Hello Everyone, I should have introduced myself before asking so many questions... My name is Gary Frank Stevens. My grandmother was born Bessie May Laney. She married my grandfather C.D. Cunningham and was later married to Frank M. Mingus. I never knew my grandfather but would like to know about him and his folks... My step grandfather was the only grandfather I ever knew... My grandmother owned a dress shop in Hico for many years... It was called "Bess Mingus Dress Shop" Anyone here of it? :) My mother Alta Doris Cunningham was born in Black Stump Valley between Hico and Chalk Mountain... She went to school in Duffau and has always gone by Doris. I am living in Houston right now.. I moved here when I married my wife Terri, 3 years ago... I have a step son named Joshua who is 8... I work at NASA as a Senior Systems Engineer...

There never was a Stephensville- sometime during the organization it was printed that way in a local newspaper or official letter. It was not named for a Stephens Family, but a Stephen Family. Three of the Stephen brothers moved north,one to Stephenville, one to Panther Cave at Chalk Mountain overlooking Somerville County, and I think the third one lived in Meridian at one time. If you look up anything in the Geneaology libraries. most info refers to Stephenville. No reflection meant, I thought I made a mistake one time, but I was wrong, Ha! Charles Wyly On Thu, 8 Jul 1999 19:40:01 EDT DEWQUINN@aol.com writes: >My great-grandfather, Terrell BRYAN, was Justice of the Peace in >Stephensville sometime prior to 1900 and then he ran for that office >again in >1900 . If he had to file papers to run for office or if records were >kept, >where would I write to obtain copies? > >Diana Bryan Quinn >Virginia Beach, VA >

Thomas Redwine Laney was the stepson of my wife's gggrandmother, Diane/ Dianna Clark who was initially married to Samuel Henry Wolfe( he was killed at Battle of the Crater in Civil War) & married John Laney who was initially married to M. Secrest. Diana & John moved to Duffau, Erath County, Texas from North Carolina. Will gladly share info with you, if you wish... Joe Lee in Evant, Texas -----Original Message----- From: Stevens, Gary <Gary.Stevens@csoconline.com> To: TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com <TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, July 07, 1999 10:02 AM Subject: [ERATH] Thomas Redwine LANEY , Texanna ARMSTRONG and kids >Hello everyone, > >My grandmother (Bess Laney Cunningham Mingus or Bessie May Laney) always >told me that her mom (Texanna) was part American Indian... I am having >trouble finding information about her family... > >Also, my grand father was C.D. Cunningham... I have no clue about his >folks... > >Here is what I have on my great-grandparents. > >Husband's Name: Thomas Redwine LANEY > >Born: 6 Jul 1861 Place: Monroe, Union, NC >Died: 9 Jul 1936 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >Buried: 11 Jul 1936 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >Married: 9 Jul 1885 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > >Father: John S. Jr. LANEY >Mother: Mary Ann SECREST > >Wife's Name: Texanna ARMSTRONG > >Born: 22 Feb 1867 Place: Union, Sc Or Belton, TX >Died: 19 Feb 1944 Place: Stephenville, Erath, TX >Buried: 21 Feb 1944 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >Married: 9 Jul 1885 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > >Father: William Armstrong >Mother: Mary E. > > >Children >1. Mary Dianne LANEY > >Born: 18 Jun 1886 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >Died: 5 Nov 1906 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >Buried: 7 Nov 1906 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > > >2. John William LANEY > > >Born: 10 Nov 1888 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >Died: 16 Feb 1955 Place: Houston, Harris, TX >Buried: 19 Feb 1953 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > > >3. Alvin LANEY > > >Born: 7 Dec 1890 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >Died: 15 Mar 1892 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >Buried: 16 Mar 1892 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > > >4. Bessie May LANEY > > >Born: 9 Apr 1894 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >Died: Place: Hico, Hamilton, TX > > >5. Jessie Lee LANEY > >Born: 21 Feb 1895 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >Died: Apr 1949 Place: Fort Worth, Tarrant, TX >Buried: 1949 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > > > 6. Iris Elona LANEY > >Born: 7 Dec 1897 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >Died: 7 Aug 1983 Place: Hico, Hamilton, TX >Buried: 8 Aug 1983 Place: Hico, Hamilton, TX > >7. Alex F. LANEY > >Born: 8 Oct 1899 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >Died: 8 May 1927 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >Buried: 8 May 1927 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > >8. Myrtle Ellen LANEY > >Born: 17 Nov Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > >9. Edith LANEY > >Born Jun 1907 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >Died: Jul 1907 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >Buried: Jul 1907 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > > > 11. Dovie Jewel LANEY > >Born: 7 Dec 1904 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >Died: 16 May 1991 Place: Cleburne, Johnson, TX >Buried: 18 May 1991 Place: Cleburne, Johnson, Tx, Rose Hill Cem > > > >

Joseph Buffington b 1737,m 1789, d 1798in Sc Married MaryAston Few b 1741 Child Phoebe Buffington m John White Richard Buffington Sr b 1600,m Ann Hickman he died 1741 child Richard Buffington b 1679 m Phoebe Grubb she died 1769 Any info would be appreciated nancyr@elpasonet.net

Joseph Buffington b 1737,m 1789, d 1798in Sc Married MaryAston Few b 1741 Child Phoebe Buffington m John White Any info would be appreciated nancyr@elpasonet.net

Now , back to Mary Jane Buffington, a Princess in the Cherokee Natoin of Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. with Georgia Indian and Anglo roots- taken from a chart sent me by Sidney McNair , Tahlequah, Ok. and drawn by his brother in Fort Worth, Robert Fletcher Wyly#2. robert F. was the son of William Clark Wyly of Tyler, Texas, a Capt. in Confederate Army, and Georgia born, the great grandson of Col.& Gov. John Sevier of TennesseeHis first wife was Mary Williams. Their children were Oliver Cromwell (Bud) Wyly and Florence. Robert F. and Mary Jane Buffington married in Mayseville, Arkansas, Cherokee nationat one time. Mary Jane Buffington, his second wife was born1840'sto Joshua Buffington and Saber Lynch who married 1830. Children of Robert F. and Mary Jane , Percy, Robert Lee, Julia, Capitola, Albert Sidney, Marmaduke, and Zoe Aster. Percy was the Regional FBI supervisor under J. Edgar Hoover who supervised the integration of Mississippi and was chief of security of Albequerque schools and Sandia Corp. until death. His son is an attorney there now. Cora McNair was born to Dr. Felix Hurd McNair and Nannie Sarah Bushy. Her father was Jesse Bushyhead, about 1/2 Cherokee, a Baptist who was arrested and put in Camp Hetzel , Georgia for removal to the Indian territory when cold weather approached. During the warm months in prison he and Cousin John Foreman became ministers, cut pole bleachers, and held daily Bible studies. Their Anglo guards were not as interested in the Bible as they were. Jesse's mom was Eliza Wilkerson. His dad was OO-OO-Du-tu, Cherokee for Bushyhead. His wife was Nannie Foreman His dad was Capt. John Stuart of Rev. War and married Susannah Emory, . She was 1/4 Cheroke , a Divine of unusual Spiritualability (A beloved Woman, like Nancy Ward of Echota, blue Peace City of Refuge in Georgia??0) Her first husband was Richard Fields and there was a third. Now back to Mary Jane- Joshua was the son of Thomas Buffington and Mary Emory, who was also the sister to Susannah Emory who married Gen. Joseph Martin , Indian Agent. Will get back to him. Mary daniel wasthe daughter of Marmaduke Daniel and Nannie Still, half Cherokee. Sabra Lynch was the dau. of Jeter Lynch and Nannie Martin, married 1799. Nannie's mom was Susannah Emory wife of Gen Joseph Martin, above. According to the Trail of Tears book and Cherokee Sunset books, Gen. Martin had 2 Anglo wives, oneSusannah Geaves, the sister of Col. Ben Cleveland's wife Mary, who I am descended from.Col. Ben fought 50 Indian and British Battles in 1770-90's and never lost one, but the one when eh and Daniel Boone were bear hunting near Cumberland Gap without dogs for Indians to smell and hear. Some Indians jumpped them and took their clothes and shoes and let them walk home alone. I call that a draw- they lived. Gen Martin also had 3 Cherokee Wives. He told one of his Anglo wives he would be killed by a hothead native without family ties to them. One was Nancy Ward's daughter. Nancy's first husband was Mankiller Gen Martin was also the son in law of Jesse Walton who left the Traveller's Rest Inn unfinished for the Georgia Gold Fields. Gen. Martin sold the property to my ancestor Ga. Militia General James Rutherford Wyly, about 1812, and Wylys sold it to the Lucas and Jarrett families about 1850. The Georgia Dept of Natural Resources runs it now as a museum park They sella book called Traveller's Rest & Tugaloo Crossroads" or get it at your library. Gen Martin's parents were Joseph Martin and Susannah Childs. Some Texas Darnells are descended from Jesse Bushyhead . Hope I have all Martins correct- I checked 3 sources. Take care, Charles Wyly William Buffington Wyly married Cora McNair in 1901 and they had Lucien, R.F. and Sid. On Wed, 07 Jul 1999 15:00:15 -0500 Margaret McCleskey <mamccleskey@worldnet.att.net> writes: >Charles, > >A Belinda Redwine married into my Jarrett family in 1835 in Jackson >Co.,Georgia. She died in Arkansas in 1861. I also have a Cunningham >who >married a McCluskey (relation to me know confirmed, but suspected). >My >McCleskeys and another group of McCleskeys (possibly related) settled >in >Erath County. Mine came in 1870 and settled near Patillo. My >McCleskeys are also descended from Howell Jarrett of Wilkes Co., >Georgia. > >I am also interesting in more information about Mary Jane Buffington >for >two reasons. Pickens Lafayette Buffington married Zemily Isabella >Wood, >daughter of Lorenzo Dow Wood and Isabella Rhea McCleskey, in Georgia. > >It is also possible that I am descended from Thomas Gordon and Mary >Buffington of Gwinnett Co., GA. If there is a Native American >connection there, I would really like to know about it. > >You said, "Anyone in Arkansas, Missouri, and East Oklahoma before >1900 >either had Cherokee blood or kin who had married Cherokee..." What >proof do you have of that statement? My mother had family in >Washington >Co., Arkansas prior to the War of Northern Agression. > >Margaret McCleskey, Arlington, TX > > > >Charles A. Wyly wrote: >> >> Hi, >> Don't know the connection, but the Mary laneys caught my attention. >In >> 1952 , when I returned from the Army, I used toattend parties in >Chalk >> Mountain. Since I was known to everyone I and Bill Riggs were >appointed >> chaperones for a hayride trip, Mary and Claudia Laneys were >teenagers and >> were all State basketball players at Stephenville High School, which >won >> State that year. Mary and Claudia were grandchildren of Ben and >Ruth >> Laney, mom's friends. One of their sons, Jiggs Laney and wife, an >> Edwards, lived in Skipper's Gap on U.S.67, not far west of the >> Maratheal's Gap (Greasy) School. They adopted 2 children. >> >> If they were still trying to follow the Scottish- Anglo European of >> picking names, then the Mary above may be a granddaughter or great >> granddaughter of the Mary you listed. >> Let me know if you do not have the naming pattern based on older >kin. >> >> Also, The National Indian records are kept in a Federal library in >Fort >> Worth, Texas. >> I ran the Cherokee Rolls in the Waco city library and found some of >my >> kin in Arkansas in 1900 with 1/64/or less blood. One Wyly married >Mary >> Jane Buffington , aGeorgia born princess descended from several >> generations of mixed blood. One was on Tahlequah Tribal Council and >ran >> Cherokee orphanage in 1900. His grandson is on the net with Wyly- >Connor >> Real Estate in Tahlequah. Anyone in Arkansas , Missouri, and East >> Oklahoma before 1900 either had Cherokee blood or kin who had >married >> Cherokee and they knew who would sell them land. Many in Erath >County had >> various Indian blood but were not about to talk to strangers about >it as >> long as John R. Baylor and his semi official- semi vigilante >Central >> Texas Rangers were "purging" the Palo Pinto- Erath Caddo and other >> peaceful Indian Farmers. He closed their farms, sent them to Fort >Phantom >> Hill, then informed the U.S.Army commander there that his Rangers >> outnumberred his troops and if he did not ship all Indians to >Oklahoma >> they would kill him , his troops, and the Indians. Mr. Baylor was >next >> the first Governor of the State of Arizona. Rev. R.E.B. Baylor who >> started Baylor University in 1845 was 25 years or more ahead of John >R. >> Baylor, whom Col. Buck Barry, Texas Ranger, had commissioned part >time to >> lead posses seeking killers. The Caddo were friendly and kept >Comanches >> out of Erath County for many years before the civil War. >> >> Take care >> Charles Wyly >> >> On Wed, 7 Jul 1999 11:54:27 -0500 "Stevens, Gary" >> <Gary.Stevens@csoconline.com> writes: >> >Hello everyone, >> > >> >My grandmother (Bess Laney Cunningham Mingus or Bessie May Laney) >> >always >> >told me that her mom (Texanna) was part American Indian... I am >> >having >> >trouble finding information about her family... >> > >> >Also, my grand father was C.D. Cunningham... I have no clue about >his >> >folks... >> > >> >Here is what I have on my great-grandparents. >> > >> >Husband's Name: Thomas Redwine LANEY >> > >> >Born: 6 Jul 1861 Place: Monroe, Union, NC >> >Died: 9 Jul 1936 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >> >Buried: 11 Jul 1936 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >> >Married: 9 Jul 1885 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >> > >> >Father: John S. Jr. LANEY >> >Mother: Mary Ann SECREST >> > >> >Wife's Name: Texanna ARMSTRONG >> > >> >Born: 22 Feb 1867 Place: Union, Sc Or Belton, TX >> >Died: 19 Feb 1944 Place: Stephenville, Erath, TX >> >Buried: 21 Feb 1944 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >> >Married: 9 Jul 1885 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >> > >> >Father: William Armstrong >> >Mother: Mary E. >> > >> > >> >Children >> >1. Mary Dianne LANEY >> > >> >Born: 18 Jun 1886 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >> >Died: 5 Nov 1906 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >> >Buried: 7 Nov 1906 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >> > >> > >> >2. John William LANEY >> > >> > >> >Born: 10 Nov 1888 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >> >Died: 16 Feb 1955 Place: Houston, Harris, TX >> >Buried: 19 Feb 1953 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >> > >> > >> >3. Alvin LANEY >> > >> > >> >Born: 7 Dec 1890 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >> >Died: 15 Mar 1892 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >> >Buried: 16 Mar 1892 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >> > >> > >> >4. Bessie May LANEY >> > >> > >> >Born: 9 Apr 1894 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >> >Died: Place: Hico, Hamilton, TX >> > >> > >> >5. Jessie Lee LANEY >> > >> > >> >Born: 21 Feb 1895 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >> >Died: Apr 1949 Place: Fort Worth, Tarrant, TX >> >Buried: 1949 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >> > >> > >> > 6. Iris Elona LANEY >> > >> > >> >Born: 7 Dec 1897 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >> >Died: 7 Aug 1983 Place: Hico, Hamilton, TX >> >Buried: 8 Aug 1983 Place: Hico, Hamilton, TX >> > >> >7. Alex F. LANEY >> > >> >Born: 8 Oct 1899 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >> >Died: 8 May 1927 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >> >Buried: 8 May 1927 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >> > >> >8. Myrtle Ellen LANEY >> > >> > >> >Born: 17 Nov Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >> > >> >9. Edith LANEY >> > >> >Born Jun 1907 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >> >Died: Jul 1907 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >> >Buried: Jul 1907 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >> > >> > >> > 11. Dovie Jewel LANEY >> > >> >Born: 7 Dec 1904 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >> >Died: 16 May 1991 Place: Cleburne, Johnson, TX >> >Buried: 18 May 1991 Place: Cleburne, Johnson, Tx, Rose Hill Cem >> > >> > >> > >

My great-grandfather, Terrell BRYAN, was Justice of the Peace in Stephensville sometime prior to 1900 and then he ran for that office again in 1900 . If he had to file papers to run for office or if records were kept, where would I write to obtain copies? Diana Bryan Quinn Virginia Beach, VA

Hi, guess you knew that Sam Houston was soberred up by his Tennessee childhood froend John Jolly in Arkansas and his friends. John Jolly and the Copelands, Careys, Stones, and German Hipp families from South Carolina and Tennessee could all pass for Anglo, but some had Indian blood from 1800 and before in The Carolinas and Georgia and east Tennessee and North Georgia. This group sided with their blood kin against the British. Nancy Ward, for example, became the beloved Woman- leader of Woman's Council which trained the next chief at Chota or Old Echota. , the Blue Peace city of Refuge of 3000 who allowed polygamy and welcomed all refugees of all races and tribes. If you behaved, you became a blood brother. This group sent their kin and friends in North Georgia 300 dogs once to save them from starving during a drought. When she sent cows, her son in law Gen. Joseph Martin took them back. he was an ancestor of Mary Jane Buffington- he from Toccoa Ga. area- he sold the Traveller's Rest Inn to Gen. James Rutherford Wyly. His first wife was a Graves, who was sister to Col. Ben Cleveland og Ga. & King's Mountain. Wylys sold out to The Jarrett- Lucas families. It is now a Georgia State Park where Clemson and other college hold blacksmith demonstrations. The Blackburn Mill was built by Blackburns on War Eagle River south of Eureka Springs before the Trail of Tears ended and still runs. Those on the trail were shocked to find the Ozarks west of the Miss. settled by Anglo appearing peoplewith their names on the Gov. Indian rolls. A Dallas City library worker told us the Arkansas Indian Background before there was an Oklahoma border. He held a Geneaology workshop here in Bellmead recently. Andrew Jackson had 3 major reasons not ususlly in books, to force the final removal. 1. The Blue Peace cities of Refuge of Echota and Etowa, Tennessee. It was an escape from Anglo law. Jackson orderred Col. Sevier and his Gillespie- Jack- Mcallie-& others to burn Etowa and scatter the ashes. Their guide and interpreter James Carey may been part of Daniel Boones Longhunters, including Stones, . Can some Longhunter researcher contact me on this. My Careys and Stones were there and in Arkansas with the Batemans when it was questionable if they were in organized U.S. territory at times. Many were in the territory of the Louisiana Purchase north of Arkansas before the purchase was done. Our books usually called them Mountain men. The Trappers at Annual Rundeveaus (SP) were not all French. If Jackson's plan worked, why are there so many Red Headed freckled faced Cherokees on the Eastern reservationand their outdoor pageant between Gatlainburg and Hiawasse Ga. at Cherokee, N.C.?? The Buffingtons of Bruceville- Eddy McLennan County. had records of Cherokee and Anglo ancestors, including Mary Jane, when I substituted after retirement. Will send names from Buffingtons to Martins and Capt. John Stuart, 1700s.Linda Darnell, movie star, was part Cherokee from this line. Take ccare Charles Wyly On Wed, 7 Jul 1999 13:59:13 -0500 "Charles A. Wyly" <wyly1@juno.com> writes: >Hi, >Don't know the connection, but the Mary laneys caught my attention. In >1952 , when I returned from the Army, I used toattend parties in Chalk >Mountain. Since I was known to everyone I and Bill Riggs were >appointed chaperones for a hayride trip, Mary and Claudia Laneys were >teenagers and were all State basketball players at Stephenville High >School, which won State that year. Mary and Claudia were grandchildren >of Ben and Ruth Laney, mom's friends. One of their sons, Jiggs Laney >and wife, an Edwards, lived in Skipper's Gap on U.S.67, not far west >of the Maratheal's Gap (Greasy) School. They adopted 2 children. > >If they were still trying to follow the Scottish- Anglo European of >picking names, then the Mary above may be a granddaughter or great >granddaughter of the Mary you listed. >Let me know if you do not have the naming pattern based on older kin. > > >Also, The National Indian records are kept in a Federal library in >Fort Worth, Texas. >I ran the Cherokee Rolls in the Waco city library and found some of my >kin in Arkansas in 1900 with 1/64/or less blood. One Wyly married Mary >Jane Buffington , aGeorgia born princess descended from several >generations of mixed blood. One was on Tahlequah Tribal Council and >ran Cherokee orphanage in 1900. His grandson is on the net with Wyly- >Connor Real Estate in Tahlequah. Anyone in Arkansas , Missouri, and >East Oklahoma before 1900 either had Cherokee blood or kin who had >married Cherokee and they knew who would sell them land. Many in Erath >County had various Indian blood but were not about to talk to >strangers about it as long as John R. Baylor and his semi official- >semi vigilante Central Texas Rangers were "purging" the Palo Pinto- >Erath Caddo and other peaceful Indian Farmers. He closed their farms, >sent them to Fort Phantom Hill, then informed the U.S.Army commander >there that his Rangers outnumberred his troops and if he did not ship >all Indians to Oklahoma they would kill him , his troops, and the >Indians. Mr. Baylor was next the first Governor of the State of >Arizona. Rev. R.E.B. Baylor who started Baylor University in 1845 was >25 years or more ahead of John R. Baylor, whom Col. Buck Barry, Texas >Ranger, had commissioned part time to lead posses seeking killers. The >Caddo were friendly and kept Comanches out of Erath County for many >years before the civil War. > >Take care >Charles Wyly > >On Wed, 7 Jul 1999 11:54:27 -0500 "Stevens, Gary" ><Gary.Stevens@csoconline.com> writes: >>Hello everyone, >> >>My grandmother (Bess Laney Cunningham Mingus or Bessie May Laney) >>always >>told me that her mom (Texanna) was part American Indian... I am >>having >>trouble finding information about her family... >> >>Also, my grand father was C.D. Cunningham... I have no clue about >his >>folks... >> >>Here is what I have on my great-grandparents. >> >>Husband's Name: Thomas Redwine LANEY >> >>Born: 6 Jul 1861 Place: Monroe, Union, NC >>Died: 9 Jul 1936 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >>Buried: 11 Jul 1936 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >>Married: 9 Jul 1885 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >> >>Father: John S. Jr. LANEY >>Mother: Mary Ann SECREST >> >>Wife's Name: Texanna ARMSTRONG >> >>Born: 22 Feb 1867 Place: Union, Sc Or Belton, TX >>Died: 19 Feb 1944 Place: Stephenville, Erath, TX >>Buried: 21 Feb 1944 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >>Married: 9 Jul 1885 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >> >>Father: William Armstrong >>Mother: Mary E. >> >> >>Children >>1. Mary Dianne LANEY >> >>Born: 18 Jun 1886 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >>Died: 5 Nov 1906 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >>Buried: 7 Nov 1906 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >> >> >>2. John William LANEY >> >> >>Born: 10 Nov 1888 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >>Died: 16 Feb 1955 Place: Houston, Harris, TX >>Buried: 19 Feb 1953 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >> >> >>3. Alvin LANEY >> >> >>Born: 7 Dec 1890 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >>Died: 15 Mar 1892 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >>Buried: 16 Mar 1892 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >> >> >>4. Bessie May LANEY >> >> >>Born: 9 Apr 1894 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >>Died: Place: Hico, Hamilton, TX >> >> >>5. Jessie Lee LANEY >> > >> >>Born: 21 Feb 1895 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >>Died: Apr 1949 Place: Fort Worth, Tarrant, TX >>Buried: 1949 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >> >> >> 6. Iris Elona LANEY >> > >> >>Born: 7 Dec 1897 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >>Died: 7 Aug 1983 Place: Hico, Hamilton, TX >>Buried: 8 Aug 1983 Place: Hico, Hamilton, TX >> >>7. Alex F. LANEY >> >>Born: 8 Oct 1899 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >>Died: 8 May 1927 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >>Buried: 8 May 1927 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >> >>8. Myrtle Ellen LANEY >> > >> >>Born: 17 Nov Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >> >>9. Edith LANEY >> >>Born Jun 1907 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >>Died: Jul 1907 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >>Buried: Jul 1907 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >> >> >> 11. Dovie Jewel LANEY >> >>Born: 7 Dec 1904 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >>Died: 16 May 1991 Place: Cleburne, Johnson, TX >>Buried: 18 May 1991 Place: Cleburne, Johnson, Tx, Rose Hill Cem >> >> >> >

Bill, You are so right about the end of the twentieth century. I believe, though, that you and I are the only ones who know the truth. Margaret Texasdog@aol.com wrote: > > Sharon, Charles, and all---- > > When Hudson & Cawyer did their transcription of graves at the Thurber > Cemetery......there were more graves marked with fieldstones than there > were names on gravestones. For this reason, H&C went to Erath County, > Death Records in Erath County and compiled the names of those who died > at Thurber during the early part of this century (which by the way does > not end Dec 31, 1999 but rather Dec 31, 2000). Many of the inscriptions > in the Thurber cemetery are in Italian or Polish language and H&C make > special notation that inscriptions were carefully transcribed as appeared > on the gravestone. There is a special section of the Erath County cemetery > book which lists Thurber deaths on alphabetical order. Many > of these appeared to be infant deaths. > > Bill McCarty > > ==== 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

Charles, A Belinda Redwine married into my Jarrett family in 1835 in Jackson Co.,Georgia. She died in Arkansas in 1861. I also have a Cunningham who married a McCluskey (relation to me know confirmed, but suspected). My McCleskeys and another group of McCleskeys (possibly related) settled in Erath County. Mine came in 1870 and settled near Patillo. My McCleskeys are also descended from Howell Jarrett of Wilkes Co., Georgia. I am also interesting in more information about Mary Jane Buffington for two reasons. Pickens Lafayette Buffington married Zemily Isabella Wood, daughter of Lorenzo Dow Wood and Isabella Rhea McCleskey, in Georgia. It is also possible that I am descended from Thomas Gordon and Mary Buffington of Gwinnett Co., GA. If there is a Native American connection there, I would really like to know about it. You said, "Anyone in Arkansas, Missouri, and East Oklahoma before 1900 either had Cherokee blood or kin who had married Cherokee..." What proof do you have of that statement? My mother had family in Washington Co., Arkansas prior to the War of Northern Agression. Margaret McCleskey, Arlington, TX Charles A. Wyly wrote: > > Hi, > Don't know the connection, but the Mary laneys caught my attention. In > 1952 , when I returned from the Army, I used toattend parties in Chalk > Mountain. Since I was known to everyone I and Bill Riggs were appointed > chaperones for a hayride trip, Mary and Claudia Laneys were teenagers and > were all State basketball players at Stephenville High School, which won > State that year. Mary and Claudia were grandchildren of Ben and Ruth > Laney, mom's friends. One of their sons, Jiggs Laney and wife, an > Edwards, lived in Skipper's Gap on U.S.67, not far west of the > Maratheal's Gap (Greasy) School. They adopted 2 children. > > If they were still trying to follow the Scottish- Anglo European of > picking names, then the Mary above may be a granddaughter or great > granddaughter of the Mary you listed. > Let me know if you do not have the naming pattern based on older kin. > > Also, The National Indian records are kept in a Federal library in Fort > Worth, Texas. > I ran the Cherokee Rolls in the Waco city library and found some of my > kin in Arkansas in 1900 with 1/64/or less blood. One Wyly married Mary > Jane Buffington , aGeorgia born princess descended from several > generations of mixed blood. One was on Tahlequah Tribal Council and ran > Cherokee orphanage in 1900. His grandson is on the net with Wyly- Connor > Real Estate in Tahlequah. Anyone in Arkansas , Missouri, and East > Oklahoma before 1900 either had Cherokee blood or kin who had married > Cherokee and they knew who would sell them land. Many in Erath County had > various Indian blood but were not about to talk to strangers about it as > long as John R. Baylor and his semi official- semi vigilante Central > Texas Rangers were "purging" the Palo Pinto- Erath Caddo and other > peaceful Indian Farmers. He closed their farms, sent them to Fort Phantom > Hill, then informed the U.S.Army commander there that his Rangers > outnumberred his troops and if he did not ship all Indians to Oklahoma > they would kill him , his troops, and the Indians. Mr. Baylor was next > the first Governor of the State of Arizona. Rev. R.E.B. Baylor who > started Baylor University in 1845 was 25 years or more ahead of John R. > Baylor, whom Col. Buck Barry, Texas Ranger, had commissioned part time to > lead posses seeking killers. The Caddo were friendly and kept Comanches > out of Erath County for many years before the civil War. > > Take care > Charles Wyly > > On Wed, 7 Jul 1999 11:54:27 -0500 "Stevens, Gary" > <Gary.Stevens@csoconline.com> writes: > >Hello everyone, > > > >My grandmother (Bess Laney Cunningham Mingus or Bessie May Laney) > >always > >told me that her mom (Texanna) was part American Indian... I am > >having > >trouble finding information about her family... > > > >Also, my grand father was C.D. Cunningham... I have no clue about his > >folks... > > > >Here is what I have on my great-grandparents. > > > >Husband's Name: Thomas Redwine LANEY > > > >Born: 6 Jul 1861 Place: Monroe, Union, NC > >Died: 9 Jul 1936 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > >Buried: 11 Jul 1936 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > >Married: 9 Jul 1885 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > > > >Father: John S. Jr. LANEY > >Mother: Mary Ann SECREST > > > >Wife's Name: Texanna ARMSTRONG > > > >Born: 22 Feb 1867 Place: Union, Sc Or Belton, TX > >Died: 19 Feb 1944 Place: Stephenville, Erath, TX > >Buried: 21 Feb 1944 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > >Married: 9 Jul 1885 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > > > >Father: William Armstrong > >Mother: Mary E. > > > > > >Children > >1. Mary Dianne LANEY > > > >Born: 18 Jun 1886 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > >Died: 5 Nov 1906 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > >Buried: 7 Nov 1906 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > > > > > >2. John William LANEY > > > > > >Born: 10 Nov 1888 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > >Died: 16 Feb 1955 Place: Houston, Harris, TX > >Buried: 19 Feb 1953 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > > > > > >3. Alvin LANEY > > > > > >Born: 7 Dec 1890 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > >Died: 15 Mar 1892 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > >Buried: 16 Mar 1892 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > > > > > >4. Bessie May LANEY > > > > > >Born: 9 Apr 1894 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > >Died: Place: Hico, Hamilton, TX > > > > > >5. Jessie Lee LANEY > > > > > >Born: 21 Feb 1895 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > >Died: Apr 1949 Place: Fort Worth, Tarrant, TX > >Buried: 1949 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > > > > > > 6. Iris Elona LANEY > > > > > >Born: 7 Dec 1897 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > >Died: 7 Aug 1983 Place: Hico, Hamilton, TX > >Buried: 8 Aug 1983 Place: Hico, Hamilton, TX > > > >7. Alex F. LANEY > > > >Born: 8 Oct 1899 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > >Died: 8 May 1927 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > >Buried: 8 May 1927 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > > > >8. Myrtle Ellen LANEY > > > > > >Born: 17 Nov Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > > > >9. Edith LANEY > > > >Born Jun 1907 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > >Died: Jul 1907 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > >Buried: Jul 1907 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > > > > > > 11. Dovie Jewel LANEY > > > >Born: 7 Dec 1904 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > >Died: 16 May 1991 Place: Cleburne, Johnson, TX > >Buried: 18 May 1991 Place: Cleburne, Johnson, Tx, Rose Hill Cem > > > > > >

Gary, My line of Armstrongs mostly next door in Coryell Co., William M. Armstrong b. 29 Nov. 1834, s/o William Armstrong b. 10 March 1789 in SC. and Mary Unknown b. 22 June 1800 in VA. William M. 9th child, my line John Franklin Armstrong, 2nd child, b. 14 Nov. 1814. Is this your William? Don't have his wife or children, but have siblings. Thanks, John Weldon "Stevens, Gary" wrote: > Hello everyone, > > My grandmother (Bess Laney Cunningham Mingus or Bessie May Laney) always > told me that her mom (Texanna) was part American Indian... I am having > trouble finding information about her family... > > Also, my grand father was C.D. Cunningham... I have no clue about his > folks... > > Here is what I have on my great-grandparents. > > Husband's Name: Thomas Redwine LANEY > > Born: 6 Jul 1861 Place: Monroe, Union, NC > Died: 9 Jul 1936 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > Buried: 11 Jul 1936 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > Married: 9 Jul 1885 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > > Father: John S. Jr. LANEY > Mother: Mary Ann SECREST > > Wife's Name: Texanna ARMSTRONG > > Born: 22 Feb 1867 Place: Union, Sc Or Belton, TX > Died: 19 Feb 1944 Place: Stephenville, Erath, TX > Buried: 21 Feb 1944 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > Married: 9 Jul 1885 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > > Father: William Armstrong > Mother: Mary E. > > Children > 1. Mary Dianne LANEY > > Born: 18 Jun 1886 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > Died: 5 Nov 1906 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > Buried: 7 Nov 1906 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > > 2. John William LANEY > > Born: 10 Nov 1888 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > Died: 16 Feb 1955 Place: Houston, Harris, TX > Buried: 19 Feb 1953 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > > 3. Alvin LANEY > > Born: 7 Dec 1890 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > Died: 15 Mar 1892 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > Buried: 16 Mar 1892 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > > 4. Bessie May LANEY > > Born: 9 Apr 1894 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > Died: Place: Hico, Hamilton, TX > > 5. Jessie Lee LANEY > > Born: 21 Feb 1895 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > Died: Apr 1949 Place: Fort Worth, Tarrant, TX > Buried: 1949 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > > 6. Iris Elona LANEY > > Born: 7 Dec 1897 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > Died: 7 Aug 1983 Place: Hico, Hamilton, TX > Buried: 8 Aug 1983 Place: Hico, Hamilton, TX > > 7. Alex F. LANEY > > Born: 8 Oct 1899 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > Died: 8 May 1927 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > Buried: 8 May 1927 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > > 8. Myrtle Ellen LANEY > > Born: 17 Nov Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > > 9. Edith LANEY > > Born Jun 1907 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > Died: Jul 1907 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > Buried: Jul 1907 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > > 11. Dovie Jewel LANEY > > Born: 7 Dec 1904 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > Died: 16 May 1991 Place: Cleburne, Johnson, TX > Buried: 18 May 1991 Place: Cleburne, Johnson, Tx, Rose Hill Cem

Hi, Don't know the connection, but the Mary laneys caught my attention. In 1952 , when I returned from the Army, I used toattend parties in Chalk Mountain. Since I was known to everyone I and Bill Riggs were appointed chaperones for a hayride trip, Mary and Claudia Laneys were teenagers and were all State basketball players at Stephenville High School, which won State that year. Mary and Claudia were grandchildren of Ben and Ruth Laney, mom's friends. One of their sons, Jiggs Laney and wife, an Edwards, lived in Skipper's Gap on U.S.67, not far west of the Maratheal's Gap (Greasy) School. They adopted 2 children. If they were still trying to follow the Scottish- Anglo European of picking names, then the Mary above may be a granddaughter or great granddaughter of the Mary you listed. Let me know if you do not have the naming pattern based on older kin. Also, The National Indian records are kept in a Federal library in Fort Worth, Texas. I ran the Cherokee Rolls in the Waco city library and found some of my kin in Arkansas in 1900 with 1/64/or less blood. One Wyly married Mary Jane Buffington , aGeorgia born princess descended from several generations of mixed blood. One was on Tahlequah Tribal Council and ran Cherokee orphanage in 1900. His grandson is on the net with Wyly- Connor Real Estate in Tahlequah. Anyone in Arkansas , Missouri, and East Oklahoma before 1900 either had Cherokee blood or kin who had married Cherokee and they knew who would sell them land. Many in Erath County had various Indian blood but were not about to talk to strangers about it as long as John R. Baylor and his semi official- semi vigilante Central Texas Rangers were "purging" the Palo Pinto- Erath Caddo and other peaceful Indian Farmers. He closed their farms, sent them to Fort Phantom Hill, then informed the U.S.Army commander there that his Rangers outnumberred his troops and if he did not ship all Indians to Oklahoma they would kill him , his troops, and the Indians. Mr. Baylor was next the first Governor of the State of Arizona. Rev. R.E.B. Baylor who started Baylor University in 1845 was 25 years or more ahead of John R. Baylor, whom Col. Buck Barry, Texas Ranger, had commissioned part time to lead posses seeking killers. The Caddo were friendly and kept Comanches out of Erath County for many years before the civil War. Take care Charles Wyly On Wed, 7 Jul 1999 11:54:27 -0500 "Stevens, Gary" <Gary.Stevens@csoconline.com> writes: >Hello everyone, > >My grandmother (Bess Laney Cunningham Mingus or Bessie May Laney) >always >told me that her mom (Texanna) was part American Indian... I am >having >trouble finding information about her family... > >Also, my grand father was C.D. Cunningham... I have no clue about his >folks... > >Here is what I have on my great-grandparents. > >Husband's Name: Thomas Redwine LANEY > >Born: 6 Jul 1861 Place: Monroe, Union, NC >Died: 9 Jul 1936 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >Buried: 11 Jul 1936 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >Married: 9 Jul 1885 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > >Father: John S. Jr. LANEY >Mother: Mary Ann SECREST > >Wife's Name: Texanna ARMSTRONG > >Born: 22 Feb 1867 Place: Union, Sc Or Belton, TX >Died: 19 Feb 1944 Place: Stephenville, Erath, TX >Buried: 21 Feb 1944 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >Married: 9 Jul 1885 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > >Father: William Armstrong >Mother: Mary E. > > >Children >1. Mary Dianne LANEY > >Born: 18 Jun 1886 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >Died: 5 Nov 1906 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >Buried: 7 Nov 1906 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > > >2. John William LANEY > > >Born: 10 Nov 1888 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >Died: 16 Feb 1955 Place: Houston, Harris, TX >Buried: 19 Feb 1953 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > > >3. Alvin LANEY > > >Born: 7 Dec 1890 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >Died: 15 Mar 1892 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >Buried: 16 Mar 1892 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > > >4. Bessie May LANEY > > >Born: 9 Apr 1894 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >Died: Place: Hico, Hamilton, TX > > >5. Jessie Lee LANEY > > >Born: 21 Feb 1895 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >Died: Apr 1949 Place: Fort Worth, Tarrant, TX >Buried: 1949 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > > > 6. Iris Elona LANEY > > >Born: 7 Dec 1897 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >Died: 7 Aug 1983 Place: Hico, Hamilton, TX >Buried: 8 Aug 1983 Place: Hico, Hamilton, TX > >7. Alex F. LANEY > >Born: 8 Oct 1899 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >Died: 8 May 1927 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >Buried: 8 May 1927 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > >8. Myrtle Ellen LANEY > > >Born: 17 Nov Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > >9. Edith LANEY > >Born Jun 1907 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >Died: Jul 1907 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >Buried: Jul 1907 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX > > > 11. Dovie Jewel LANEY > >Born: 7 Dec 1904 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX >Died: 16 May 1991 Place: Cleburne, Johnson, TX >Buried: 18 May 1991 Place: Cleburne, Johnson, Tx, Rose Hill Cem > > >

Hello everyone, My grandmother (Bess Laney Cunningham Mingus or Bessie May Laney) always told me that her mom (Texanna) was part American Indian... I am having trouble finding information about her family... Also, my grand father was C.D. Cunningham... I have no clue about his folks... Here is what I have on my great-grandparents. Husband's Name: Thomas Redwine LANEY Born: 6 Jul 1861 Place: Monroe, Union, NC Died: 9 Jul 1936 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX Buried: 11 Jul 1936 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX Married: 9 Jul 1885 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX Father: John S. Jr. LANEY Mother: Mary Ann SECREST Wife's Name: Texanna ARMSTRONG Born: 22 Feb 1867 Place: Union, Sc Or Belton, TX Died: 19 Feb 1944 Place: Stephenville, Erath, TX Buried: 21 Feb 1944 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX Married: 9 Jul 1885 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX Father: William Armstrong Mother: Mary E. Children 1. Mary Dianne LANEY Born: 18 Jun 1886 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX Died: 5 Nov 1906 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX Buried: 7 Nov 1906 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX 2. John William LANEY Born: 10 Nov 1888 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX Died: 16 Feb 1955 Place: Houston, Harris, TX Buried: 19 Feb 1953 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX 3. Alvin LANEY Born: 7 Dec 1890 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX Died: 15 Mar 1892 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX Buried: 16 Mar 1892 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX 4. Bessie May LANEY Born: 9 Apr 1894 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX Died: Place: Hico, Hamilton, TX 5. Jessie Lee LANEY Born: 21 Feb 1895 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX Died: Apr 1949 Place: Fort Worth, Tarrant, TX Buried: 1949 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX 6. Iris Elona LANEY Born: 7 Dec 1897 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX Died: 7 Aug 1983 Place: Hico, Hamilton, TX Buried: 8 Aug 1983 Place: Hico, Hamilton, TX 7. Alex F. LANEY Born: 8 Oct 1899 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX Died: 8 May 1927 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX Buried: 8 May 1927 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX 8. Myrtle Ellen LANEY Born: 17 Nov Place: Duffau, Erath, TX 9. Edith LANEY Born Jun 1907 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX Died: Jul 1907 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX Buried: Jul 1907 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX 11. Dovie Jewel LANEY Born: 7 Dec 1904 Place: Duffau, Erath, TX Died: 16 May 1991 Place: Cleburne, Johnson, TX Buried: 18 May 1991 Place: Cleburne, Johnson, Tx, Rose Hill Cem

We do have a connection on Alexander/Trainer line..... (I am pretty sure we talked before since i do have your email in my address book! ~G~) I am curious about your Bradley's. I have a Bradley that lived in this area but was from GA.... She married William Jackson Reedy. Do you by any chance have this name? > Subject: [ERATH] Alexander,Bradley,Raney,Trainer,Wyche > Date: Mon, 5 Jul 1999 17:49:32 -0600 > From: "FRED E EWERS III" <fredorkim@email.msn.com> > To: TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com > > Hi--I'm new to this mailing list, so wanted to list the surnames I am > researching: ALEXANDER,BRADLEY,RANEY,TRAINER,WYCHE. > I am most interested in finding info on SERENA REBECCA TRAINER b.Dec 24, > 1878 d. 1926 and buried in Hickey Cemetary in Erath Co. TX. > She married JAMES BOYD ALEXANDER. Her mother's name was REBECCA, but I have > no other ancestors for her. > > I'm also trying to find info on MARY FRANCES RANEY b. May 11, 1860 d. aft > 1945, probably in Erath Co. TX. She married ERASTUS LATHROP BRADLEY. > Erastus' death certificate says he was buried in the New Dublin(now Live > Oak)Cemetary in Dublin, TX. However, on a recent visit there, he was not to > be found and was not listed as being buried there on the records at the > Dublin Library or at the Harrell Funeral Home. Any info on these two would > be appreciated! > thanks! Cindy Lee Gettle

Yes, there is still a masonic lodge here in Stephenville. We tried calling them, but don't get an answer today. This is a number from the 1998-99 phone book, and the building with the masonic symbol is still standing, so we assume that they still meet. Masonic Lodge 244 S. Columbia Stephenville, TX 76401 254-965-4175 >From the book "Mine Eyes Have Seen" Stephenville Centennial and Fall Fair 1954 is this on page 58 (excuse the length): Stephenville Masonic Lodge No. 267 The attendance record as taken from the original minutes of the first meeting of Stephenville Lodge U.D. AF & AM which was held in Stephenville, Texas, on the 23rd day of July, 1860, showed the following officers present: D.D. Roseborough, W.M. Josiah Philips, S.W. T.K Carmack, J.W. John M. Stephen, TREA W.W. McNeil, SEC J.C. Brumley, SD J. Carmack, JD A visitor of the Gatesville Lodge, Gatesville, Texas was also present. At a called meeting of the Lodge, June 15, 1861, a charter which had been granted June 12, 1861, was presented to the Lodge by the Grand Lodge of Texas. The following officers were elected: William Gordon E.B. Campbell King Harvick Starling M. Yancey William Cowden Frank Cowden Redman Stone James R. Dooly David Fields William H. Pate J.J. Keight John Roberts Francis Brook John B. Hill Griffith Brown At a called meeting of Stephenville Lodge No. 267 AF & AM, held in Stephenville, Texas on June 15, 1861, the following officers were elected, and members present, all of whom are known as Charter Members. The Charter having been granted on the 12th, day of June 1861, and presented at this meeting by the Grand Lodge of Texas, AF & AM. These officers and the following other members present were named charter members: W.E. Motherall W.M. Josiah Phillips, EW T.K. Carmack, JW W.L. Bateman, TREA James Kelly, SEC H.C. Carr, SD S.R. Hicks, JD L.J. Garaway, Tiler Other members present: John Salmon William Culver Monroe Whitesides Thomas Salmon J.R. Pickard W.W. McNeil William Pate William Gordon E.B. Campbell John M. Stephen J.C. Brumley J. Carmack King Harvick Starling M. Yancey William Cowden Frank Cowden Redman Stone James T. Dooly David Fields William H. Pate J.J. Keith John Roberts Francis Brock John B. Hill Griffith Brown <end of article> While we don't know what kind of information that you can get from them, we will keep trying to reach them by phone, to save you long distance rates. Hopefully we'll get through eventually. :-) Best of luck in your research, Annette and Janice Erath Co. USGenWeb Coordinators At 12:21 AM 7/5/99 EDT, you wrote: >My great-grandfather, Terrell Bryan (b.1836 d.1920) was a Master Mason and a >member of Stephenville Lodge, No.267 A.F.& A.M. Is this lodge still in >exsistence and if so, what type of information could be obtained from the >lodge regarding family information? Thank you, Diana Bryan Quinn

Hi, I knew Tom Laney and family of Erath County, also Ben Laney & his family. Ben and Ruth were close friends of mom and dad in their older years. Tom was paralyzed for some reason and scooted around town on Saturday and trades days with a cup of pencils and razor blades, selling them from he sat on with one leg under him & pushed it with a walking cane. The Kiwanis gave him a gasoline 3 wheel scooter similar to our electric carts today. Some "Friends" offerred to take him home. They didn't they put him out on the Fort Worth Highway. He started home and a car hit him from behind. Tommy, his son was a hard working young man. He secured a position as a maintenance man at Tarleton State and pastored a Baptist church in Stephenville. I saw his sister last week visiting Mutt and Dorothy Suitt. Where are you? My great Great Great grandfather Rev. B.T.Stevens from Chipley (Pine Mountain) (Calloway Gardens Country) ,Georgia is buried at Selden (Hatchett) Cemetery on the Duffau Creek by two daughters who married Dr. & Rev. Hatchett. He ordained his son in law and or 2 of his brothers as Missionary Baptist ministers. The were Texas Ranger scouts for Taylor in the War with Mexico, 1845. Dr. Hatchett was a Doctor, minister, and pharmacist and land speculator. Take care, Charles Wyly On Tue, 6 Jul 1999 11:57:09 -0500 "Stevens, Gary" <Gary.Stevens@csoconline.com> writes: >Hello, > >I am new to this list and think it's a great idea... > >I'm looking for information about my family... I am part of the Laney >clan... My grand mothers name was Bessie May Laney. I'm looking for >information about her mom Texanna Armstrong. She married Thomas >Redwine >Laney... > >Can anyone help? > >Thanks, > >Gary >

Hello, I am new to this list and think it's a great idea... I'm looking for information about my family... I am part of the Laney clan... My grand mothers name was Bessie May Laney. I'm looking for information about her mom Texanna Armstrong. She married Thomas Redwine Laney... Can anyone help? Thanks, Gary

Hello, to all, I'm looking for information on Cynthia Jane CAMPBELL wife of Gabriel KEITH. She was born 21 Apr 1822,,TX? d 25 Jul 1892, Santa Ann, Coleman, TX m 15 Jul 1837, , Hunt, TX She was buried in Santa Anna in what may have been a CAMPBELL family cemetery as there were many CAMPBELLs buried around her. I have nothing else on her or her family, so any info would be greatly appreciated. Janice and Annette do you have any infomation that Gabriel KEITH was a mason? Family "stories" say he was but I have found nothing to support this. I have found that he was a postmaster in Victor, TX about 1864? Charles thank you for the historical info. Thanks to all of you who have helped the rest of us. Annette, in AZ

Hi, Fred , and welcome. You and I have overlapping memories, but yours are brobably more detailed east of Lone Mountain than mine- mine links back to Indian Creek and Hico as well as Glen Rose and Huckaby. By the way, I have photos of the mountains with almost no cedars and climbers in wool suits and Tarleton uniforms climbing Lone Mountain and did have one of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Surveu tower used in WW2 for aircraft spotters. The next tower west was near Alfred Scrimsher's syrup mill, south of Tom Arendell log cabin. It was standing 1942-44 when I attended Selden school after Johnsville. Concerning WYCHE- Dr. Allen G. Wyche was a Chiropractor. Not sure about a Stephenville office, but I think he was the one in Dublin my parents attended before they quit driving. Didn't know the rest of his family. Bill Bradley was a Superintendent of Schools. Seems it was Iredell The name sounds familiar inconnection with Oglesby and Gatesville schools. So, There should be Bradley records in Meridian and Gatesville. Concerning Alexander, I attended high school with several Alexanders- guess you did too. One was "Col. Bob" , Stephenville football player. In case you missed Grady Wyly at Stephenville Country Opry recently, He left the dairy and was hauling Frito scrap from Dallas to McAllen for a Mexican feed lot and had a triple bypass surgery in McAllen a week or so ago and has now returned to his home by his son's dairy at the entrance to the Selden (Hatchett) cemetery. Moral? Don't eat Frito scrap? Take care Charles Wyly On Mon, 5 Jul 1999 17:49:32 -0600 "FRED E EWERS III" <fredorkim@email.msn.com> writes: >Hi--I'm new to this mailing list, so wanted to list the surnames I am >researching: ALEXANDER,BRADLEY,RANEY,TRAINER,WYCHE. >I am most interested in finding info on SERENA REBECCA TRAINER b.Dec >24, >1878 d. 1926 and buried in Hickey Cemetary in Erath Co. TX. >She married JAMES BOYD ALEXANDER. Her mother's name was REBECCA, but >I have >no other ancestors for her. > >I'm also trying to find info on MARY FRANCES RANEY b. May 11, 1860 d. >aft >1945, probably in Erath Co. TX. She married ERASTUS LATHROP BRADLEY. >Erastus' death certificate says he was buried in the New Dublin(now >Live >Oak)Cemetary in Dublin, TX. However, on a recent visit there, he was >not to >be found and was not listed as being buried there on the records at >the >Dublin Library or at the Harrell Funeral Home. Any info on these two >would >be appreciated! > > >

Hi, who was your ancestor that was Erath County sheriff? I can probably find him in H. Grady Perry's GRAND OLD ERATH or Homer Stephen's FRONTIER POSTMASTERS. aLSO, if he was a Roberts, I have several boxes of records from Mattie Roberts Somerville of West Monroe, La. which give Roberts tracks from the east coast to California. Mattie, a certified Geneaologist and officer in the Natchitoches, La. Chapter of DAR is also a Wylly descendant, but I may not have time for a detailed research until the Wyly Reunion is finished , after August 1 st. She had 20 plus boxes of research passed on to me after her passing away by Bill Somerville, her Husband.Thanks, Bill. To my knowledge I am not a Roberts descendant- as Mattie was. Carl W. Turnbow , sheriff in 1940's was related to the Roberts family and Martin families by marriage and other links. Blackie Martin was Carl's deputy before he became sheriff. Take care, you may be kin to Billy the Kid if this is the line you are seeking. Mattie was. Charles Wyly On Mon, 05 Jul 1999 09:57:53 -0500 Horatio Paul McAfee <horsepower@pdq.net> writes: >Would someone in Stephenville be so kind to phone >the Erath Co. Sheriff's office and get their email >address for me? My great grandfather was the >sheriff there for a time and I want to see if they >know when he held that office. > >Thanks, > > >Paul McAfee > >