I was born in Plano in 1924 at the home of my grandparents-W.T.Hightower who was head of the school at that time.My parents were: Harley H.Hightower & Maurine Wilcher Hightower.My mother's best friend was Magaret Harrington,for whom I was named.Anyone having pictures or clippings concerning them I will be most grateful and will be glad to pay for copies of same.-Thank you,Peggy Hightower Nelson

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/UkB.2ACI/4851.2.1 Message Board Post: Thank you for the lookup. Are there any Epps or Hair/Hare's listed? Thank you again, CD

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/UkB.2ACI/4851.2 Message Board Post: I checked "The People of Old Celina Cemetery" by Gayle Maxson, 2002. The only Mayes listed in the index is Mrs Robert Mayes listed as the daughter of the deceased... There are several Bill, and Billy Joe Mays listed. No Effie or Evie.

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/UkB.2ACI/4862 Message Board Post: McKinney, Texas Postcards and Photographs http://www.familyoldphotos.com/tx/coll/mckinney.htm A collection of old postcards and photographs from McKinney, Collin County, Texas including street scenes, hospital, high school and other views from the early 1900s-1940s. Follow the changes in the Collin County Courthouse from the early 1900s, through the 1920s remodelling, to the 1970s. More Texas Old Photos at http://www.familyoldphotos.com/tx

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hollingshead Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UkB.2ACI/4860.1 Message Board Post: Texas Death Index: Hollingshead, Lenora, Wichita County, 12-6-1959, file 72506

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/UkB.2ACI/4861 Message Board Post: I am looking for a marriage record on Adeline or Annie L Adams the daug of Julius & Adeline Jean "Adjean" Hollingshead Adams. I am also looking for Adeline Jean Adams death. She was married 3 times I was told. The frist on Julius Adams and Earl Mc Mahon and them Neil Aldrich. I don't know who she id burried by. I know she is not burried by the Adams.Can any one help me out on her death and where she is burried at? I also would like a marriaged record on all of her marriages. Any information that you might give me I would appreciate. I can be email at [email protected]

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/UkB.2ACI/4860 Message Board Post: I am looking for an obits on Lenora Rodgers Hollingshead. I was told she died in 1959. Can any one help me out? I can be emailed at [email protected]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Rossetter, Funderburg/Funderburgh Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UkB.2ACI/449.1.1 Message Board Post: Many of David SPURGIN's children married many of James Monroe FUNDERBURG/FUNDERBURGH's childern. Do you know anything about the FUNDERBURG/FUNDERSBURGH lines? Elmo FUNDERBURG marr. Agnes SPURGIN, Elizabeth FUNDERBURG, marr. Ollie Alfonso SPURGIN. I am looking for information on their brother Edward Marshall FUNDERBURGH b. 1899 d. 1981 married by great grandaunt Bryant ROSSETTER.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: PERRY Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UkB.2ACI/3871.2.1 Message Board Post: Here are two obituaries that appeared in 1955 for William Edward PERRY formerly of Collin County, Texas: March 12 1955 News Leader, Springfield, Greene Co., MO Deaths WILLIAM E. PERRY William E. Perry, 53, of Oak Grove Lane, senior driver for the Greyhound Bus lines in Springfield, died unexpectedly in St. Louis at 9 a.m. yesterday. Mr. Perry made his usual bus run from Springfield to St. Louis Thursday and was preparing to make the return trip when he collapsed and died, apparently of a heart attack. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, and is survived by his wife, Irene, and two sons, Capt. W. E. Perry Jr. of Chandler Air Force Base, Ariz., and Jimmy of the home. Also surviving are a brother, H. W. Perry of Sanger, Tex.; six sisters, Mrs. Velta Lester of Abilene, Tex., Mrs. Lorene Skidmore of Denton, Tex., Mrs. Ruby Stone of Celina, Tex., Mrs. Eva Stanton of Plainview, Tex., Mrs. Clara Davis of Dallas and Mrs. Essie Crockett of Prosper, Tex., and by his stepmother, Mrs. J. W. Perry of Prosper. The body will be returned here to the Herman Lohmeyer Funeral Home, then sent to Wausau, Wis., for burial. March 13 1955 News Leader, Springfield, Greene Co., MO Deaths WILLIAM E. PERRY Funeral services for William E. Perry, 53, of Oak Grove Lane, senior driver for Greyhound Bus Friday morning in a St. Louis Hospital three hours after suffering a heart attack, will be heldat 4 p.m. Monday in Herman Loymeyer Chapel. Officiating will be the Rev. E. H. Koerber, pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church. Pallbearers will be fellow Greyhound employees. Following the service here the body will be forwarded to Wausau, Wis., for a second service at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Helke funeral home. Burial will be in Rest Lawn [sic] Cemetery there. The Perrys were former residents of Wisconsin where he operated a small bus line in the earlier days of the road trasportation industry. Once on southwestern runs, Mr. Perry was widely known among bus operators of the Greyhound system. In addition to his wife and two sons in his immediate family he also is survived by four grandchildren.

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/UkB.2ACI/4851.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you for this info. I received a death certificate for Willie Mayes, he died in 1966. I know he was very ill when we visited Collin County (Celina) when I was a teenager. I thought his wife's name was "Effie", but it was listed as "Evie" on his death certificate. This is the only definitive proof I have of my grandfather's mother's maiden name -- on this, his half brother's -- death certificate. I'm grateful for whatever I can get. Cyrille

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/UkB.2ACI/4837.1 Message Board Post: I checked the Collin County Cemetery books for the Thompson cemetery. There was no Mary C. Burnett listed. Also checked just the name, there is a Mary Burnett, (w of Palo) 28 aug 1880-12 july 1932 in the Van Alstyne Cemetery.

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/UkB.2ACI/4851.1 Message Board Post: I checked the Collin County cemetery books. There are three cemeteries in the Celina area. Crossroads; Old Union and Old Celina. The tombstones were recorded in 1970's and therefore no Willie Mayes was listed. I don't know of an updated list. Diane

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/UkB.2ACI/3871.2 Message Board Post: Did you find the obit? I dont see it in the McKinney Newspaper index.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Skipper, Cowan, Davidson, Winn, Clements, Patton, Cri Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UkB.2ACI/4859 Message Board Post: I have been trying to find marriage record of a Lillie Emma Cowan(could have been listed as Davidson) and a William Hamilton Clements. It should have occurred in Collin County around 1908 and 1910, because William's first wife died in 1908 and they are listed on the 1910 census for Collin County. I am also looking for a marriage record for Lillie Emma Cowan and an Unknown Davidson. It had to have occurred between 1900 and 1910(because she was listed as living at home with her mom and stepdad). One other marriage look-up Martha Evelyn Skipper and Oscar Winn. That marriage had to have occurred between 1898 and 1900, because on the 1900 census it shows them married one year. Thanks in advance for any help anybody can give me.

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/UkB.2ACI/4835.2.1.2.1.1.2 Message Board Post: *Julia Ann Elizabeth Emily PERRY md Henry Clay MACK a daughter Lizzie 1870-1888 is buried at Pecan Grove. *William Marcellus W. PERRY md Mattie Elizabeth WATTS Pecan Grove has a Corporal William M Perry no dates, Co B 9 TN Cav CSA W M married Mollie E Watts in Collin county 28 July 1872 Confederate Application index shows Mattie E Perry - ccgs vol16 p 16; vol 19 p7 gives an abstract from her file. 32937, Mattie E Perry, McKinney, filed 12 April 1916. Widow of William Marcellus Perry, who died 6 Jan 1913 in Collin county. Marr 28 July 1872 in Collin county. She is 65, born in KY, has resided in TX 61 years and in Collin county 50 years. No property. husbands service Co B 9th TN Cav for 4 years. Private and Corporal 1861-1865. She died 2-23-47. *Nathan A. W. PERRY married Ellen O. HOUSE Nathan Perry and Ellen O House married Collin county 7 Sept 1871 by Buford Henry OM. *Marquis de Lafayette PERRY md Catherine Alice PERRY (a cousin) *Sarah Etta Estelle PERRY md Calvin Lee MACK Rev CL Apr 25 1851 - May 23 1914 and Sarah Aug 3 1856- Sept 22 1908 are bur at Wilson Chapel Cemetery. Bill Hays book says Essie Renfro married Ed Crockett. She lived to be 104 and died Nov 14 2000 and both of them are buried at restland in Dallas. Includes a nice story about him. One of our members listed Perry, Mack, Emerson and Scott in her surname file - Margaret Mack. ccgs vol18 p 31 has her ahnentafel chart. It includes Calvin Lee Mack and Sarah Estelle "Ettta" Perry. and her parents, James Willis Perry b 1803 m 1840 d 1859. and wife Elizabeth WARR, b 1822.

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/UkB.2ACI/4835.2.1.2.1.1.1.2 Message Board Post: The enumerators often scratched out a name. Usually it was because they had to count the families and someone related in the same house didnt get a new count. You can see where they changed family numbers on the left side on that census. Did you notice Lakey Lakey is listed as a m with F written over it, and son with daughter over it, or maybe viceversa? makes me think someone else gave the info. I also agree that Mary was listed with her mother and again with her husband. Walter A Renfro son of BA and Lucy - Apr 4 1873 - Feb 22 1899 is buried at Walnut Grove Cem. This doesnt jive with the statement that he died when he was 18. Also in that cemetery is Harvey D Renfro son of Walter and Damia Nov 27 1894 - July 4 1895. The tax roll are available on microfilm at the library. If Nathan paid taxes and then dropped off it might indicate when he died. In the Collin County marriage files Harriett Kinson married Richard L Harper 7 May 1877, We havent copied all the records.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: PERRY HARPER MYERS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/UkB.2ACI/4835.2.1.2.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I have been the lucky recipient of your help before, Aurora, when I was stationed in Germany and Russia. I am very grateful for the work you and the Collin County Genealogical Society have done to preserve and promote the history of Collin County and the families who have thrived there. Now that I am back on U.S. soil, I am anxious to actually set foot in a real library, archive, or court house. I hope once I'm settled that I can devote some time to genealogical pursuits in earnest, perhaps solving some of these mysteries. Unfortunately, I'm not any where near Texas, so I'm still having to rely on the kindness and expertise of others. Because our surname is PERRY, I suppose we really want to research that line's heritage most. (Funny how we tend to marginalize the female lines simply because they adopted their spouses' surnames.) I did have a chance to look for a Richard and Harriet HARPER who appeared in Dallas Co., TX in 1880 [Image Source: Year: 1880; Census Place: , Dallas, Texas; Roll: T9_1299; Family History Film: 1255299; Page: 207.1000; Enumeration District: 62] and they appear to have a six-year-old daughter in the household, whose first name could be read as "Ida." Since Richard is listed as only 22 years old, while Harriet is listed as 28, then I would hazard a guess that even though the daughter isn't given a different last name, she isn't likely to be the natural child of Richard's, since he would have only been about 15 when Harriet would have gotten pregnant at about age 21. Besides that, you mentioned in your previous posting that Richard and Harriet married in 1877. This six-year-old would have been born about 1874. So, it is conceivable that Harriet was married to a KINSON before, and that Ida is actually her real daughter by that man. In 1880, Ida is said to be born in IL wit! h a MO -born father and IL -born mother. In the 1900 census, Ida's father's birthplace is changed to IL. I think the census taker in 1880 just inserted Richard's MO birthplace as Ida's father's. Thank you, too, for pointing out the number of children Harriet claims to have had versus how many are living and, further, how many are in the household. That would indeed point to either a step-child or an in-law in the house. Of course, one of the big questions from that 1900 household of Harriet's is, if both Ida and Mary are listing themselves as married and both as having had two children that are still supposedly living, then where the heck are the kids? Maybe Ida and Mary were simply visiting when the census-taker arrived. What's really peculiar is that there is a Mary MYERS living next door to Harriet with the same info on age, birth, marital status, children, etc. Probably a duplication? Very interesting. One last little peculiarity is that Harriet, now listed as a "LAKEY" or "LOKEY" is said to be widowed and the census taker put 21 years in the length of marriage column, but crossed it out. If she had been married to Richard HARPER for 21 years, then he would have passed away around 1898. Yet, the LAKEY / LOKEY kids in the household have birth years of 1892 and 1893. Could it be that these are two step-kids and that the sixth of Harriet's seven kids just simply isn't in this household? Maybe the LAKEY / LOKEY husband passed away just before the 1900 census, and maybe that's why Ida and Mary are there to lend a hand? Hmmm. Family research can be such fun! Again, Aurora, thank you for all the help you lend to researchers. It is a tremendous gift you give of your time and expertise. I, for one, genuinely appreciate it!! Best wishes, Laura

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/UkB.2ACI/4835.2.1.2.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I am editor of the Collin County genealogical society quarterly, so I have purchased any available books I have been able to find plus we have done the quarterly for 25 years now. I have put several indexes on my webpage, but I have not checked them for references for your query. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~collincotx/ Ida could be the daughter in law or Mary could be. Actually, looking at the census again I see that Harriet had 7 children and only 6 living but lists 7 children.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: PERRY KINSON HOUSE RENFRO MACK WATTS LOKEY Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/UkB.2ACI/4835.2.1.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Dear Aurora, You must have some fabulous resources at your disposal to produce so many clues in so little time! I have much of what Bill HAYS' book revealed, but it is very nice to have the confirmation. As for Evie's mother being Harriet, I haven't made that connection. I was told by a fellow researcher that it was Nathan's daughter who was named Ida who married a LOKEY and I've never been able to confirm that. I had seen the Wylie Collin Co TX 1900 census page of which you write, but it seemed a bit garbled with the PERRY name and the LOKEY name scratched out. The birth date for the Ida mentioned is June 1875 (even that is written over, so could be 1874), and the second daughter of Nathan A. W. PERRY and Ellen O. HOUSE was born around that time frame. The 1880 Census for them was difficult to read and it could be that one of the initials could have been an "I." for Ida. So, is this Ida in Harriet's house her daughter, or a daughter-in-law? The marriage being 7 years fits for it actually being James Willis PERRY's wife, "Ida" KINSON, since their 8th anniversary wouldn't be u! ntil August. Question is: Where the heck is James Willis PERRY if his wife is in Harriet's household? Where are all her two daughters (Eva Lillian PERRY, b. 31 Aug 1894; and Clara D., b. 27 Jan 1897?) I will investigate Harriet as best I can, as it's a fresh angle I haven't tried to make fit for Ida's lineage. As for what ever became of Nathan, his wife Ellen, and what were the names of his daughters, I probably will never know. I do know, however, that Nathan's parents were James Willis and Elizabeth PERRY, primarily of Maury Co., TN, although they were married in Hardin Co., and lived in Lawrence county for a spell. This James Willis PERRY (for whom his grandson by son Nathan was named) died in 1859. He and his wife had several children who relocated to Texas: *Julia Ann Elizabeth Emily PERRY md Henry Clay MACK *William Marcellus W. PERRY md Mattie Elizabeth WATTS *Nathan A. W. PERRY md Ellen O. HOUSE *Marquis de Lafayette PERRY md Catherine Alice PERRY (a cousin) *Lucy W. PERRY md Burton Alexander RENFRO (these were the parents of Walter A. RENFRO who married Damia D ROBERTSON, but he died early and Damia married his first cousin, James Willis after "Ida" KINSON passed away) *Sarah Etta Estelle PERRY md Calvin Lee MACK The fate of Nathan and Ellen and their children have been a big mystery to me, especially with the loss of the 1890 census and the 1900 for Collin Co being in such illegible shape. Perhaps this Harriet connection will at least begin to resolve the mystery of Ida's heritage. How did you determine that Harriet was a KINSON before being identified as a LOKEY? Who was Harriet's spouse? Aurora, thank you for all your hard work in researching this PERRY dilemma. I genuinely appreciate it!! Gratefully yours, Laura

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/UkB.2ACI/4835.2.1.2.1 Message Board Post: Harriet's death is recorded in the McKinney pCourier 12/30/1924 p3. possible parents for Nathaan U.S. Census > 1850 United States Federal Census > Tennessee > Lawrence > District 7 Joseph W and Elizabeth.