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    1. Re: [ERATH] Scrimscher- Moxley- Hatchett- Wyly- Arendell- Darnell connections
    2. Charles A. Wyly
    3. Thanks, Cindy, Garvin Wood married dad's first cousin, Olive Wyly. She was raised in the old house built by Great Granndad Robert Wyly's brother William Sevier Wyly and wife Mary Hatchett Wyly Her mom died during the Depression and her Dad Oliver Wyly #3 or 4 . he was a working man and had small children. Her baby sister Louise was raised by "Aunt Myrt" Wyly Hatchett and Uncle Will Hatchett. Two of the girls were raised by Agnes Hatchett Wyly and their Uncle Charlie Wyly. Myrt, Bill, Robert, Charlie, and Nora Estelle Kay, wife of Hensley David and Ida Minerva Wyly Kay , wife of John Kay were some of the 23 siblings of Oliver Cromwell Wyly and first wife Lucy Eddins, second wife Martha Adeline Byrd, and 3rd wife Martha Catherine Mitchell, who was a niece of Lucy Eddins with a double first cousin there somewhere. O.C. Sr. was a sheriff of Habersham county, Ga. and a Civil War officer. One son and brother had a 4 story Wholesale Grocery in Atrlanta and some claim that some Civil War records were in the 4th story storage when Sherman tried to burn Atlanta. 12 of O.C. Wyly's children moved to Selden , Texas 1865-1890 Nova Schouten could tell you much more about her mom and dad. Olive and Garvin. Kevin Woods's children are the 5 the generation to live in the"Uncle" Bill Wyly Home by the Hoelscher Dairy. Dorothy Scrimsher's Hurley grandad Hurley used to stop with her at Great Uncle Bill's home coming from the Stone Family Gin at Selden ( Garrett Springs) , he would let the horses rest while he and Great Uncle Bill would sit and rock and drink cool cistern water and discuss the Bible. Dorothy and Garvin live in the home nearest Selden Gin and the Garrett Springs. Dorothy Scrimsher attended Selden High the 2 years after I left Johnsville for Selden., then 2 years at Stephenville. her brother Jerry married Louise Wyly, who passed on last week in a Glen Rose home for Altzheimer's . Jerry was sheriff of Throckmorton and cotton ginner there and at Selden at one time or another. Dorothy and Jerry's mom was a Darnell- one of the older generations of Darnells married Grandmother Ida Moxley Wyly's sister Sallie Moxley and one of her sisters married a son of Tom Arendell, who built the Log Cabin on what is now Moncrief Dairy, and Garvin Wood completely restored Tom's Cabin , dirt floor and all. At one time I must have been cousin to half the kids in Selden School - seemed like it. I am sure this more than you ever wanted to know about these connections. I did not know Louise was buried last week until one of Lucille Wyly's progeny notified me this week. Thanks, Charles Wyly " Insanity is hereditary- you get it from your kids. "

    06/01/2003 08:57:23