Hi: Couldn't help but respond to your posting. I'm a descendant of Howards/Rogers/Womacks who were in Erath Co. early on and in Nacogdoches, Smith, and McLennan Counties even before that before Erath Co. was formed. Other family connections with our line are Barbees, Whites, Stephens, Straceners, and more. I have found that lots of our extended family are buried in the Barbee Cemetery. In particular, the children of my gr. gr. grandfather, John H. Howard, and wife Sarah G. Burleson, who were in early Erath Co. Children were Emily Ann Howard was the wife of Rufus Bean White, Mary Caroline Howard was the wife of Wm. F. Stephen, Nancy Elizabeth Howard was the wife of James Carroll Rogers, Harriett Matilda Howard was the wife of Wm. Henry Stracener, and their brother was Leander Guy Howard who lived and died in Erath Co., TX. He was a Texas Ranger during his time there. Nancy Elizabeth Howard/James Carroll Rogers (my gr. grandparents) were married in Stephenville as were my grandparents, Thomas Pitts Rogers and Florence Virginia Womack. I even inherited some communications with NaHomer Stephen from the 1960s from his research and articles he wrote for the local newspaper. He must have been a character. While born/raised in CA, after doing lots of TX research, I feel very connected to family history there. The above names are on my mom's side, but wouldn't you know it? Dad's family came through TX too and I am now digging for those roots. Nancy in CA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Theresa Wentz" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 10:35 AM Subject: Re: [ERATH] Albritton I am a little late reading this message but I have Whisenant relatives buried in the Barbee Cemetery. Since they have a prominent section in that cemetery, I have sure that they knew the Barbees. Do you know about this cemetery? ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 8:29 PM Subject: [ERATH] Albritton First, this is definitely the most endearing, entertaining and informative of all the mail lists (and there are many) in which I partake. Second, to those of you I've not had the pleasure of meetingâ?"â?"greetings. I am Dana Stripling, granddaughter to Melvin Durward Barbee, of the Barbee and Looney lines in Erath County. The lil' Jones-Barbee cabin which was moved into downtown Dublin belonged to my ancestors. Third, from a completely different side of the family, some of my Louisiana/Georgia/North Carolina family ended up in Dublin and Stephenville. specifically, my great, great, great Aunt, Harriet Louisa ALBRITTON, and Terrell BRYAN married in Bienville Parish, LA on 20 Feb 1855. They were in Erath County for a while after their marriage. Harriet and Terrell lived in Stephenville, and their son, Redic Bryan, moved to Dublin around 1898 or 1899. I was wondering if anyone had any information on this line? Fourth, ironically, before we even knew of Harriet's existence (a product of some GenForum diggins), my grandmother, Laura Irene ALBRITTON, met and married Durward in the very, very small town of Campti Louisiana. Durward brought her back to Dublin. Odd that both ALBRITTONS would end up back in Erath County. Odder still, I thought -- what was my grandfather (some 20 years old at the time) doing in Campti, of all places, selling mules? He must have had some connection to Louisiana. and, indeed, in the Parish in which Campti is placed and surrounding areas, i have found many a BARBEE in the cemeteries and records. but i have not yet made the connection. but, it certainly seems in all this research, particularly back in the early and mid 1800s -- family followed family. that there is generally some familial connection whenever a relative packed up and moved or visited somewhere else. does anyone have any information that might link NW Louisiana to Dublin and Stephenville? Many thanks for your indulgence in my rambling. Keep the wonderful tales coming. Best regards. Dana Stripling Researching: ALBRITTON, BARBEE, BERRY, BRETT, BURLESON, CARR, DEBLIEUX, FREEMAN, HALSELL, HART, HICKS, HOWARD, KINGSBURY, LOONEY, MCDANIEL, MURPHY, NEWMAN, PENICK, SANDEL, SIMMONS, STEPHENSON, STRIPLING, SULLIVAN, VAN HOOSE, WHITE ==== 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 ==== 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