Hi Terry, I'll dig around and see if I have any info on Henleys - it sure rings a bell. My great-grandparents (Lemuel and Pharaby Burton) lived in Carbon, and some of their offspring lived in the area and in Kokomo (James and Dora Noel). I seem to recall a Henley buried at Bear Springs, but I'll have to look at my list in the next day-or-so and make sure. I really look forward to reading the book you mentioned. I'm very interested in that period of time around Bear Springs, Carbon, and Kokomo since I had so many relatives there. Any mention of Burtons, or Noels that you recall (there was a divorce and a suicide, so should have made the news, although that would have been about 1905)? Quite an exciting prospect! Thanks, Wilson > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Whites, Carters, Henleys from MS > Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 17:08:12 +0000 > From: Terry Biegler <tbiegler@tcjc.cc.tx.us> > To: TXEASTLA-L@rootsweb.com > > Hello, > > I am new to this list. I am trying to find the final resting place of my > great grandfather, William Alexander (Alex) White. He left MS for > Gorman, TX in 1907, along with some of his children and grandchildren. > They were: > James Wesley White > Henry and Ellen (White) Henley and their children > Annie (White) Hutcherson and her two children > > Another of his daughters had already moved to Gorman with her husband > about 1903. Their names were John P. and Mary (White) Carter. They are > buried in the Gorman Cemetery. I would like very much to correspond with > their descendents. > > The Henleys lived in Gorman for a year or so before settling in Kokomo, > north of Gorman. One of their sons (my second cousin?) Julius Henley, > wrote a book about his life, including much about his life in Kokomo. > There is a lot of information about the families and the area at the > time. I have a copy of the book, called "A Boy from Kokomo". There are > some missing pages. As soon as I can get them from another cousin, I > plan on scanning the book into electronic form and will reprint it so > the library at Gorman can have a copy. > > Annie Hutcherson eventually remarried an A.Y Blanton and they lived in > Blanket, TX. She died in the 1950's. They are buried in the Blanket > Cemetery along with her daughter Wilma who died young. > > James married Eula Henley, Henry's daughter from a previous marriage. > They are on the 1910 census as living in Eastland. They eventually > settled in Ft. Worth. > > Here's my problem: in the book written by my cousin, it states that Alex > is buried in the Gorman Cemetery, as well as two of the Henley's > children and one of James' children. I didn't find any of them at the > Gorman Cemetery. I made another trip to Gorman last Wednesday and talked > to the great little lady at the library. She had a list of the people > buried in the Gorman Cemetery, but none of these names are there. She > sent me to the funeral home where I saw a map with lots of little > cemeteries in the area. I went to as many as I could find but still > could not find Alex. There is also no death certificate for him at the > Eastland courthouse. There is a chance that he died in Comanche County, > since Gorman is right on the line. I haven't heard back from Comanche > County yet. > > Does anyone know the whereabout of the following people's graves? > > William Alexander White 1831-1907 > Lutie May Henley 1893-1907 > Charles Leroy Henley 1907-1909 > Lonnie Delmore White 1909-1909 > > Does anyone know if John and Mary Carter's descendents still live in the > Gorman area? I would really like to find them. > > Thanks, > Terry