Hi, What was the origin of the Kirk family you mentioned. I just noticed it. There are Kirks in Marlin - Falls County- and was just wondering, as you mentioned them connected with Mingus, and Thurber, if they were of Czech or Italian Descent- some of the Europeans brought in by the TP Coal and Oil to mine coal and make bricks. Kirks in Marlin are both black and white. One Ron Kirk was Police Chief and ran for sheriff of Falls County. Were they connected to Erath County Kirks? Take care, Charles A. Wyly On Wed, 31 Jul 2002 16:38:20 -0700 [email protected] writes: > Joy, > > That is not a bad idea---except that I have a lot more paperwork to > go > through. Today I am typing the will of Thomas Brown--only not like > the > lady that sent it to me. She had done teh spellings and punctuation > just > as she read it from the original---but its hard to read that > way---much > less to understand. I am going to try to type it up as a nice > readable > document--that is readable and understandable. I also have a file > cabinet full of papers, some are sorted by family and some are not, > so > I'm just going through them one at a time. But after I finish it > would > be a good idea to sort each family out and not have duplicates. In > the > meantime there is a chance that we will find out more on John K. > Fox's > family. > > Oh yes, Randolph Thomas Haile, a nephew of grandma Fox lived in > Eastland > County, but he had 7 children. Here is what the history of Texas > says > about his children" > > 1.Henry Isom Haile, a farmer in Comanche County, married and has > eight > children > > 2. Nannie E. born January 12, 1870, is the widow of A. J. Thompson, > who > died in April 1918, leaving five children. > > 3. Elvis I.Haile, born December 2, 1872, a farmer living at Gorman, > married Laura A. Kirk and has 5 children > > 4. Art Thomas, born Feb 2, 1876, married M. J. Thomas, a building > contractor at Tujunga, Calif, has 4 children > > 5. Jessie Pearl, born August 26, 1878, married Frank Kirk of Gorman, > who > is in the oil leasing business and is the owner of considerable land > and > town properties. > > 6. Ed Haile, born June 26, 1880, died November 13, 1882 > > 7. One child died in infancy. > > Notice that number 3, Elvis I. Haile is the one that Ms Tollar was > looking for. You can send her this if you want to. She is related > to > us---sort of a second or third cousin--I guess. Between Henry and > Elvis > Haile they populated Eastland and Comanche counties with 13 more > Hailes. > > I just went back and checked some more of my Haile stuff, and guess > what---do you remember Harry Haile? He and I exchanged quiet a bit > of > correspondence about a year ago---he is a descendant of Elivs Haile > and > Laura Kirk. Both he and Mark Young were writing to me quiet often, > then > I put them in touch with each other and haven't heard from either > one > since. That's men for you. But both of them sent me a lot of old > family > pictures and now that I have my new printer (soon as I get it hooked > up) > I will print them out. He also told me that Randolph Thomas Haile's > name > was actually Robert Thomas Haile, but that one of the daughters did > the > write up for the book and thought Randolph sounded fancier. > Actually he > was called R.T.---or so Harry told me. > > Alice > > > > > > ==== TXERATH Mailing List ==== > --- Author Retains Copyright --- > -- Copyright 2002 Author -- All Rights Reserved > Post to List: [email protected] http://www.selfroots.com > Unsubscribe request To: [email protected] > ARCHIVES: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >