This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: stephendcranfill Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.texas.counties.fannin/1191.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: We are relatives through Idella Lee Ford....would like to trade info with you, in particular about William S. and his wife Elizabeth...please feel free to contact me and we can fill in each other's blanks.....we have questions about how you connected Robert Elliott to Idella Ford? Idella is my maternal great-great grandmother who was married to Isaac Havens and my mother, Jeanene Cranfill (Gray) lived with Della up until my mother was 16yrs. in Sherman, Texas....My mother, who is still living never heard Della mention a Robert Elliott, so we have never been able to make a real connection....Where did you get your info about Robert Elliott?? Calvin Ford was killed by Indians between Oct. 1878 and sometime in early 1879. William Ford and Lizzie Rogers and "baby boy Ford" also died in or around 1878-1879. We believe they were also all killed by Indians as the family emigrated from Missouri to Texas.....this was the story that Idella Ford told, but to be truthful, she never m! entioned anyone but her father getting killed by the Indians, however she was only 10yrs. old at that time so it may never have registered with her, or she never foresaw the need to elaborate as her life unfolded, but this is the most likely explanation...Charles was Calvin and Louisa's grandson....You list Lucinda, Amanda, and Idella...there was another sister named Margaret, that Della called "Rett".....Lucinda married Henderson Bailey Shanks, whom you refer to as "Doc"...You show Amanda married to Tom "Havins", and there may be another Tom as Rett married a Thomas Jefferson "Havens".... Finis was indeed a brother, but we can't find much info on him.......The 1880 Hunt Co, Texas census showed Louisa Ford had a 16yr. old nephew, named Jefferson J. Rowden living with her and we don't know who that could be....can you [email protected] Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.