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/JhB.2ACE/1094.1.1 Message Board Post: Paula, Thank you so much. I have some phone numbers of Smiths in Hughes Springs. One of them is Elwyn G. Belle's father, step-mother, and half-brother are buried in the Hughes Springs cemetery. Belle re-married after Mr. Smith died, but I don't remember her last name. She is buried in another cemetery. I know the general area, but without the new name, I don't know who to look for.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JhB.2ACE/1094.1 Message Board Post: ROY C SMITH 13 Mar 1903 - 01 Jan 1990 75656 (Hughes Springs, Cass, TX) VENORA SMITH 14 May 1903 - 15 Mar 1999 75656 (Hughes Springs, Cass, TX) 4 Apr 1930, TEXAS, CASS, 2 J-PCT (NORTH PART) Series: T626 Roll: 2306 Page: 87 Roy C Smith, 27, married at 21, TX TX TX Venora Smith, wife, 26, TX AL GA Myrtis Smith, dtr, 5 yr 8 mos, TX Other known children from transcribed records on Rootsweb. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/txsearch.html Smith, Leroy born 10-30-1930, Cass County Smith, Elwyn Glen born 4-28-1935, Cass County Parents: Venora Moody - Roy Smith I did not find any death records on Leroy and Elwyn Smith also did not find any public phone numbers in Hughes Springs or Atlanta for them.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Paxton, Pyle Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JhB.2ACE/1094 Message Board Post: I am trying to find descendants of Belle Paxton Smith. She is my grandmother's sister. Her son, Roy Smith, lived in Hughes Springs in the 1980's. He was born in 1903 and passed away sometime in the 1990's. I would like to contact any of his children or his siblings families. My father was Grady Pyle, youngest son of Sallie Paxton Pyle.

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/JhB.2ACE/1051.1 Message Board Post: i just recently found the names of my children's ggg grandgather GEORGE F. WILLIAMS WHO MARRIED MARY A. ALLEN IN FULTON CO GA.DEC 11, 1854 MARY WAS BORN ABOUT 1841 IN GA. THEY HAD FIVE CHILDREN ELIZABETH BORN 1856 GA, JASPER NEWTON , WILLIAM BIRDWELL, JAMES M. BORN ABOUT 1866 IN MILLER CO ARK. GEORGE B. WILLIAMS. SR. WILLIAM BIRDWELL WILLIAMS WAS A MOONSHINER AND BOOTLEGGER. HE MARRIED NANCY ANN MAHALIA LEMON BORN MAR 1861 IN ARK SHE DIED IN BRADLEY, MILLER CO OR LAFAYETTE CO ARK ABOUT 1938/1940. NANCY ANN WAS SUPPOSED TO BE CHOCTAW INDIAN I KNOW THAT HER DAUGHTER MINNIE OMEGA WAS I/2 INDIAN . MINNIE WAS MY HUSBAND'S GRANDMOTHER . SHE MARRIED WILLIAM HENRY HARVEY HUFF IN 1905 AND HAD 9 CHILDREN SHE WAS THE SECOND WIFE THE FIRST WIFE WAS REPORTEDLY LAURA MOODY OR WOODALL WHO DIED BEFORE 1905. I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO PROVE THIS HOWEVER! .SHE AND WILLIAM H.H. HUFF JR HAD 3 CHILDREN.HOMER , CHARLES AND LOUISE. BORN 1900. THIS FAMILY OF HUFF'S IS VERY HARD TO TRACE I WAS A HUFF BEFORE I MARRIED A HUFF BUT HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO ESTABLISH A CONNECTION THERE, BUT I KNOW THERE HAS TO BE ONE. THE FAMILY RESEMBLANCE IS TOO STRONG. ANY HELP ON THOSE MENTIONED ABOVE WOULD BE APPRECIATED. BARBARA HUFF DECKER TEXAS.

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/JhB.2ACE/1077.1 Message Board Post: WIIILIAM P. MORGAN MARRIAGE TO MRS. M.R. LITTLE IS DATED DECEMBER 24, 1885.IN BOOK # 5 PAGE 516 IN THE COURTHOUSE IN LINDEN TEXAS LEON

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/JhB.2ACE/1087.2 Message Board Post: I DO EXTENSIVE RESEARCH ON AFRO-AMERICANS IN CASS COUNTY BUT I AM ON THE ROAD NOW DOING RESEARCH.. AN EXCELLENT PLACE TO START WOULD BE THE ATLANTA TEXAS LIBRARY, GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY. 903 796 2112. BEST TIME TO CALL GENEALOGY DEPT IS 1-5 PM DAILY. ALSO YOU MIGHT TRY THE 1800 PROBATE RECORDS AT THE LINDEN COURTHOUSE IN LINDEN TEXAS. GOOD LUCK. I HAVE ALSO REEARCHED EPPS AND HODGE IN CASS CO. LEON

I also contacted them this weekend. My grandfather who died in 1918 was a member. They told me they would not release any info about a person who was a member without written authorization from them, or from relative if it was concerning a claim. The following is their reply to me today. "Thank you for your e-mail. We are sorry, but due to federal and state privacy laws Woodmen will not confirm or deny that an individual is or was a Woodmen certificate holder or provide any information without signed authorization from that individual, or when such release is required by law. In addition, Woodmen will not disclose the personal information of deceased individuals unless it is in relation to a claim or a potential claim. You may be able to find information about a deceased relative from the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. They are located on the Web at www.familysearch.org. Their telephone number is 1-800-346-6044. Woodmen's records from that era are very limited. Records contain the members' name, dates of birth and death, date insurance was purchased and the date the claim was paid. There is no information on family, parents, siblings, spouse, beneficiary ,etc."

I can save you some time on this. Several years ago I contacted the headquarters of the Woodmen of the World with the same question. They told me that, upon confirmation of the death of an individual, their records are destroyed. Marylee Jo Anna Dale wrote: > My ancestor Ananias Erastus Thompson is buried in Shadydale > Cemetery at Atlanta. There is a marker for the Woodmen of the > World. Does anyone know where the headquarters of this organization > is, if they are still in existence, and whether they have any old > records of their members? Thank you so much. Richard Dale > <jdale@swbell.net > >

I put "Woodmen of the World" on a search engine & came up with this: Woodmen of the World Their site link below: http://www.woodmen.com Joseph Cullen Root was the founder of ( MWA) Modern Woodmen of The World in 1882. This original fraternal organization only operated in 9 of the central western states, By 1890 , Mr. Root was dissatisfied with MWA (Modern Woodmen of America) and left it to organize Woodmen of the World . According to their brochure and brief history they sent this is what they have to say about the origins or forming such organizations. When Joseph Cullen Root founded Woodmen , he envisioned an organization dedicated to helping its fellow man . Its purpose was "to minister to the afflicted to relieve distress; to cast a sheltering arm about the defenseless living ;... to encourage broad charitable views..." Lifestyles have changed since Root wrote those goals into the Objectives of Woodcraft , but fraternalism remains strong . "The objects of Woodcraft have always exemplified love, honor and remembrance, "said Executive Vice President Wayne Graham, the director of the Society's fraternal programs. "Fraternalists are concerned with helping others, promoting patriotism and civic responsibility , and providing financial protection for their families. Today , Woodmen members do not simply share the fact that they have purchased insurance or annuities through the same organization . Woodmen is a fraternal benefit society , with members connected by their membership and also their desire to better their lives, their families' lives and their communities. Woodmen is a nonprofit organization , owned and governed by its members. Delegates are elected from 2,600 local lodges to jurisdictional (state) conventions and then to the National Convention. These national delegates elect members to the Board of Directors to four -year terms of office where they help to determine policies and directions of the society. The development of the fraternal beneficiary system in America was actuated by the same desires which prompted its organization in the Old World.Societies had been organized and disbanded one after another , until the organization of the Ancient Order of United Workmen was perfected by John Jordon Upchurch at Madville , Pennsylvania , on October 27, 1868. Mr. Joseph Root founded the society in Omaha , Nebraska , which is still one of their main offices. Until 1957 Woodmen did not admit women and girls to the society. The financial statement as of Dec 31, 1891 listed Membership at 5,461 . The first certificate of membrship was issued to Wm. A. McCully , Camp #1, Independence , Kansas , on Dec 29, 1890. The first Camp charter was issued to Alpha Camp #1, Omaha , Nebraska , Jan 10 1891. This lodge is still in existence. The first death claim paid was that of Willie O. Warner , who drowned June 14, 1891, in Niles , Michigan . In 1910 , a class of 7,800 candidates was initiated at Louisville, Ky. From 1909- 1947 , 12,000 members with tuberculosis received free care at the Modern Woodmen Sanatorium in Woodmen ,COL. At one time in its history , WOW did offer grave monuments to families of deceased members. Sometimes these monuments have the motto Dum Tacet Clamat, which means "Though silent, he speaks , " etched on the stone. For a brochure on the history of Modern Woodmen of America , you can write: Modern Woodmen of America, 1701 1st. Avenuw, P.O. Box 2005, Rock Island, Ill. 61204-2005 For their "Woodmen And Fraternalism" brochure , try Woodmen Tower, 1700 Farnam St., Omaha , NE 68102. Information donated by: Dale Foresythe ,2000

My ancestor Ananias Erastus Thompson is buried in Shadydale Cemetery at Atlanta. There is a marker for the Woodmen of the World. Does anyone know where the headquarters of this organization is, if they are still in existence, and whether they have any old records of their members? Thank you so much. Richard Dale <jdale@swbell.net -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.6.2 - Release Date: 3/4/2005

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/JhB.2ACE/1093 Message Board Post: Looking for information on the family of Darsey (or Dorsey) Nelson, born about 1818 in TN. He lived in Miller Co, Arkansas at one time, but also lived in Bloomburg, Texas, according to family members. He had quite a large family, one of whom was my great-grandmother, Callie Nelson Adcock, b. 1867; d. 1923. If anyone has information on this Nelson family, please write me. 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/JhB.2ACE/1047.1.1 Message Board Post: No, not African American, but thank you for the reply. I have located my Davis family. Iris

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Castleberry and Kellum Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JhB.2ACE/1092 Message Board Post: Looking for additional info on the Castleberrys and Kellums in Black Jack Texas.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Kellum Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JhB.2ACE/1091 Message Board Post: I am looking for a lady whose nickname was Lil' Bit had a sister named Rosetta Kellum (nickname Weezie) married to Freddie Lee Castleberry. If anyone has info or has her real name. She still has living relatives from her sister Rosetta.

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/JhB.2ACE/1087.1.1.1 Message Board Post: good morning,i wrote the texas state archives and they mailed me me my great great grandfathers papers and it also had two of his brothers on the same roster .i knew of julius richardson but not asbury [asberry] i then asked my grandmother if she knew a asbury richardson?she said of course uncle asbury richardson that's grandpa miles richardson's brother.the 1867 voter registration rcords and the freedmen's bureau is what we really ned after the civil war to tie our family ties to the 1870 census.what or where can i obtain information on the auct1on records of linden? i would like to find out about the o'neal's,swintscampbell slaveowners etc.? do you have any information on slaves in douglassvile,tx.?i look forward to hearing more from you. muhammad abdullah-p.o.box 338-compton,ca.90223

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hare/Hair, Hodge, Lemons, Allen, Mack, Young, Epps Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JhB.2ACE/1087.1.1 Message Board Post: How did you acquire the informationo n the 1867 voter records on your gg grandfather? Cy

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Booker, McKee Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JhB.2ACE/1086.1.1 Message Board Post: This BOOKER family is white. John's parents were George BOOKER and Martha MCKEE John was killed in a tornado in Hughes Springs.

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/JhB.2ACE/1047.1 Message Board Post: good evening,are these african americans who are davis? my grandmother mary richardson's first cousins in cass county are raphael,and janie davis and i forget the others.my mother knows all of them and their parents.we are african americans.

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/JhB.2ACE/1086.1 Message Board Post: good evening,is this booker black or white? my grandmother's neice lois richardson married a booker.when i would take my grandparents to see cousin booker and lois and i would be asking questions about our family the richardson's in particular and the dallas's lois grandfather [john] booker would speak of his side of the family coming from sabine county.we african americans and my family members have all passed away here in los angeles.muhammad abdullah-p.o.box 338-compton,ca.90223

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/JhB.2ACE/1087.1 Message Board Post: good evening, i just read your query and i too would love to know about the slave auctions that took place in linden? since my great great grandfather miles richardson said on the 1867 voter registration records he came to texas in 1856.thank you-muhammad abdullah-p.o.box 338-compton,ca.90223