Hi,Cindy, mom said that Claude Gunn was a cousin to her and 2 Stones who lived in Stephenville Nursing Home, built for Mrs. Allen. Do you know any Gunn History. ? Wylys of Scotlnd were supposed to have ben part of the Honor or Color Guards for Clan Gunn in Scotland, Thanks, Charles Wyly On Sat, 1 Mar 2003 18:28:53 -0800 Cindy Shipman <[email protected]> writes: > The Huckabay book is a little over 200 indexed pages, softbound and > runs $20 > (plus postage.) It includes an alpha list of the known burials > (marked and > unmarked), death record and obit if available locally. One of these > books > was donated to the DAR Library in Washington, D.C. and when they > accepted it > they sent a nice letter commending the documented research that went > into > creating it. [We donated the list of burials for all of our > cemeteries to > the Erath County GenWeb Archives.] > > I don't have any books on the shelf right now, but we'll be printing > some in > the next couple of weeks. In addition to Huckabay, we have also done > the > Exray Cemetery ($15) and the Hannibal Cemetery ($10). The Hannibal > book > includes some abstracted biographies and Confederate pension > records. The > United Daughters of the Confederacy awarded Jefferson Davis Silver > Stars to > the students who produced it. This year's project is the > Liberty/Liberty > Valley Cemetery (and will be more like the Hannibal book), and it > will be > completed soon (to coincide with their late April cemetery work > day.) > > The revenue from the book sales go back into the project to fund > more > research and community service activities. All of our books were > also > donated to the Stephenville Museum, Stepheville Public Library, Dick > Smith > Library at Tarleton State University, the Dublin Public Library, the > Hamilton Co. Genealogy Library, and the Comanche Public Library. > > We'd be happy to share any research about specific individuals, but > the > books are really great stories about the communities. And the people > are all > so inter-related by blood and marriage, that having the whole book > to read > is a treat. > > Cindy Shipman > > PS - feel free to contact me at [email protected] if you need more > information about a burial in one of these cemeteries or if you'd > like to > order a book. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dortha F. Greenlee" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2003 5:11 PM > Subject: Re: [ERATH] Benjamin A. Holt/Alabama Jones > > > > Cindy, Tell me more about the book. I was aware you were working > on it. > What > > price are you asking, and is it still available? > > > > Thanks for all you do. > > > > Dortha McElroy Greenlee > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Cindy Shipman" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2003 3:32 PM > > Subject: Re: [ERATH] Benjamin A. Holt/Alabama Jones > > > > > > > Jerri - my students did extensive research in the Huckabay > Cemetery two > > > years ago and published a book including all the marked graves, > local > > obits > > > and death records. B.A. Holt has a marker but not Alabama (nor > any other > > > Holt.) There aren't any 1904 newspapers available, so we did not > find an > > > obit. > > > > > > We're always collecting info about the burials as it becomes > available - > > > someday we'd like to update and revise the book. Do you have > info about > > > Alabama's interment or other information you could add to our > work? > > > > > > Thanks! > > > Cindy Shipman > > > Local History, project sponsor > > > Huckabay School > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Jerri Ritter" <[email protected]> > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2003 3:03 PM > > > Subject: [ERATH] Benjamin A. Holt/Alabama Jones > > > > > > > > > > Looking for family of the above Benjamin A. Holt/Alabama > Jones. They > > had > > > at > > > > least three children, Charles b. @1876; Robert b. @1877; and > Delaney > b. > > @ > > > 1879. > > > > Benjamin and Alabama are buried in Huckabay Cemetery, in Erath > County, > > TX. > > > Who > > > > were all the children? Who did they marry? Any info > appreciated. > Will > > > share > > > > anything I have on families. > > > > > > > > Jerri (Norman) Ritter > > > > Ada, OK > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXERATH Mailing List ==== > > > > --- Author Retains Copyright --- > > > > -- Copyright 2003 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXERATH Mailing List ==== > > > --- Author Retains Copyright --- > > > -- Copyright 2003 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXERATH Mailing List ==== > > --- Author Retains Copyright --- > > -- Copyright 2003 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 > > > > > > > > > ==== TXERATH Mailing List ==== > --- Author Retains Copyright --- > -- Copyright 2003 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 > >