Hi Gina, I appreciate you asking about this. The problem is I don't have any information on the Hendersons further back than Martha. I do know, via the census, that Martha was born in Arkansas...haven't found her there yet...and her parents were born in Tennessee. This is one of the most difficult of my lines that I am working on. I think two possibilities as brothers (because they were born in Arkansas and their parents were born in Tennessee, as Martha's were, according to the 1920 & 1930 Census are: Page 182B Census...or if you're doing it through Ancestry.com...page 28, District 72 James Henderson Husb. W M Aug 1858 41 M Ar Tn Tn Margaret Wife W F Sep 1859 40 M " " Dora Dau W F Sep 1879 20 S " Ar Ar Beulah Dau W F Jan 1882 18 S " " " Nettie Dau W F Jul 1884 15 S " " " Oliver Son W M Feb 1890 10 S " " Bobbie Dau W F Apr 1893 7 S " " " Claud Son W M Nov 1897 3 S " Page 154B or at Ancestry.com Page 8 Dist 71 ? Henderson Head W M Mar 1863 38 M Ar Tn Tn Mary F Wife W F Jul 1865 36 M " " " Ethan U Son W M Dec 1886 13 S " " " Robert H Son W M Jan 1892 8 S Ar Ar Ar Mary M Dau W F Jul 1895 4 S Tx Ar Ar John D Son W M Apr 1896 4 S " " " Nora Dau W F Nov 1897 2 S " " " Martha was born in 1874 so I think these might be brothers...I just don't know how to connect them. I have a possible lead now. If any of these names fit into your Hendersons, I will be glad to share. G [email protected] wrote: Donna - do you know who Martha's parents were? I am researching some Henderson's in Erath Co. as one of my collateral lines of the Brumbelow research. ~gina~ In a message dated 02/27/2003 9:57:46 PM Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Samuel Lynch and Martha J. (Henderson) Thompson, married 19 May 1892, are the parents of my paternal grandfather...Artie Leslie Thompson, b 2 Jul 1893. W.T. and Minnie (Forson) Stanford are the parents of my grandmother, Myrtle Lee (Stanford) Thompson. Artie and Myrtle ran the Gulf Service Station in Clairette in the 1950's through 1962 when Artie learned he had lung cancer. Their son, Tommy Thompson is my Dad who is living and still working at 83. I am searching for the final resting place of Samuel Lynch Thompson who died between 1895 and 3 Jun 1900 when Martha remarried...J.M. Chaney. Iam looking for the cemetery where Martha is buried also. My maternal grandparents were J.S. and Bessie Ann (Draper) Flowers. Their first farm was at Duffau, they owned one at Purvis in the 1940's, moved to the Olin Community in Hamilton County in the 1950's and then back to Duffau where they owned their last farm in the 1960's. Their daughter, Dorothy, is my mother. Their roots reach back to Kentucky and Alabama where I am pursuing their ancestors also. I spent most of my childhood in Erath County with both sets of grandparents. Was it really as wonderful as I remember? Donna please visit my website at www.burningskyenterprises.com family album - http://www.geocities.com/ginaburningsky4/burningskyent_genealogy.html ==== 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 --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, and more