Sunny and warm ARIZONA greetings to the list, I'm not sure how this song relates to Genealogy - but here is a website: Re: Does anyone know where I could purchase the book "We Sing Their Harvest Song" by Richard C. King? - Lola I found this website: It listed the song title - book etc. http://www.milanclan.freeserve.co.uk/celebrationstr/thefull.htm regarding: Page # 9 ---------------- Now We Sing a Harvest Song Erath Genealogy SLAUGHTER: 1900 - ERATH County Texas Rwolff- Searching SLAUGHTER- with family ties as listed in 1900 TX, Thurber City, Erath County Texas. My grandfather worked in the 'brickyard' hiring" William R. SLAUGHTER, born 1867 - IL or MO (census years vary with those notations.) Wm Richard Slaughter married Sarah Ophelia Carter - Hill county TX. They lived in Erath TX -- and raised: Rufus, Ruby - died as infant- Minnie Alice, Minnie Alice, Wm Henry - Pearl -- oh, John Ennis was born after they moved from Erath to Bisbee, Cochise county AZ. All of the SLAUGHTER children who were born in Erath - moved to Cochise County Arizona, where they all went to school and married. All of them moved to California - Sacramento - San Francisco area and died in respective counties. That is all children except my dad... Wm Henry SLAUGHTER he stayed in Arizona - married a PAYNE. She died 1928. Dad then married again. Dad died Arizona- 1975. My Slaughter history: Sarah Ophelia Carter is the >SISTER< of Mary E SLAUGHTER,nee CARTER, who was married to Rev John R Carter who lived in Stephensville, TX. -- early 1900s. After 2 years of research I have not located a link between the Rev. Slaughter and his lineage to my Wm Richard Slaughter bn Illiinois. -- who knows ? Notes: 1. William Richard Slaughter-- only living son of John R and Nancy GOSSAGE of Illinois and TN, died in Arizona. 2. Sarah O SLAUGHTER, Carter of Silas-Manecia Carter of AL/GA/MS lines, died CA. 3. Grandma Sarah -- is buried next to her son Rufus-his wife Notes regarding SLAUGHTER Children b in Erath County Texas. 1.Minnie Alice- married Art (Volney) KING, she married Foster,she remarried KING. Died CA. 2. Rufus married- ATTAWAY. d CA 3..Myrtle married Charles BELL - he died, she died in CA 4. Pearl - (aunt peggy to me) - married JARBOE. He died, she married BRITT. She died in CA 5. Wm Henry - Married PAYNE in AZ -- died Arizona 6. John Ennis - only child that was not born in Texas- married in AZ-died in CA 7. Ruby - died as child - is buried in Thurber- Cemetery, Erath County Texas. I am the last living direct link to the ILLINOIS family of John R Slaughter and Nancy C Gossage who married in IL - 1864 who both died there. My eldest sister,died last month - at 79 years and one month. Any list members know of CARTER/SLAUGHTER connections as I've related it? Know of SLAUGHTER or lines that relate to Southern IL- Gallatin-Saline-Pope-Hardin-Union Counties in particular? Let me know - Please - I have extensive notes - and a zillion questions. Best wishes: Rachel - housemouse from az. ----Original Message Follows---- From: [email protected] Reply-To: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: TXERATH-D Digest V03 #156 Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 10:00:57 -0600 Precedence: list Return-Path: [email protected] X-OriginalArrivalTime: 17 Sep 2003 16:01:33.0980 (UTC) FILETIME=[F77335C0:01C37D34] << message2.txt >> << message4.txt >> << message6.txt >> _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself with MSN Messenger 6.0 -- download now! http://www.msnmessenger-download.com/tracking/reach_general