Sorry Charles ... I don't know their history. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles A. Wyly" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2003 9:29 PM Subject: Re: [ERATH] Benjamin A. Holt/Alabama Jones > 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 > > > > > > > > > ==== 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 > >