I am still looking for the burial place of James Manon Skaggs b 1800 d 1873 in Cooke Co., TX. His wife was Susan Wright d bef 1870 The 1860 census has them living in Gainesville or so it appears (below). 1860 census for Gainesville, Cooke Co., TX., Census Pg 30 233-240, taken June 29, 1860 lists James Skeggs (sp) as age 59, born Kentucky, farmer carpenter, real estate valued at $1,000 and personal property valued at $ 911, his wife Susan age 39, born Illinois, An info will be greatly appreciated. Many of his family are buried in Turner Cemetery SE of Gainesville. Jim Skaggs

Earliest available newspaper for Cooke Co. that was preserved is the 1888 Gainesville Hesperian. If you find a newspaper for the 1870's in north Texas, please post on the Cooke Co. listserv. ----- Original Message ----- From: <JDSshipbld@cs.com> To: <TXCOOKE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 4:59 PM Subject: Re: [TXCOOKE] > I am still looking for the burial place of James Manon Skaggs b 1800 d 1873 > in Cooke Co., TX. His wife was Susan Wright d bef 1870 > > The 1860 census has them living in Gainesville or so it appears (below). > > 1860 census for Gainesville, Cooke Co., TX., Census Pg 30 233-240, taken June > 29, 1860 lists James Skeggs (sp) as age 59, born Kentucky, farmer carpenter, > real estate valued at $1,000 and personal property valued at $ 911, his wife > Susan age 39, born Illinois, > > An info will be greatly appreciated. Many of his family are buried in Turner > Cemetery SE of Gainesville. > > Jim Skaggs > > > ==== TXCOOKE Mailing List ==== > If you wish to unsubscribe from the Cooke Co., TX Mailing List, send > only the word UNSUBSCRIBE TXCOOKE-l-request@rootsweb.com or if you are > on the Digest List to TXCOOKE-d-request@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > >