copyright (c) 2001 The Claremont Institute > > To subscribe to Precepts, go to: http://www.claremont.org/1_precepts.cfm , or e-mail us at [email protected] . > To be removed from this list, go to : http://www.claremont.org/remove_public.cfm , or e-mail us at [email protected] . > For general correspondence or additional information about the Claremont Institute, e-mail : [email protected] , or visit our website at : http://www.claremont.org . > Changing your e-mail address? Please let us know at : [email protected] . > For press inquiries, contact Nazalee Topalian at [email protected] or (202) 265-9010. > Author and Claremont Institute attribution are required if used for publication. Please contact [email protected] for Tear Sheet information. > > > The mission of the Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship > and Political Philosophy is to restore the principles of the American > Founding to their rightful, preeminent authority in our national life. > > The Claremont Institute | 250 West First Street | Suite 330 | Claremont, > CA 91711 | Phone (909) 621-6825 | Fax (909) 626-8724 > > > > > >

Hello! I also would be interested in any information on John Henry Rider and Mary Jane Granad. Their son Henry Franklin Rider married Ida May Jones. Ida May was a first cousin twice removed. The only information I have on John Henry Rider is the marriage date of November 11, 1880, in Brown Co., TX. I have the names of nine of their children, but very little other information except about when they were born. I have a good bit of information on Henry Franklin Rider, and Ida May Jones. Also the address of one of the grandchildren who most likely has a good bit more information than I have. I would be willing to share what information that I have. sincerely, Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 5:47 PM Subject: [TXBROWN] Granad/Rider > > My ggrandparents are John Henry Rider b.abt l851 d.l940 married Mary Jane Granad in Brownwood l882. I need further info on John Henry and Mary Jane and their eleven children. Need info about Mary Jane's parents-Mantooth and D.T. Granad. > > > ==== TXBROWN Mailing List ==== > ********BROWN COUNTY, TEXAS GenWeb******** > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbrown/ > > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp >

In regards to Mary Jane's parents, Melissa Monteith and William T. Granad, I have some information that may interest you. My ancestor was Daniel T. who married Ann Zillah Smith. Daniel and Mary Jane were brother and sister. Contact me at <[email protected]> I'd love to exchange information with you. Dianne Jennings

My ggrandparents are John Henry Rider b.abt l851 d.l940 married Mary Jane Granad in Brownwood l882. I need further info on John Henry and Mary Jane and their eleven children. Need info about Mary Jane's parents-Mantooth and D.T. Granad.

Can't believe that I have found some kin on the Drury-Morris line of my family. Laura Louella Morris Drury if my great-grandmother on mothers side (Hamblin-Drury). She and James E. were my mothers grandparents. Their daughter,Alma Zalala married Fred Hamblin. Thought the name "Mcgothrin" was "McGlothlin" - Which spelling is correct? Send me an e-mail--by the way, there is a Drury family living still in Bangs.

Clements, Eliza, [spinster], 6 Nov 1866, 26 Dec 1844 These are the Clements that are listed in the Roberts Cemetery: Clements, Ellis, s/Israel & H.C., 3 Mar 1870, 28 Nov 1872 Clements, Harriet C. Anderson, w/Israel, d/Moses Anderson, 20 May 1831, 4 Jul 1891, Mother Clements, Israel, 29 May 1812, 28 Dec 1869, Father Clements, J. C., [batchelor], 11 Nov 1860, no death listed Clements, Julia, d/Israel & H.C., 27 May 1863, 6 Apr 1913

Hi did your Rebecca have a sister Lucinda Clark that married a Bradley Kimbrough? Thanks Glenna ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2001 10:24 AM Subject: [TXBROWN] Rebbeca Clark > > I am looking for the family of Rebbeca Clark in the 1800s she married Carl Lamar Foote and moved to Oklahoma > > > ==== TXBROWN Mailing List ==== > ********BROWN COUNTY, TEXAS GenWeb******** > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbrown/ > > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > >

Did your Rebecca Clark have a sister by the name of Lucinda Clark that married a Bradley Kimbrough? thanks Glenna ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2001 10:24 AM Subject: [TXBROWN] Rebbeca Clark > > I am looking for the family of Rebbeca Clark in the 1800s she married Carl Lamar Foote and moved to Oklahoma > > > ==== TXBROWN Mailing List ==== > ********BROWN COUNTY, TEXAS GenWeb******** > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbrown/ > > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > >

This message is for Keith Reed. Am enclosing a message I received answering an inquiry last July from [email protected] <[email protected]>.: "Sheila: In the book "Rural Cemetery Inscriptions Brown County Texas" by Hazel Ellis Wetzel In the Blanket Cemetery: Side by side! Williams, Jemima C. (Mot) b. 10 Aug 1859 - d. 17 Aug 1910 Williams. James M.(adison) (Fat) b. 14 Feb 1852 - d. 23 Oct 1931 Williams, Ernest O. b. 7 Jul 1889 - d. 11 Apr 1991 This is the way it is in the book! Hope that it helps! Bill" Keith, That James M(adison) Williams is really James MATTHEW Williams, and his wife, Kitty, is Jemima Catherine Williams. "Matthew" as my Daddy calls him, was my gggrandfather. Daddy was born in 1926, and he remembers going as a small boy to Blanket for Matthew's funeral. Matthew and Kitty also had the following children: Annie Pearl b. 14 Jan 1882, d. 11 Oct 1979, my great grandmother; Ollie, b. 1883; Frank, b. 1884; Clifford, b. 1885; Emmett, b. 1886; Ernest b. abt 1888, d. 11 Apr 1991 in Blanket; Mamie, abt 1892, buried in Brownwood; Richard b. abt 1896, bd. in Brownwood; Bryan, b. abt 1897, bd. in Abernathy, TX; Beulah, b. abt 1901; and Grady b. abt 1902, bd. in Brownwood. Daddy is not sure of the order of these children. Ig you str really hung up on Madison as a middle name, maybe we can dicker some!!! As I see it, it was something not on the tombstone but added by an editor. If we are talking about the same fella, I'd surely appreciate your documentation for his parents and anything else you have. I can send you a GEDCOM of all my Sides in Tejas. . Cordially, Sheila Sides Lauducci ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 10:16 PM Subject: [TXBROWN] James M(adison) Williams > Williams researchers, > > In a message from Bill, he stated that James Madison Williams is buried in > the cemetery at Blanket. He further stated that Jemima, his wife is buried > at his side and that their son Ernest is also buried next to them. Dose > anyone in Brown Co. have any information on this couple. I believe that they > originally came from Van Zandt Co to Brown Co. I believe that the parents of > James Madison Williams were named David Williams and Martha Jane (Clark) > Williams. > > Appreciate any help. > > > Keith Reed > 1101 Crowley Rd. > Arlington, Tx., 76012 > > > ==== TXBROWN Mailing List ==== > ********BROWN COUNTY, TEXAS GenWeb******** > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbrown/ > > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > >

I am looking for the family of Rebbeca Clark in the 1800s she married Carl Lamar Foote and moved to Oklahoma

Thanks Mary for the information. A family story is that Veda Mae Cole Stewart Peterson had cancer and was in the hospital in Bexar Co., Tx. but she lived in Brownwood. I have wrote to Bexar Co. Public Library asking for an obit to be looked up on her but I have not heard back from them. I was in Brownwood last week but did not have this information on Veda Mae. At first we were told that she lived in Bosque Co., Tx. but check that out and found that information was wrong. We are checking out every led we get. I do appreciate your help. Maybe someone will be willing to look this up for me. I tried to email you personally but the email bounced back. Thanks Carlian Massingill Pittman, [email protected]