PARDON ME- I noticed that I mispelled Tarleton- my fingers stutterred and i hit an F instead of a T. All you old Tarleton Plowboys and newer Tarleton State University Texans please forgive me. I attended there 3 years when it was a Junior college (Changed from Engineering to Education after Army time, 1950-52. By the way, Tarleton now turns out more Agriculture teachers than Texas A&M and the entire A&M system trains more Army officers than does West Point. Every tree on the main campus is named for a combat veteran, most killed in action, if my memory serves me right . That list of trees might enrich quiet a few family trees. Sorry about that, Charles Wyly On Sat, 07 Nov 1998 08:22:54 -0600 "Kisha M. Dante" <kishad@hia.net> writes: >Helo all, >I am new to the list and wanted to introduce myself and let ya'll know >who I am researching. My name is Kisha and I have been doing >genealogy >research since this past summer. I have been incredibly fortunate in >my >research. One reason for this is that I live near Houston and have >access to a verry good genealogy library. The other reason for that >is >that I have stumbled across some very helpful people on the internet >who >have steared me in the right direction in my research. > >Here is the Erath Co. research that I am doing. My grandmother, >Francis >Aline BISHOP was born in Erath Co. in July 26, 1914. Her Father >Walter >BISHOP born December 1885 in Erath Co. Tx. His parents were Jim R. >BISHOP born july 1853 and Alvira/Elvire E. ? born June 1851 both in >Mississippi. They had six children that I know of: Alice b. 1874 in >Mississippi, Bula b. 1877 in Erath Co., Joseph/Robert b. 1880 in Erath >Co., Walter b. 1885 in Erath Co., Neffie b. 1887 in Erath Co and >Millie >B. 1890 In Erath Co. From what I understand, Walter left the family, >and my grandmother would never talk about him. I don't know if there >was a divorce or not, but I really don't have any information other >than >what I have written above. > >Frances Aline BISHOP's mother was Gertrude ELMORE b. 1893 in Indian >Territory Gertrude's parents were Francis ELMORE b. 1862 in Illinois >and Mary Ida ELLIOTT b, October 1875 in Erath Co. I beleive that >Francis ELMORE and Mary Ida ELLIOT were married in Erath Co. July >1892. >They had the following children: Gertrude b. 1893 IT. Seldan b. 1894 >IT, Goldie b. 1898 IT, Audrey b. 1900 IT, Jewell b. 1902 IT, Georgia >B. >1903 IT. Dovie B. 1907 IT and Fannie B. 1908 in Erath Co. The family >was still in Erath Co. for the 1910 census, but I believe they moved >to >Strawn, Palo Pinto Co. shortly after. Mary Ida (ELLIOTT) ELMORE died >1942 and in burried in Strawn. I have yet to be able to find any >death >information for Francis ELMORE. > >Mary Ida ELLIOTT's parents were Hugh S. ELLIOTT and Betty ROBERTS b. ? >in Arkansas. Hugh S. ELLIOTT was born May 24, 1849 in Missouri. I >have >found him on the tax rolls for Erath Co. starting in 1874. He died in >Erath Co and is burried in Mt Zion cemetery Mrch 24, 1924. He >re-married Maggie F. (?) ELLIOTT in 1888. I can find him listed on >the >census after he married Maggie, but nothing but the tax records when >he >was married to Betty Roberts. The story from my aunts is that Mary >Ida >ELLIOTT was 1/2 or 3/4 Cherokee. I think they may have been hiding >from >the census takers...who knows? > >Sorry this is so long, but I wanted to put as much information here as >I >had in hopes that it would ring a bell with someone and maybe tie in >with someone else's research. Also, can anyone tell me what type of >holdings the genealogy society in Erath Co. has? I would like to make >a >trip up there to dig around. And is it quicker to send directly to >Erath co for records than it is to send off to the state? That one >month plus turn around time from Austin is just too much for an >impatient person like me. > >Thanks for the read > >Kisha Dante > > ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]