John Weldon, I have an Elias Alexander who married Lucy Brown either in Tennessee or in Texas. Lucy's parents and siblings moved to Coryell County, Texas in 1855. The Brown's are my direct line. Would like to see if we can connect our families. Descendants of Elias Alexander Generation No. 1 1. ELIAS1 ALEXANDER was born October 25, 1779, and died February 08, 1881. He married LUCY ANN BROWN, daughter of NIMROD BROWN and GRACIE REECE. She was born February 04, 1822, and died August 1861 in Lamar County, Texas. Child of ELIAS ALEXANDER and LUCY BROWN is: 2. i. LUCY VICTORIA2 ALEXANDER, b. April 09, 1858; Texas; d. May 08, 1941. Generation No. 2 2. LUCY VICTORIA2 ALEXANDER (ELIAS1) was born April 09, 1858 in Texas, and died May 08, 19411. She married ANDREW HUNTER BLACK March 20, 1877, son of JAMES BLACK and CAROLINE SLOAN. He was born March 15, 1852 in Earden, Arkansas, and died March 20, 1889 in Lamar County, Texas. Thanks for your time in advance, 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: John and Jane Weldon <jweldons@texasonline.net> To: <TXCORYEL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2000 9:03 AM Subject: Re: [TXCORYEL] List > Bobbie, > Congratulations to the Gatesville team! And to you for a job well > done on the Coryell Co. Page and list... > My family moved to Central Texas anywhere between 1832 and 1870's, > into Falls, Bosque, Milam, McClennan, Hamilton, Hayes and Coryell Co's, > then migrated West to Coleman, Taylor, Haskell, Jones, etc. as more land > was opened for homesteading. Most were farmers, and we still have one > in the family, my brother, up at Earth, Lamb Co., Tx. who is good > friends with Doug Atchley from Evant... > The Coryell Co. names I research are: Armstrong, Davis, Hartgraves, > and Sanders...some related lines are McCollum, Kellam, Dunnivan, > Alexander, and Weldon. > > John Weldon > Midland, Tx. > > P.S. Can't help but mention the Rob't E. Lee Rebels from Midland won > their 3rd straight State Championship in 5A, something no team has done > at the highest classification since Chuck Moser's Warbirds back in the > 50's. >