Bobbie, I would be very interested in the book. Ann Shettles Names researching: Bryant, Ekrut, Fryar, Gambrell, Key, Trapp >From: "Bobbie Ross" <bwross@htcomp.net> >Reply-To: TXCORYEL-L@rootsweb.com >To: TXCORYEL-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [TXCORYEL] book >Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 17:07:34 -0500 > >Dear List Members, There is an effort underway to encourage the >republishing of a book that was put out by Lewis Publishing Co. in 1893 in >which people could put in bios of themselves. it was "McLennan, Falls, >Bell >and Coryell Counties, Texas". A few of these can be found in libraries >scattered around the central Texas area. I have been asked to check out >the >interest among people who are interested in Coryell County, so let me know >if this would be of interest to you. >Bobbie Ross, county co-ordinator for Coryell County, Texas >http://www.rootsweb.com/~txcoryel/ > > _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.

These are all of the Riley line that I show buried in Coryell County, do not believe yours to be here. RILEY URBAN J. 1883 1948 Copperas Cove City RILEY NED Eagle Springs RILEY CLARISSA E. 16 JULY. 1856 11 JAN. 1943 Flint Creek RILEY JAMES STEPHEN 22 AUG. 1861 6 OCT. 1943 Gatesville - City RILEY RUTH 1860 1935 Gatesville - City RILEY JAMES S. 24 MAR. 1900 27 AUG. 1957 Gatesville - City RILEY ETON LILLIAN 12 OCT. 1904 10 MAY. 1992 Gatesville - City RILEY SAVANAH R. 29 JUL. 1853 22 FEB. 1873 Gatesville - City RILEY WILLIAM L. 6 MAY. 1884 26 MAR. 1966 Gatesville - City RILEY CORA P. 6 SEP. 1888 6 APR. 1964 Gatesville - City RILEY HAZEL 1922 1988 King -Smith RILEY ELSIE M. 1902 1983 Live Oak - Hamilton Co. RILEY HELEN JEAN 17 NOV. 1929 6 NOV. 1991 Live Oak - Hamilton Co. RILEY W. D. (BILL) 1897 1965 Live Oak - Hamilton Co. RILEY C.E. 13 JULY. 1864 29 DEC. 1893 Osage RILEY HENRY F. 20 MAR. 1888 26 OCT. 1888 Osage RILEY ELNORA V. 25 DEC. 1893 4 APR. 1894 Osage RILEY DON H. 20 OCT. 1912 31 MAY. 1968 Restland RILEY CLARA E. 1 JUN. 1913 13 FEB. 1962 Restland RILEY GRACE 11 MAR. 1878 20 MAR. 1878 Turnersville Bobbie Ross, county co-ordinator for Coryell County, Texas http://www.rootsweb.com/~txcoryel/ Home page at: http://www.htcomp.net/ross Nationas Society of Daughters of the American Revolution http://www.htcomp.net/ross/dar "What the world needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds" Will Rogers ----- Original Message ----- From: Anthony Elam <elams@nemonet.com> To: <TXCORYEL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 21, 2000 10:23 AM Subject: [TXCORYEL] Cemetery Lookup for Riley. > Bobbi, > Would you be so kind as to see if Asa/Aza Riley (b. about 1810) would be > listed in a Cemetery Book for Coryell Co., TX. He and his sons Richard > Douglas Riley and George Washington Riley went down to your county after the > Civil War, in the 1870's to buy land and on the 1880 Coryell Co., TX Federal > Census. and we are not so sure that Asa Riley came back to Ralls Co., MO > with his son Richard. Just learned that George Washington Riley and his > family stayed down in Texas. Must be mighty fine country. > Thanks so much, > Zabette Elam of Ralls Co., MO. >

Zabette, are you related to the Coryell Co. TX Elams? Do you know Earl Elam who descends from Pat Henry Elam. Pat was married to a Scoggin and all are from Coryell Co. Don Pierce........Albuquerque On 21 Aug 2000, at 10:23, Anthony Elam wrote: > Bobbi, > Would you be so kind as to see if Asa/Aza Riley (b. about 1810) would > be listed in a Cemetery Book for Coryell Co., TX. He and his sons > Richard Douglas Riley and George Washington Riley went down to your > county after the Civil War, in the 1870's to buy land and on the 1880 > Coryell Co., TX Federal Census. and we are not so sure that Asa Riley > came back to Ralls Co., MO with his son Richard. Just learned that > George Washington Riley and his family stayed down in Texas. Must be > mighty fine country. Thanks so much, Zabette Elam of Ralls Co., MO. >

Regarding your "Hanes", FYI...the attending physician at my home birth in Coryell Country in February 1943 was Dr. H. M. Haynes. Kirby -----Original Message----- From: Lucian Collins <golffer4@worldnet.att.net> To: TXCORYEL-L@rootsweb.com <TXCORYEL-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, August 21, 2000 4:33 PM Subject: [TXCORYEL] Fw: [HANES] Hanes, Nicholas ca 1838 Alabama

It gets more interesting now. In 1833 a Nicholas D. Hanes married Elizabeth North Dec 3 in Tuscaloosa, Ala. 1880 Nicholas Hanes and Amanda Spears Spivey Hanes are in Williamson Co., TX. where one dau is born ca 1879, Udora Ann. They have a step-son Urie Spivey 13 years old. (Amanda must have been married to a Spivey at some time).Also in house hold is Love, Artimisie, sister-n-law age 19, with a dau, Annie M. age 1 1884 a N.G. Hanes is listed as a non land owner and our Nicholas Hanes and Amanda Spears have another child, Preston Green Hanes born Oct 20, 1884 in Gatrsville, Coryell Co., TX. In 1900 Lousia Spivey census of Commache Co., TX has in her house hold Dora A. age 20 and Preston age 15. I think that Nicholas D. Hanes is the father of Nicholas Hanes and also Nicholas Hanes is the same as N.G. Hanes of Coryell Co., non land owner. That Nicholas and Amanda somewhere in or between Coryell Co. and Commache Co. and that Louisa maybe as a relative took the two children into her home. I know this is a long email but I really do need some help on this one. Thanks Lucian LaNoy Collins golffer4@worldnet.att.net Researching: Ainsworth, Alsup, Bateman, Collins, Jones, Martin, Pearre, and related names

Can someone tell me if there are any school records for Bee House? I am interested in teachers who taught there ca 1917. Winona Wilkinson

Becky I have many ancestors from the area in the time frame in question. Would love to view the photos.

Bobbi, Would you be so kind as to see if Asa/Aza Riley (b. about 1810) would be listed in a Cemetery Book for Coryell Co., TX. He and his sons Richard Douglas Riley and George Washington Riley went down to your county after the Civil War, in the 1870's to buy land and on the 1880 Coryell Co., TX Federal Census. and we are not so sure that Asa Riley came back to Ralls Co., MO with his son Richard. Just learned that George Washington Riley and his family stayed down in Texas. Must be mighty fine country. Thanks so much, Zabette Elam of Ralls Co., MO.

Hi Carol, Use the URL addresses below to view the pictures. Becky....... Dear Mail List Members: Mr. Roger M Pace has very kindly offered to post my Mother Neff Pictures to a URL for me. He is posting each picture on separate pages to leave the pics large so they will load faster. Please don't forget to let me know if you have any information on these pictures. These pictures are a treasure for me also. My great-grandparents James E and Helen (Shirley) McKinney owed a farm down from Mother Neff Park that still stands today. During the 1950's they sold the farm to Mr. H. H. Jones. The farm is still owed by the Jones family. The farm is called "River Ranch". James McKinney's parents (JWE & Mary (Barron) McKinney) lived on the Neff place and worked for the Neff family when Pat Neff was a boy. Pat Neff and JWE McKinney became friends. According to family stories Mary (Barron) and Mother Neff became good friends as well. I also grew up going to many-many-family reunions at Mother Neff Park. Picture one is at www.geocities.com/shamrocktx/neff1.jpg Picture two is at www.geocities.com/shamrocktx/neff2.jpg Picture three is at www.geocities.com/shamrocktx/neff3.jpg Picture four is at www.geocities.com/shamrocktx/neff4.jpg Picture five is at www.geocities.com/shamrocktx/neff5.jpg He will only leave the pics up for a month or so. So please share this information with everyone who is interested in these historical pictures. And please everyone join me in thanking Mr. Pace for his help. Becky Colston scolston@mwci.net ============================== Genealogy calendars, guestbooks and more: Visit RootsWeb's Resource Center at CarolK86@aol.com wrote: > Becky, I would love to have copies. I have spent many hours at Mother Neff and was at the celebration a few years ago of Pat Neff's birthday party. I grew up in the area and was born on the Leon River just a few miles from Mother Neff State Park. > > Thanks. Carol

Becky, I would love to have copies. I have spent many hours at Mother Neff and was at the celebration a few years ago of Pat Neff's birthday party. I grew up in the area and was born on the Leon River just a few miles from Mother Neff State Park. Thanks. Carol

Dear Mail List Members: Mr. Roger M Pace has very kindly offered to post my Mother Neff Pictures to a URL for me. He is posting each picture on separate pages to leave the pics large so they will load faster. Please don't forget to let me know if you have any information on these pictures. These pictures are a treasure for me also. My great-grandparents James E and Helen (Shirley) McKinney owed a farm down from Mother Neff Park that still stands today. During the 1950's they sold the farm to Mr. H. H. Jones. The farm is still owed by the Jones family. The farm is called "River Ranch". James McKinney's parents (JWE & Mary (Barron) McKinney) lived on the Neff place and worked for the Neff family when Pat Neff was a boy. Pat Neff and JWE McKinney became friends. According to family stories Mary (Barron) and Mother Neff became good friends as well. I also grew up going to many-many-family reunions at Mother Neff Park. Picture one is at www.geocities.com/shamrocktx/neff1.jpg Picture two is at www.geocities.com/shamrocktx/neff2.jpg Picture three is at www.geocities.com/shamrocktx/neff3.jpg Picture four is at www.geocities.com/shamrocktx/neff4.jpg Picture five is at www.geocities.com/shamrocktx/neff5.jpg He will only leave the pics up for a month or so. So please share this information with everyone who is interested in these historical pictures. And please everyone join me in thanking Mr. Pace for his help. Becky Colston scolston@mwci.net

Please include me in for those pictures, however you have to send them!! I grew up in Ogelsby, TX. and spent many wonderfull days at Mother Neff in the 1950's. My family has had a number of reunions in the park ( during the 1950's) . My email addsress is doug@itexas.net Thanks, Rose

Dear members, I can not send attachments by way of our members mailing list. (See Below) So I will send then to by email. These pictures take time to send. If I don't get yours sent tonight, I will save your email address and send them to you as soon as I have time. Thanks Becky We've had to institute this policy because of the problems that accompany these fancy mail formats. Some people don't have mail programs that are capable of processing the special file formats. Even among those who do, different mail programs handle these special formats in very different and confusing ways. HTML messages pose special problems to our digested mailing lists. Most of all, HTML-ified mail and attachments place a considerable burden on RootsWeb's overworked machines. All in all, mail in this format produces a lot of problems for RootsWeb's servers and subscribers, so we find it's best just to use plain text. -- The RootsWeb staff

Hello, fellow Mailing List members. In July of this year I was in McLennan & Coryell Counties visiting relatives. A cousin has given me copies of what I believe is the dedication and opening of Mother Neff Park (before it became a state park?) I would like to share these pictures with those of you who are interested. My hope is that some of you will be able to identify some of the people in the pictures, give me dates or any other information you are willing to share. I have five pictures. Please email me at: scolston@mwci.net and I will send them to you. Becky Colston

Becky, I looked in the Gatesville Library -- the book's not there. Bobbie Thornton(who has documented many of the cemeteries in Coryell County) was in the Genealogy Library and I asked her if she knew about the book. No, but she suggested that you check with the Moody, Texas Library -- there is a Perry Cemetery in that area. Also, she said there are two ladies in a flower shop a block off Hwy 317 who know a lot about families in the area. Call Bobbie at 254-248-1190 and she can give you the ladies' names. I tried, but she wasn't home after I returned to Houston. Also, the McLennan County Genealogy Library in Waco might have a copy of the book. I didn't get to go to Moody or visit the library in Waco. Hope this will help! Neva ----- Original Message ----- From: Steve Colston <scolston@mwci.net> To: <TXCORYEL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2000 1:38 PM Subject: [TXCORYEL] Book > Can someone tell me how and where I can purchase a copy of "Perry in > McLennan County, Texas, 1852-1881 / compiled by Hazel Alexander Potter > [and] Annette Sebastian Swenson. > > Thank You, > Becky Colston > > > > > > > > > >

Thanks for your help. Becky Neva McClain wrote: > Becky, > > I looked in the Gatesville Library -- the book's not there. Bobbie > Thornton(who has documented many of the cemeteries in Coryell County) was > in the Genealogy Library and I asked her if she knew about the book. No, > but she suggested that you check with the Moody, Texas Library -- there is a > Perry Cemetery in that area. Also, she said there are two ladies in a > flower shop a block off Hwy 317 who know a lot about families in the area. > Call Bobbie at 254-248-1190 and she can give you the ladies' names. I > tried, but she wasn't home after I returned to Houston. Also, the McLennan > County Genealogy Library in Waco might have a copy of the book. I didn't > get to go to Moody or visit the library in Waco. > > Hope this will help! > Neva > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Steve Colston <scolston@mwci.net> > To: <TXCORYEL-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2000 1:38 PM > Subject: [TXCORYEL] Book > > > Can someone tell me how and where I can purchase a copy of "Perry in > > McLennan County, Texas, 1852-1881 / compiled by Hazel Alexander Potter > > [and] Annette Sebastian Swenson. > > > > Thank You, > > Becky Colston > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

I am trying to find an ancestor known as preacher Burns. In the Coryell County Kin, there is a mention of Elder J.R. Burns who ordained Marion Weeks in 1873 in the Little Band Church. Where was this church located? I believe this is our "Preacher Burns" we've been trying to locate records on. >From an autobiography of our grandmother, Lou Ella Bruton Lynch, her grandfather, "Preacher Burns" lived with his daughter, Mary Susie Burns Bruton & husband Albert Bruton in Hubbard, where grandma went to school. Preacher Burns performed the marriage ceremony for his grand-daughter, Lou Ella Bruton in October 1913. Was there a cemetery in Hubbard? Could somebody out there please find the name of Preacher Burns for me and his wife and children? I would like to be able to complete the family history. I know of 3 sibblings of Mary Susie Burns, a brother named John, known as "Bud", Annie, who married a Hackney, and Lillie. Thank You All for any help you can give me. Cindy Foerster email: cindyed@world-net.net

I hooped someone on the list might know and tell you. I would suggest that you try the McLennan county lookup page or their list. Bobbie Ross, county co-ordinator for Coryell County, Texas http://www.rootsweb.com/~txcoryel/ Home page at: http://www.htcomp.net/ross Nationas Society of Daughters of the American Revolution http://www.htcomp.net/ross/dar "What the world needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds" Will Rogers ----- Original Message ----- From: Steve Colston <scolston@mwci.net> To: <TXCORYEL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2000 1:38 PM Subject: [TXCORYEL] Book > Can someone tell me how and where I can purchase a copy of "Perry in > McLennan County, Texas, 1852-1881 / compiled by Hazel Alexander Potter > [and] Annette Sebastian Swenson. > > Thank You, > Becky Colston > > > > > > > > > >

Can someone tell me how and where I can purchase a copy of "Perry in McLennan County, Texas, 1852-1881 / compiled by Hazel Alexander Potter [and] Annette Sebastian Swenson. Thank You, Becky Colston

Could your Edwards have originally come out of Wilson/ Rutherford Co., TN before they went into Coryell Co., TX? I know some of those Edwards were originally from TN. Frances ---------- > From: GEO DEVRIES <mdgdevries@worldnet.att.net> > To: TXCORYEL-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [TXCORYEL] Edwards connect to Mary Edwards/Mitchell > Date: Friday, June 30, 2000 3:59 PM > > Mary, > > I noticed your maiden name and was wondering if you have family from Coryell > County, since my Edwards are from there and just over the border in and > around Ireland, Hamilton County. > > Look forward to connecting with a new cousin. > > Darlene, Native Texan, in Illinois > mdgdevries@worldnet.att.net > Researching: Adams, Ayres, Baird, Barnett, > Bilyeu, Brown, Brumley, Butler, De Vries, Doggett, Dykstra, > Edwards, Fitzgerald, Flynn, Harmsen, Kooinga, > Kuiper, Lang, Lassiter, Nichols, Prince, Reitsma, Stallworth, > Stone, Waddell, Witterhold, > > and many branches from these. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Mary Mitchell <emmitchell37@yahoo.com> > To: <TXCORYEL-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 3:32 PM > Subject: [TXCORYEL] McMeekin and Laman > > > > Hi, > > > > Could anyone please help me locate the grave sites of > > Latilda or Matilda Amanzy McMeekin and Nancy Jane > > McMeekin Laman. > > > > Latilda or Matilda Amanzy McMeekin's husband was > > Andrew Jackson "Jack" McMeekin. He is buried with his > > family at Slater Cemetery. His wife might be buried > > there in an unmarked grave. She passed away in April > > 1935. > > > > Nancy Jane McMeekin Laman passed away in 1904. > > > > If anyone has any information on these two relatives > > of mine I would appricate hearing from you. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Mary Helen Edwards Mitchell > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Get Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! > > http://mail.yahoo.com/ > > > > >