Speaking of names ---- are there any WALTON names listed ? Thanks in advance!' Tony ----- Original Message ----- From: FRED E EWERS III <fredorkim@email.msn.com> To: <TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 1999 7:13 PM Subject: [ERATH] Erath County Book > Are there any Raney (Rainey)'s in the book? > Kim Ewers > > > > > ==== TXERATH Mailing List ==== > --- Author Retains Copyright --- > -- Copyright 1999 Author -- All Rights Reserved > Post to List: TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com http://www.selfroots.com > Unsubscribe request To: TXERATH-L-request@rootsweb.com >

Are there any Raney (Rainey)'s in the book? Kim Ewers

Debbie, I do not have info other than I stated on the Pettiet line. I do however have a Mae Alexander married Woody Christopher as I noticed you were researching ALEXANDER. Peggy in Bridge City

Bill, Thanks. Just a thought! Oh ... if only! There are so many questions and so few answers. I really appreciate all of your help. Take care. Debby ----- Original Message ----- From: <Texasdog@aol.com> To: <TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 1999 12:16 PM Subject: Re: [ERATH] Funeral records or funeral homes > Debby, > There were 81 grandchildren and my grandmother died near Afton > in 1925 and one of my cousins got her old doctor's book. To give you an > idea of the informality of birth records in the early 1900s, my grandmother > would keep "births" like in a format that reminded me of how we might > keep scores of "domino games" today. About once a month or every six > weeks, she might travel to Dickens and record the births. This was > recorded on a large sheet of paper that would be lined with rows and > columns. She might have delivered six or eight children during this > period and she would write down the parents, the date, maybe the community, > and if it was a boy or girl or if there were twins. This would > have been during the 1910s or so when she was in her 60s. She might > miss the date by a few or several days, too. For example, she might have > travelled from home for several days spending the night with "blue babys" > or what have you.....and I gather these birth records would have all the > degree of accuracy that a truck driver's expense account and log book > would have today. In other words, paper work was considered a triviality > in that the health of the patients came first and the "birth log" would often > be from "memory" weeks after the fact. I know of at least one occasion > where the "birth log" listed the wrong gender of the baby. Death records > in the rural area might be the in the same manner but up from 1903 until > 1927 when the state took the responsibility from local counties, probably > only 65 to 75% of the births were recorded in the best of years. Death > records were not automatic as they are today. > > > Bill McCarty Odessa, Texas > > http://members.tripod.com/cindyradway/Erath/erath.html > http://members.aol.com/texastag/mccarty.html > > > ==== TXERATH Mailing List ==== > --- Author Retains Copyright --- > -- Copyright 1999 Author -- All Rights Reserved > Post to List: TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com http://www.selfroots.com > Unsubscribe request To: TXERATH-L-request@rootsweb.com > >

Hi Wanda, My name is Gil Roberts and I have some info on BLAIR's in Erath and Eastland Counties. Maybe this is some of your line. I am currently researching KEITH's in Erath and Eastland Counties. I have a Berry Moore KEITH and Sara Jane BLAIR as the first white couple to be married in Eastland County on July 05, 1863 in Blair's Fort. Sara Jane BLAIR was b. March 27, 1848 in Erath County; d. April 17, 1937 in Dublin, Erath County; and was the daughter of Charles Culpepper BLAIR and Mecca "Meekie" REEVES. I show Charles Culpepper BLAIR b. 1820 in Ireland; d.1907 in Erath County, Texas; m. in Georgia in 1845 to Mecca REEVES b. June 30, 1830 in Walton County, Georgia; d. December 19, 1920 in Erath County, Texas. The BLAIR children included: Adeline; Charlsie, m. Alfred REEVES in Erath County; Loyd; Mark; Melzora, m. J.B. Smith; Owen; Sara Jane; Nancy b. 1855, m. September 20, 1892 to Berry REEVES. Berry Moore "Coon" KEITH was my G-G-Uncle (Son of Gabriel KEITH and Cynthia Jane CAMPBELL). I also have some info on Berry and Sara's children, if you are interested. Maybe this will help you a little. Yours truly, Gil Roberts Marianna, Florida gilann@wfeca.net . ----- Original Message ----- From: <Granwan@aol.com> To: <TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: October 19, 1999 10:33 AM Subject: [ERATH] BLAIR > Would like any BLAIR information in Erath County. So very many siblings. > Wanda > > > ==== TXERATH Mailing List ==== > --- Author Retains Copyright --- > -- Copyright 1999 Author -- All Rights Reserved > Post to List: TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com http://www.selfroots.com > Unsubscribe request To: TXERATH-L-request@rootsweb.com > >

Peggy in Purves Do you have any Stephen's, Boucher's, or Carr's in your book? Lola

I have two Shearers in my line: Harold Shearer (no info.) m.Sylvia Ann Sims (b.March 15, 1938 Shreveport, LA) in 1956. One known son: Stephen Lee Shearer b.Nov. 4, 1957 Muskogee, OK. Tonya Aultman-Harris mtharris@ev1.net Researching: Aultman (AR, TX, MS),Cox (TX, OK), Parker (LA, TX), Peyton (MS) ----- Original Message ----- From: KARLA KT SHAHAN <ktshahan@juno.com> To: <TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 1999 10:26 AM Subject: [ERATH] Erath Lookup > Does anyone have any SHEARERS in their genealogies? > > Karla > ktshahan@juno.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > Get the Internet just the way you want it. > Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! > Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj. > > > ==== TXERATH Mailing List ==== > --- Author Retains Copyright --- > -- Copyright 1999 Author -- All Rights Reserved > Post to List: TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com http://www.selfroots.com > Unsubscribe request To: TXERATH-L-request@rootsweb.com > >

John L. is the son of Benjamin Walker cousin of my great great grandfather, James Mack Pettiet. John L. and Ether Young Cobb are buried in Carlton Cemetery. Do you have any additional info on the family? Thanks, Debby McDanel debbykay@hotmail.com Alexander, Cook, Head, Hightower, Pettit(any sp), Trainer(any sp) ----- Original Message ----- From: Peggy Harrington <peggyh@pernet.net> To: <TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 1999 6:47 AM Subject: [ERATH] Pettiett > Debra Kay, > Are your Pettiett family kin to Bertha Lera Pettiet b 14 Apr 1891, daughter of J L Pettiett and Sarah Turrentine? > Bertha Lera married John Wesley Barnett and lived at Carlton in Hamilton Co. > Peggy in Bridge City > > > ==== TXERATH Mailing List ==== > --- Author Retains Copyright --- > -- Copyright 1999 Author -- All Rights Reserved > Post to List: TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com http://www.selfroots.com > Unsubscribe request To: TXERATH-L-request@rootsweb.com > >

HI, Sure would appreciate it if you would look up surnames FITZGERALD and STEWART. Many Thanks, Carol DebbyKay wrote: > > Peggy, > > Is there any mention in the book of Alexanders, Hightowers, Heads, Cooks or > Pettiets (any spelling?)? > I appreciate your offer. > > Debby McDanel > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Peggy McCleskey Broughton <peggyj@our-town.com> > To: <TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, October 18, 1999 3:48 PM > Subject: Re: [ERATH] Erath County book > > > I have the Erath County book you mentioned if you need something looked > up. > > > > Peggy in Purves > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <Texasdog@aol.com> > > To: <TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Monday, October 18, 1999 2:41 PM > > Subject: [ERATH] Erath County book > > > > > > > > > > >>>>>ACCESSION: 6775315 > > > TITLE: History of Erath County : > > > a pictorial, limited edition, family history of the people of > > > Erath County, 1878-1980 / > > > PLACE: Dublin, TX : > > > PUBLISHER: Erath County Historical Commission, > > > YEAR: 1980 > > > PUB TYPE: Book > > > FORMAT: 176 p. : ill., ports. ; 29 cm. > > > SUBJECT: Erath County (Tex.) -- Biography. > > > Erath County (Tex.) -- Genealogy. > > > OTHER: Erath County Historical Commission.<<<<<<<< > > > > > > Peggy at Bridge City----- > > > The above book is that which I had mentioned as one published on > > > Erath County families. It had limited circulation but is in Dublin & > > > Stephenville libraries. For the most part, the families in the book > > would > > > have been those in and around Dublin. > > > > > > Bill McCarty Odessa, Texas > > > > > > http://members.tripod.com/cindyradway/Erath/erath.html > > > http://members.aol.com/texastag/mccarty.html > > > > > > > > > ==== TXERATH Mailing List ==== > > > --- Author Retains Copyright --- > > > -- Copyright 1999 Author -- All Rights Reserved > > > Post to List: TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com http://www.selfroots.com > > > Unsubscribe request To: TXERATH-L-request@rootsweb.com > > > > > > > > > ==== TXERATH Mailing List ==== > > --- Author Retains Copyright --- > > -- Copyright 1999 Author -- All Rights Reserved > > Post to List: TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com http://www.selfroots.com > > Unsubscribe request To: TXERATH-L-request@rootsweb.com > > > > > > > > ==== TXERATH Mailing List ==== > --- Author Retains Copyright --- > -- Copyright 1999 Author -- All Rights Reserved > Post to List: TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com http://www.selfroots.com > Unsubscribe request To: TXERATH-L-request@rootsweb.com

Bill, Thank you for your insight! The story is that she either delivered a baby or had a baby only a few months old - both mother and baby became ill - went to the doctor and in her weakened state, Emily gave the baby the wrong medicine. She is said to have grieved herself to death after the baby died. Alice said she thought the baby may even be buried with her. Did your grandmother leave any records or a diary of any kind. I also seek information on Sarah Cook, Emily's mother. She is listed on the 1880 census in Smith county with James Mack and Emily. Her other sons James, Hollis, William Washington and George B. lived in the Hamilton and Erath county and since Emily died in Erath ... could Sarah be somewhere near. If anyone has any info ... Please!!! Thanks for your help. Debby McDanel debbykay@hotmail.com Alexander, Cook, Head, Hightower, Pettit(any sp), Trainer(any sp) ----- Original Message ----- From: <Texasdog@aol.com> To: <TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 1999 4:30 AM Subject: Re: [ERATH] Funeral records or funeral homes > In 1882, nearly all persons who died were buried by their families. It > would have been unusual that the deceased were not buried within the > next day after death. Friends (neighbors) would sit with the body until > the services. In Dublin and Stephenville and other communities, there would > be persons who acted as undertakers for occasional strangers. The > undertaker would usually be a local resident who was generally a farmer > and would have likely learned about dealing with the dead from dealing > with it during the Civil War. The undertaker might be the Justice of the > Peace. Death records were not kept until 1903 in the state of Texas > although some cities might have had local ordinances before then. I would > think that with Emily Cook Pettiet as buried at Turnbow.....that the > only remaining record of any kind whatsoever would be a family Bible > record if one only knew where that might be. In 1882 one of the "doctors" > there in Erath County was my grandmother whose training and > background was from experiences gained during the War in treating the > sick and wounded; from dealing with family who had Bright's disease > (diabetes); and who had a large physicians handbook that she had obtained > during Civil War times. Most of the time, her doctoring was in > delivering babies. Nearly all cemeteries in the county were family cemeteries > at that time with a few exceptions. > > Bill McCarty Odessa, Texas > > http://members.tripod.com/cindyradway/Erath/erath.html > http://members.aol.com/texastag/mccarty.html > > > ==== TXERATH Mailing List ==== > --- Author Retains Copyright --- > -- Copyright 1999 Author -- All Rights Reserved > Post to List: TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com http://www.selfroots.com > Unsubscribe request To: TXERATH-L-request@rootsweb.com > >

Peggy, Is there any mention in the book of Alexanders, Hightowers, Heads, Cooks or Pettiets (any spelling?)? I appreciate your offer. Debby McDanel ----- Original Message ----- From: Peggy McCleskey Broughton <peggyj@our-town.com> To: <TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 18, 1999 3:48 PM Subject: Re: [ERATH] Erath County book > I have the Erath County book you mentioned if you need something looked up. > > Peggy in Purves > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Texasdog@aol.com> > To: <TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, October 18, 1999 2:41 PM > Subject: [ERATH] Erath County book > > > > > > >>>>>ACCESSION: 6775315 > > TITLE: History of Erath County : > > a pictorial, limited edition, family history of the people of > > Erath County, 1878-1980 / > > PLACE: Dublin, TX : > > PUBLISHER: Erath County Historical Commission, > > YEAR: 1980 > > PUB TYPE: Book > > FORMAT: 176 p. : ill., ports. ; 29 cm. > > SUBJECT: Erath County (Tex.) -- Biography. > > Erath County (Tex.) -- Genealogy. > > OTHER: Erath County Historical Commission.<<<<<<<< > > > > Peggy at Bridge City----- > > The above book is that which I had mentioned as one published on > > Erath County families. It had limited circulation but is in Dublin & > > Stephenville libraries. For the most part, the families in the book > would > > have been those in and around Dublin. > > > > Bill McCarty Odessa, Texas > > > > http://members.tripod.com/cindyradway/Erath/erath.html > > http://members.aol.com/texastag/mccarty.html > > > > > > ==== TXERATH Mailing List ==== > > --- Author Retains Copyright --- > > -- Copyright 1999 Author -- All Rights Reserved > > Post to List: TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com http://www.selfroots.com > > Unsubscribe request To: TXERATH-L-request@rootsweb.com > > > > > ==== TXERATH Mailing List ==== > --- Author Retains Copyright --- > -- Copyright 1999 Author -- All Rights Reserved > Post to List: TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com http://www.selfroots.com > Unsubscribe request To: TXERATH-L-request@rootsweb.com > > >

Does anyone have any SHEARERS in their genealogies? Karla ktshahan@juno.com ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.

Debby, There were 81 grandchildren and my grandmother died near Afton in 1925 and one of my cousins got her old doctor's book. To give you an idea of the informality of birth records in the early 1900s, my grandmother would keep "births" like in a format that reminded me of how we might keep scores of "domino games" today. About once a month or every six weeks, she might travel to Dickens and record the births. This was recorded on a large sheet of paper that would be lined with rows and columns. She might have delivered six or eight children during this period and she would write down the parents, the date, maybe the community, and if it was a boy or girl or if there were twins. This would have been during the 1910s or so when she was in her 60s. She might miss the date by a few or several days, too. For example, she might have travelled from home for several days spending the night with "blue babys" or what have you.....and I gather these birth records would have all the degree of accuracy that a truck driver's expense account and log book would have today. In other words, paper work was considered a triviality in that the health of the patients came first and the "birth log" would often be from "memory" weeks after the fact. I know of at least one occasion where the "birth log" listed the wrong gender of the baby. Death records in the rural area might be the in the same manner but up from 1903 until 1927 when the state took the responsibility from local counties, probably only 65 to 75% of the births were recorded in the best of years. Death records were not automatic as they are today. Bill McCarty Odessa, Texas http://members.tripod.com/cindyradway/Erath/erath.html http://members.aol.com/texastag/mccarty.html

C.L. 'Peck' Nix SEYMOUR, Texas - C.L. "Peck" Nix, 89, died Monday, Oct. 18, 1999, in a Denton, Texas, nursing home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church in Seymour with the Rev. Glenn Shock, pastor, and Dr. Ed Hart officiating. Burial will be in Riverview Cemetery under the direction of Archer Funeral Home. Mr. Nix was born Nov. 24, 1909, in Erath County, Texas. He and Bertha Jewell Ross were married Nov. 13, 1932. She died in April 1968. He married Thelma Shawver Hurst in October 1971. She died in August 1989. He moved to Baylor County in 1924 and worked in home construction. He served three terms as Baylor County Precinct 4 commissioner. He was a member of First Baptist Church. Survivors include a daughter, Joan Rieger of Denton, Texas; a son, Thomas of DeQuincy, La.; two brothers, James of Hooks, Texas, and Truman of Enoch, Texas; five grandchildren; 1 stepgrandchild; and 12 great-grandchildren. The family will be at the funeral home from 6 to 8 tonight. *************** (NOTE: C.L. = Clifton Leroy, born in Millerville. blmcc) Bill McCarty......Odessa, TX http://members.tripod.com/cindyradway/Erath/erath.html http://members.aol.com/texastag/mccarty.html

I am looking for Sherwoods, Comers, and Elston, Wilkinsons.Any information would help, all lived in Erath County for many years.My ggranfather Wm Sherwood was born in Dublin,Texas Barbara Sherwood Crow

Debra Kay, Are your Pettiett family kin to Bertha Lera Pettiet b 14 Apr 1891, daughter of J L Pettiett and Sarah Turrentine? Bertha Lera married John Wesley Barnett and lived at Carlton in Hamilton Co. Peggy in Bridge City

Would like any BLAIR information in Erath County. So very many siblings. Wanda

Peggy, Would you please check the book for SMALLWOOD and CORDUM. Thanks, Mary Ann Peggy McCleskey Broughton wrote: > > I have the Erath County book you mentioned if you need something looked up. > > > >>>>>ACCESSION: 6775315 > > TITLE: History of Erath County : > > a pictorial, limited edition, family history of the people of > > Erath County, 1878-1980 / > > PLACE: Dublin, TX : > > PUBLISHER: Erath County Historical Commission, > > YEAR: 1980 > > PUB TYPE: Book > > FORMAT: 176 p. : ill., ports. ; 29 cm. > > SUBJECT: Erath County (Tex.) -- Biography. > > Erath County (Tex.) -- Genealogy. > > OTHER: Erath County Historical Commission.<<<<<<<< > > >

Could you check and see if you have NASH or TYLER in the book. Thanks. Phyl At 03:48 PM 10/18/1999 -0500, you wrote: >I have the Erath County book you mentioned if you need something looked up. > >Peggy in Purves > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <Texasdog@aol.com> >To: <TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Monday, October 18, 1999 2:41 PM >Subject: [ERATH] Erath County book > > >> >> >>>>>ACCESSION: 6775315 >> TITLE: History of Erath County : >> a pictorial, limited edition, family history of the people of >> Erath County, 1878-1980 / >> PLACE: Dublin, TX : >> PUBLISHER: Erath County Historical Commission, >> YEAR: 1980 >> PUB TYPE: Book >> FORMAT: 176 p. : ill., ports. ; 29 cm. >> SUBJECT: Erath County (Tex.) -- Biography. >> Erath County (Tex.) -- Genealogy. >> OTHER: Erath County Historical Commission.<<<<<<<< >> >> Peggy at Bridge City----- >> The above book is that which I had mentioned as one published on >> Erath County families. It had limited circulation but is in Dublin & >> Stephenville libraries. For the most part, the families in the book >would >> have been those in and around Dublin. >> >> Bill McCarty Odessa, Texas >> >> http://members.tripod.com/cindyradway/Erath/erath.html >> http://members.aol.com/texastag/mccarty.html >> >> >> ==== TXERATH Mailing List ==== >> --- Author Retains Copyright --- >> -- Copyright 1999 Author -- All Rights Reserved >> Post to List: TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com http://www.selfroots.com >> Unsubscribe request To: TXERATH-L-request@rootsweb.com >> > > >==== TXERATH Mailing List ==== >--- Author Retains Copyright --- >-- Copyright 1999 Author -- All Rights Reserved >Post to List: TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com http://www.selfroots.com >Unsubscribe request To: TXERATH-L-request@rootsweb.com > > Phyllis Garner Virginia Beach, VA ICQ #6544793 sasilady@erols.com ^i^ I Believe In Angels CCLov-A-ghan Co.-Aquisitions/Collections Co. http://www.onelist.com/subscribe/CrochetCrafts

In 1882, nearly all persons who died were buried by their families. It would have been unusual that the deceased were not buried within the next day after death. Friends (neighbors) would sit with the body until the services. In Dublin and Stephenville and other communities, there would be persons who acted as undertakers for occasional strangers. The undertaker would usually be a local resident who was generally a farmer and would have likely learned about dealing with the dead from dealing with it during the Civil War. The undertaker might be the Justice of the Peace. Death records were not kept until 1903 in the state of Texas although some cities might have had local ordinances before then. I would think that with Emily Cook Pettiet as buried at Turnbow.....that the only remaining record of any kind whatsoever would be a family Bible record if one only knew where that might be. In 1882 one of the "doctors" there in Erath County was my grandmother whose training and background was from experiences gained during the War in treating the sick and wounded; from dealing with family who had Bright's disease (diabetes); and who had a large physicians handbook that she had obtained during Civil War times. Most of the time, her doctoring was in delivering babies. Nearly all cemeteries in the county were family cemeteries at that time with a few exceptions. Bill McCarty Odessa, Texas http://members.tripod.com/cindyradway/Erath/erath.html http://members.aol.com/texastag/mccarty.html