Susan, I hit send before I input my name and address on Flashback inquiry on Alfred P. Hall. Please add my name and address. Ruth Hasten Walsh, 5733 N. Kings Hwy., Alexandria, VA 22303. - email: ruthwalsh@yahoo.com Thank you. --- On Wed 06/05, Susan Hawkins < hawkins@texoma.net > wrote: From: Susan Hawkins [mailto: hawkins@texoma.net]To: TXFANNIN-L@rootsweb.comDate: Wed 06/05Subject: [TXFANNIN-L] Fannin County FlashbackThe June Issue of the Fannin County Flashback is going into editiingthis week. If you have a query for the Flashback please email it to meto be included in the next day or two.Also will take biographical sketch /photographs , any items of interest must pertain to Fannin County in some way. Thank you, Susan==== TXFANNIN Mailing List ====Shake your family tree and watch the nuts fall! ------------------------------------------------ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web!

Looking for any information about descendents of Alfred P. Hall family. A. P. Hall was born in GA ca 1828 and died after 1897. In 1890 records he was doing business as A.P. Hall & Sons and lived in/around Monkstown, TX. A. P. Hall and wife Sarah (Sarahanda?) were enumerated in the 1870 Gordon Co., GA and were in Roane Co., TN from 1872-1874. By 1880 census they were in Fannin Co., TX. A. P. Hall's occupation was farmer/blacksmith. At one time his sons operated a ferry that crossed the Red River at Mulberry where remnants of a road is still called Halls Ferry Road. Known children were Josephine Hall who married Wm. C. Cook; Lewis C. Hall, Merions F. Hall or Marion F. Hall, Thomas W. Hall, Zachariah Hall, Jesse Alfred Hall, William H. Hall, Laura Hall. All children but Laura were born in GA. Laura was born in Roane Co., TN in 1874. One of A. P. Hall's grandsons was named Henry Hall. Henry Hall may have worked for Katy Railroad and lived in Denison. He married ! a woman named Mattie and had children Virgil Hall and Laura Hall. Virgil Hall, born 1900-1915) moved to NM or AZ. Laura Hall married a Mr. Jenkins. In A.P. Hall�s 1880 h/h there was a foster son named Joseph Benjamin Peters. Joe Peters married Ida Neville Winkler, half-sister of William Henry Winkler who married Martha Cook, dau of Josephine Hall and Wm. C. Cook.

Susan, I would like to post a query in the Fannin County Flashback. I am looking for any information on the family of Lee Huddleston, married Frank P. Sadler in Gregg County 1880. Had a daughter by the name of Lessie Myrtle Nash, married J.T. Nash, 9/10/1905. Lived in Windom, Dodd City and Honey Grove area. All are buried in that area. Thank you, Aletha Brown

If you have thought of subscribing to the Fannin County Flashback please just wait till after next Tues. I removed the amount and we are going to have a discussion next Tues. of the actual costs and what the real need is. I jumped the gun with a message from someone . If ound it had not been decided for sure. We did not have any membership fees until we wanted a quarterly, we want costs low for the members so we will figure out the right amount really has to be to cover it. Thank you for my blundering on about it. Susan

Mahala Speake lived in 1890 between Dial and Pecan Gap. In her old age she married a man named Dobyns. I would like any info on her; marriage, death burial, etc. cespeake@aol.com

How do we join the Fannin County Society and what is the cost? If we join now, will we get the June issue of the Flashback? Thanks Sue Mayes

I just wrote a bit about the cost per year of $15. , anyone joining over the next two months will receive the June issue. If it is received just a week or so before an issue is to be out, we wait and send the new one. susan MAYESLS@aol.com wrote: > > How do we join the Fannin County Society and what is the cost? If we join > now, will we get the June issue of the Flashback? > > Thanks > > Sue Mayes > > ==== TXFANNIN Mailing List ==== > Search List Archives by keyword > http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl

I have just changed the website to reflect a rise in subscription. We got away with murder because we only had to print a portion of it. A member's business did a good portion of it for free. Then after a change in jobs we no longer had that freebie printing. We found we can't afford to print the same large quarterly for only $10 and it left us with few extras for the library. Several members paid the over the top amount to see it got done correctly. So there is no way to go on without either downsizing the quarterly or raising the subscription. We decided the later. The $10. was less than any other genealogy societies we polled online and not. We did not want it a 'newsletter' we wanted a full quarterly. I changed the website to reflect that. I dread the extra too but don't see an option. I would love to hear of anything other groups have done. We are developing a group who will be extracting records for this publication. So it will be unlike any publication you will find already on a shelf. Susan

The Flashback is the Fannin Genealogical Society Quarterly. We began last Sept. So the June issue coming up is the last of our first year. We offer free queries, so I announce it onlist everyso often. These are useful as many genealogist do not use computers on the internet still and also you never know how long the quarterly will sit in a library till just the right person comes along. I made my first big break in a 1957 issue! I read it in 1995 and found a distant cousin and solved many family mysteries. So you really never know. It would very difficult to send a transcript of a meeting. I'm not sure how that would be done. When I speak , I'm all over the place and enjoy it so I crack jokes and such. It would be probably a mess to see that in writing! The spoken word usually looks stange , like a disjointed play script. Plus we show pictures and maps and such at the meetings and pass things around. I doubt if that will be done because these aren't 'canned' speeches. They are people coming in for all kinds of talks or demonstrations. I keep handouts if their are any so they would be available in the new Family History Center. The hours and staff are being figured and trained. This is not part of the society but the society will benefit from the FHC being on site. I have seen the blueprints for the new Church building and all I can say is 'WOW" Since we use the Church's resources for free it will more than work well for us. We can't beat a bargain like that! Because we in this building , If we receive something from you , I will need to know , 1. is it for the Fannin or Grayson TXGenWeb sites? I'm the webmaster for both (and yes if it is in connection with both it can appear on both sites) 2. is it for the new vertical files in the Family History Center? If so they may later be converted onto a cd so they don't take up too much space. We will have limited space. The Bonham library proably will allow us to set up a vertical family file but at this time they do not keep one. The society has volunteered to help the public library set up their genealogy section as soon as remodeling is done. We will also be figuring out how to help them expand their collections. I will write a 'Pathfinder" for patrons coming into Fannin and Grayson for research so they will know the strengths of the various collections and libraries/ musuems etc. available. It will be a handout type thing at all public places. Yes you may email or if someone needs to snail mail a question to be asked at a meeting I can do that. I already take all letters and we pass them around etc. Just be sure to let me know if something is slated for the genweb , the Flashback (or both) or for the FHC's research lists and vertical files. Grayson county has a fine , long standing society, but no news quarterly . I am not sure why they stopped as I have seen old copies of their quarterly. There is a group that meets in Denison but I am not aware of any material available from them. As for Books we have no plans at this time. I try to keep out of things like that as I want everything on the web free for all. I don't see them doing anything like that, mostly due to lack of volunteers at the moment for it. I will be asking for volunteers to come to the FHC and help me gather things for the web. The local library's have my written permission to copy off the web anything I put together if they need to so it can sit on a shelf for use. (of course they miss out on additions I make all the time and the freeze for all time the stupid mistakes that I try to find and correct. The web is much more forgiving!) It is my personal opinion that books are too expensive ( I sure can't afford them) and I have yet to see one that is flawless) We are gathering church histories. It was supposed to be a page or so for each church and be put in denominations in a book that was to be a very limited publication for the public librarys and the FHC. However the snag is that the material we have collected has either come in not at all OR come in huge bites. So it will be a much larger collection than imagined. It is wonderful. We need pictures of the churchs and lists of early members and session book copies even. I may have to create it on cd format if it gets too large so we can use a search feature. ( either way we will index the whole collection and put that index online) So send your info, your suggestions and such to me and I will get it to the proper person. It is hard to be far away from where you are researching. Most of my genealogy is elsewhere but if we all work hard here and yall work hard there we can all get helped. The net is such a blessing ! Susan "David L. Cates" wrote: > > Susan I need you help please. I live in Ohio but want to get more involved with Fannin and Grayson Counties. My father,his parents and his grandparents lived in both Fannin and Grayson counties. I cannot attend monthly meetings and know I loose valuable information presented by guest speakers. How can I join the associations and how do I subscribe to periodicals published like the Flashback? Another concern of mine, and perhaps it has already be considered, I don't know. However, is there a way meeting information can be recorded and e-mailed to members of the association or subscribers to the Flashback? One last thing, is it possible for me to e-mail question to be asked in my behalf at the meetings? > > Thanks, > David L. Cates > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Susan Hawkins > Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 12:06 PM > To: TXFANNIN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [TXFANNIN-L] Fannin County Flashback > > The June Issue of the Fannin County Flashback is going into editiing > this week. If you have a query for the Flashback please email it to me > to be included in the next day or two. > Also will take biographical sketch /photographs , any items of interest > must pertain to Fannin County in some way. Thank you, Susan > > ==== TXFANNIN Mailing List ==== > Shake your family tree and watch the nuts fall! > > ==== TXFANNIN Mailing List ==== > How can just one ancestor cause so much TROUBLE ??

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/1hB.2ACE/1407 Message Board Post: I would like someone to look-up the orbit of Viola McDonald that was born 4-9-1924 and died in Bonham, Fannin County, Texas 5-18-2000. I would also like the orbit of George W. Howery, born 12-12-1921 and died in Dodd City, Fannin County, Texas 2-25-2000. I believe they are descendents of my family and are brother and sister. Thanks for any help, rle

Susan I need you help please. I live in Ohio but want to get more involved with Fannin and Grayson Counties. My father,his parents and his grandparents lived in both Fannin and Grayson counties. I cannot attend monthly meetings and know I loose valuable information presented by guest speakers. How can I join the associations and how do I subscribe to periodicals published like the Flashback? Another concern of mine, and perhaps it has already be considered, I don't know. However, is there a way meeting information can be recorded and e-mailed to members of the association or subscribers to the Flashback? One last thing, is it possible for me to e-mail question to be asked in my behalf at the meetings? Thanks, David L. Cates ----- Original Message ----- From: Susan Hawkins Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 12:06 PM To: TXFANNIN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TXFANNIN-L] Fannin County Flashback The June Issue of the Fannin County Flashback is going into editiing this week. If you have a query for the Flashback please email it to me to be included in the next day or two. Also will take biographical sketch /photographs , any items of interest must pertain to Fannin County in some way. Thank you, Susan ==== TXFANNIN Mailing List ==== Shake your family tree and watch the nuts fall!

The June Issue of the Fannin County Flashback is going into editiing this week. If you have a query for the Flashback please email it to me to be included in the next day or two. Also will take biographical sketch /photographs , any items of interest must pertain to Fannin County in some way. Thank you, Susan

I'm searching for the family of Eli and Jane Ventioner Prickett who arrived in Honey Grove, Fannin Co., around 1845. They had several children, Isaac, Joseph, M. J., James Walter, M. E., Francis J. M., and Matilda. Jane and Eli are grandparents to my g-grandmother, Josephine Melissa Elizabeth Prickett, who married Thomas Mabry Willard in Ft. Worth Tx around 1880. I THINK Isaac may be the father of Josephine but am not sure. Donnie Nance married James Ventioner and is a cousin of Josephine. Any help would be appreciated.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: harviel/welch/coffee ne tx/se ok Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/1hB.2ACE/1406 Message Board Post: looking for sarah cathrine harviel welch coffee she married a james a welch in red river co in 1880 and in 1884 she married a wpm coffee in lamar co they were possibly in fannin co for a while and then went into bryan co william and her are buried in mead ok the last i found her is on the 1910 census bryan co any info on her or her parents would be appericated thanks mary cooper

> Obituary: RAFAEL TORRES (60 YRS OLD) from > Corpus Christi, TX, passed away on May 2, 2002. He is > survived by his wife Mary Helen Torres, and children > Cristina Rhodes, Suzette Garcia, and Patrick Torres. This is the full obit; I index the Corpus Christi Caller-Times obits, though I am woefully behind. Rafael H. Torres passed away on May 2 at a local hospital. He was 60. Rafael attended Flour Bluff High School before enlisting in the Marine Corps in 1961. He served initially as an Infantryman and was twice wounded during two tours in Vietnam. He was awarded two Purple Hearts, The Combat Action Ribbon, Cold War Medal, National Medal Defense Service w/ Two Star Cluster, Good Conduct Medal w/Five Star Cluster; Vietnam Cross of Gallantry, Vietnam Service Medal w/ Two Star Cluster, Vietnam Campaign Medal and Sea Service Deployment Medal. He retired from the Marine Corps in 1981 and worked at CCAD for 12 years before retiring to become a part-time rancher in Skidmore. Rafael then moved to Oceanside, California and returned to Corpus Christi in the past year. He is preceded in death by his father Daniel Torres and brother Ricardo Torres. He is survived by his wife Maria Elena Almanza-Torres originally of Oceanside. They have three children: Suzette (Danny) Garcia of Corpus Christi, Texas, Patrick (Jeanette) Torres of Lamesa, Texas and Cristina and (Jason) Rhodes of Corpus Christi, Texas. He is survived by his mother, Hortensia H. Torres; brothers Raul (Myrtle); Reynaldo (Lucy) of Sinton; Roy (Pat) of Salt Lake City, Utah; Bob, and sister Becky (Virgil) Selph. Other survivors include five grandchildren: Demi and Mia Garcia, Ashley and Julien Torres, and Hannah Rhodes. Visitation will be held Sunday, May 5, 2002 from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. at Corpus Christi Funeral Home. A Rosary will be recited that same evening at 7:00 p.m. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. Paul The Apostle Church, 2233 Waldron Rd, Monday, May 6, 2002 at 10:00 a.m. Interment to follow at Seaside Memorial Park --Amy

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/1hB.2ACE/1405 Message Board Post: Can anyone do a lookup on the 1910 census and see if there is an Isaih or Isiah Ford? Wife Ollie, children: Willie, Florence, Annie M. and Audrey Lee. Any help would be appreciated. Sincerely, Lori

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/1hB.2ACE/1119.1.1 Message Board Post: Don't have anything on the Stephens family, but quite a bit on the Sharit family. I knew your grandmother well and your mother when she was much younger. If you need any info I have or if you have some on your family that I don't just email me at ltay32@hotmail.com.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/1hB.2ACE/1404 Message Board Post: Obituary: RAFAEL TORRES (60 YRS OLD) from Corpus Christi, TX, passed away on May 2, 2002. He is survived by his wife Mary Helen Torres, and children Cristina Rhodes, Suzette Garcia, and Patrick Torres.

I am passing this on , Perhaps you can help. ------------------------- To anyone interested in Preserving Coontown/Caney Cemetery: Coontown Cemetery rests in one of the lowest land areas around Savoy, where two creeks converge (Dameron and Caney Creeks). After a two inch rain, water stood to the third wire of the newly constructed fence around Coontown Cemetery. It is regular flooding of the creeks, which has resulted in the loss of many headstones. In the 1950s, the cemetery was reported, in one survey, as nearly washed away. This explains the frequent messages the association receives from people stating that their ancestor is buried at Coontown Cemetery, though the name did not show up on the 1950s-1960s census. There is a flooding control plan developed by the USDA, which includes an upstream watershed that would improve or eliminate the flooding conditions at Coontown Cemetery. Unfortunately, this plan does not have adequate funding, according to one USDA engineer. This is a federally funded water control program, but it can't hurt to call it to the attention of the Texas Congress as well. Please write your Congressmen on behalf of Coontown Cemetery seeking support for Watershed Control Program (PL566) and Caney Site 3A. US Congress: Phil Gramm (Phil_Gramm@gramm.senate.gov) 370 Russell Senate Office Bldg. Washington, DC 20510-4302 Kay Bailey Hutchison (email through website http://hutchison.senate.gov) 284 Russell Senate Office Bldg. Washington, DC 20510 Rep. Ralph M. Hall 2221 Rayburn H.O.B. Washington, DC 20514 or (local address) Rep. Ralph M. Hall 101 East Pecan Street Sherman, Texas 75090-5917 Texas Congress: Senator David Cain 6301 Gaston Avenue, Suite 355 Dallas, Texas 75214 Rep. Mark Homer 1849 Lamar Paris, Texas 75460 At the county level, the cemetery needs your support in writing to officials who might be in a position to help with the construction of a road to the cemetery. There was a road to Coontown Cemetery at one time, as it shows up on early maps. Presently, to get to the cemetery you have to drive across pasture land, impossible after a rain. Some of our members are elderly and cannot make a long walk across a pasture. With frequent flooding from the creek, the many branches and logs lying on the ground within the cemetery can wash into the fence and tear the wires down. The fence man advised that these logs and limbs need to be cleaned up. The county barn is within one mile of the cemetery site. To secure help with a road to the cemetery and grounds maintenance, please write: County Government: Honorable Derrell Hall Fannin County Judge 101 East Sam Rayburn Drive, Suite 101 Bonham, Texas 75418-4346 Ronnie Rhudy, County Commissioner Fannin County Courthouse 101 E. Sam Rayburn Drive, Suite 103 Bonham, Texas 75418 We would also like to locate someone willing to donate xeroscaped landscaping for the cemetery and/or headstone repair. Please contact the Coontown Cemetery Association if you can make a contribution in this way or have knowledge of a source of grant money for this purpose. (watrbug@gvtc.com) Respectfully, Carolyn Sparks, President Coontown Cemetery Association (non profit, 501)

My grandfather Robert Lee Dicus, and his twin brother Rufus Ulysus, were born 03 October 1869, on the family farm in Fannin County. Their parents were James M. and Nancy Catherine Diamond. Their mother Nancy died when they were nine years old, on 30 August 1878. Somewhere on this farm is believed to be buried their mother Nancy Catherine Dicus , his sister Margaret (about age 4) and brothers Eugene(8 yrs old in 1880, last time we had a record of him.Unknown what happened to him) , Calvin and Jimmie (both infants when they died) . The actual site of this family farm and cemetery has not been found. The family farm (100 acres one section, 50 acres in the other section) was located 8 ½ miles northeast of Bonham, that area on the plat map is called the Anderson Cliff Survey. The Anderson Cliff Survey, I believe may now be incorporated in the town of Lannius. Their property was sold to W.R. Stevens & William Lannius about 1878-1879. If anyone knows where this farm and small family cemetery may be located I would appreciate any information that you could provide. I can be reached Nancy <wildcat@ies.net>