Susan, how is the project going? You are an angel for doing this huge job for all us Fannin County searchers! Bless you! Hope by now you have willing volunteers who live there, to help you! Thanks again for all your hard work......Joyce D. Rogers (OUR FULLER FOLKS- Mom's a Fuller) TXFANNIN-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > TXFANNIN-D Digest Volume 02 : Issue 82 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Re: [TXFANNIN-L] hang on for some [James H Benton <jhbenton@seark.net] > #2 Re: [TXFANNIN-L] Re: Wagon Train t ["Lauri Rowell" <lrowell78@hotmail.] > #3 [TXFANNIN-L] Re: Wagon Train to Fa ["Don Coatney" <donnlisa@bellsouth.] > #4 Re: [TXFANNIN-L] Re: Wagon Train t ["John Philip Adams" <jadams3@pdq.n] > #5 [TXFANNIN-L] Fw: Fannin County 190 ["Linda Kent" <lkkent@ybco.net>] > #6 [TXFANNIN-L] Taylors [TATEGENEALOGY@cs.com] > #7 Re: [TXFANNIN-L] Re: Wagon Train t ["Debra Schafer" <DSchafer@bak.rr.c] > #8 [TXFANNIN-L] Re: Horse thief hangi [msbsroots@earthlink.net] > #9 [TXFANNIN-L] Wagon Train ["Robert E. Lynch" <rlynch@sprintma] > #10 Re: [TXFANNIN-L] Fw: Fannin County [Susan Hawkins <hawkins@texoma.net>] > #11 [TXFANNIN-L] Re: Horse thief hangi [sterrell@peakonline.com] > #12 Re: [TXFANNIN-L] Re: Wagon Train t ["John Philip Adams" <jadams3@pdq.n] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from TXFANNIN-D, send a message to > > TXFANNIN-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: [TXFANNIN-L] hang on for some good news & blessings!! > Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 21:30:49 -0500 > From: James H Benton <jhbenton@seark.net> > To: TXFANNIN-L@rootsweb.com > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > --------------AF683ED8659601346557ACAE > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Susan Hawkins wrote: > > > Due to the hard work of Ruth Smith of Fannin County interceding with the > > Bonham Public Library she has arranged for me to have the School records > > for Bonham ( Maybe other places , no one has seen all the books as they > > are in storage so I don't know what all they cover in years and places, > > they may only be Bonham but the names are all familiar from those I > > see!) > > These books are huge. They don't know how many they have but they will > > give them all to me. I will be scanning them and sending them into the > > website. These are invaluable. I have a 1913 and a 1902 one on my desk > > now. they include the child and their birth place /date , the father and > > what they did for a living and their grades!!! WOW I sure hope no one > > ever finds mine to put up on the internet. I will just have to keep > > plugging away on them and as the library moves back into their new > > remodeled building they will find what is still in storage. This is a > > great amount of work. > > I will need a volunteer ( I figure after scanning and putting them up > > I won't want to see the images again in my lifetime! :/ > > to index the files. there won't be huge amounts it will come in small > > amounts. Usually only 6 students and father /mother are listed to a page > > and I will have to do them a set at a time so it is a long term thing. > > Also depends on when the rest come out of storage. > > Another thing; when the librarian came to speak to the group I asked > > her about the Fannin County Facts and Folks book . The library owns the > > copyright. Ruth sent an official society letter to the board. They have > > allowed me to place the whole book online. As you know Edith Smith > > already had indexed it so I will fix the whole thing up there for use. > > So no more lookups in the book. It has a lot of pictures in it. I will > > also do thess in high resolution , when you find a photo you want , you > > save to a disc and then can take it to any place like walmart and they > > can print it out on photopaper ! Its a wonderful wonderful thing. I > > dread getting up in the morning to begin. > > ( I whine a lot , it makes me feel better) > > I would love all of you to know . My old scanner ( a thirty dollar > > wonder) was sounding like an overstretched rubber band when it ran. I > > didn't have the money for another. I prayed it would last as long as it > > was needed. You will never guess how the Prayer was answered. A > > wonderful lady Ann Bryant thought about me as maybe needing a scanner > > that was not used. It is a highpowered very good one and she wouldn't > > even let me pay postage. She is a wonderful lady and a tool in God's > > hands. I sat down and cried when it came. So don't blame blotches on the > > pages from showing up. > > Mysterious ways. Your ancestors are really wanting to be found. > > Susan in Texas > > > > ==== TXFANNIN Mailing List ==== > > Search List Archives by keyword > > http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > Hello Susan I wrote you a few months ago about the school records .I am > interested in > 1913 through 1920 .I think my father James Edgar Benton should be in there > . You are doing a great job an the Fannin County List is real busy . Thanks > for the help Susan > JAMES > > --------------AF683ED8659601346557ACAE > Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; > name="jhbenton.vcf" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Content-Description: Card for James H Benton > Content-Disposition: attachment; > filename="jhbenton.vcf" > > begin:vcard > n:Benton;James > x-mozilla-html:TRUE > adr:;;;;;; > version:2.1 > email;internet:jhbenton@seark.net > fn:James H Benton > end:vcard > > --------------AF683ED8659601346557ACAE-- > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: [TXFANNIN-L] Re: Wagon Train to Fannin Co > Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 22:41:25 -0600 > From: "Lauri Rowell" <lrowell78@hotmail.com> > To: TXFANNIN-L@rootsweb.com > > Rebecca..... > Who are your Taylors???? There wouldn't be a daughter in there somewhere > named Mary Elizabeth? She married William Seaborn Lee..... It is a long > shot, but thought it couldn't hurt to ask... > thanks > Lauri > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <TATEGENEALOGY@cs.com> > To: <TXFANNIN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 10:11 AM > Subject: Re: [TXFANNIN-L] Re: Wagon Train to Fannin Co > > > Would there be any TATE's or TAYLORS on the list? Oh how I hope so !! > > > > Rebecca > > > > > > ==== TXFANNIN Mailing List ==== > > Shake your family tree and watch the nuts fall! > > > > > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [TXFANNIN-L] Re: Wagon Train to Fannin Co > Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 23:37:42 -0400 > From: "Don Coatney" <donnlisa@bellsouth.net> > To: TXFANNIN-L@rootsweb.com > > Were there any Coatney or Price family members on this wagon > train? Don Coatney > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: [TXFANNIN-L] Re: Wagon Train to Fannin Co > Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 07:45:40 -0500 > From: "John Philip Adams" <jadams3@pdq.net> > To: TXFANNIN-L@rootsweb.com > > Were there any Pearson's or Hawkins's on this wagon train. My mother, > Margaret Harris Pearson, b. 1916 in Bonham, said they went to west Texas > when she was 'little'. I would assume this was sometime after 1921 to 1928. > Is this the time frame you all are referring to with this wagon train? > John Philip Adams > Baytown > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Don Coatney" <donnlisa@bellsouth.net> > To: <TXFANNIN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 10:37 PM > Subject: [TXFANNIN-L] Re: Wagon Train to Fannin Co > > > Were there any Coatney or Price family members on this wagon > > train? Don Coatney > > > > > > ==== TXFANNIN Mailing List ==== > > So many dead men! So little time! > > > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [TXFANNIN-L] Fw: Fannin County 1900 > Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 11:05:07 -0500 > From: "Linda Kent" <lkkent@ybco.net> > To: TXFANNIN-L@rootsweb.com > > I tried sending this message to Susan Hawkins at her hotmail address and it kept refusing to send so I'm gonna try the rootsweb list. Excuse me for the mixup but I really need help because we have a reunion in a couple of weeks and I need to get this info and not much to choose from here in Omaha Nebraska. > > Thanks > Linda > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Linda Kent > To: Andy Osborn > Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 11:02 AM > Subject: Fannin County 1900 > > Hello Susan: > > I'm looking for an index or soundex for 1900 Fannin County for Major S. Townsend and they lived in Mulberry TX. I can't find one online and was wondering if you have one or access to an index. I've looked through the descriptions listed on Ancestry 1900 Fannin Co TX to try and pinpoint where Mulberry would be so I could look through it page by page but I'm just not that familiar with it's location. I'm hoping that you can be of some help. Thanks for trying. > > Best Regards > Linda > Omaha NE > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [TXFANNIN-L] Taylors > Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 13:48:41 EDT > From: TATEGENEALOGY@cs.com > To: TXFANNIN-L@rootsweb.com > > Lauri, > My Elizabeth Taylor was the d/o Alexander Smith Taylor. She married 1st > Robert H. Tate, then Samuel "Sanders" Husbands. Any connection???? > Hopefully!! > > Rebecca > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: [TXFANNIN-L] Re: Wagon Train to Fannin Co > Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 11:11:30 -0700 > From: "Debra Schafer" <DSchafer@bak.rr.com> > To: TXFANNIN-L@rootsweb.com > > I have a photo of a Jim Pearson family that was in my gr grandmother's > things. Don't know where it fits into my line, if at all. My gr grandparents > lived in Fannin Co from 1892 to 1906. They then went to E. New Mexico, right > on the Tx NM border. Some settled in NM and some settled in Lamb or Swisher > Co., TX. Does this name ring a bell with you? > > Deb > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Philip Adams" <jadams3@pdq.net> > To: <TXFANNIN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 5:45 AM > Subject: Re: [TXFANNIN-L] Re: Wagon Train to Fannin Co > > > Were there any Pearson's or Hawkins's on this wagon train. My mother, > > Margaret Harris Pearson, b. 1916 in Bonham, said they went to west Texas > > when she was 'little'. I would assume this was sometime after 1921 to > 1928. > > Is this the time frame you all are referring to with this wagon train? > > John Philip Adams > > Baytown > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Don Coatney" <donnlisa@bellsouth.net> > > To: <TXFANNIN-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 10:37 PM > > Subject: [TXFANNIN-L] Re: Wagon Train to Fannin Co > > > > > > > Were there any Coatney or Price family members on this wagon > > > train? Don Coatney > > > > > > > > > ==== TXFANNIN Mailing List ==== > > > So many dead men! So little time! > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXFANNIN Mailing List ==== > > Shake your family tree and watch the nuts fall! > > > > > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [TXFANNIN-L] Re: Horse thief hanging in Bonham > Date: 25 Apr 2002 12:45:21 -0600 > From: msbsroots@earthlink.net > To: TXFANNIN-L@rootsweb.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/700.712 > > Message Board Post: > > If you can find the book titled "Fannin Co. Texas, Murders, Trials and Tribulations in the Libraries you might find your information. I found write ups in it about my Gr-Uncles hanging and als another Gr-Uncles mules being stolen. Also there was follow ups about who hung my Gr-Uncle and who stole my other Gr-Uncles mules. If you have no luck e-mail me at my e-mail: msbsroots@earthlink.net and I will try to check next time I get a chance to go to the Library. > Good Luck. Dorothy > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [TXFANNIN-L] Wagon Train > Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 14:12:49 -0500 > From: "Robert E. Lynch" <rlynch@sprintmail.com> > To: TXFANNIN-L@rootsweb.com > > My husband's family the Hillman's lived in Fannin Co. in the late 1800's. Henry Hillman and Fannie ( Roderick ) Hillman lived in the Honey Grove area. They had a daughter Sibyl b. 1875. She married Wm. R. Kinsworthy 11-4-1897. Sibyl died when their daughter Gertie was about 3 yrs. old in 1902. She's buried at Forest Chapel, Chicota but there's no stone. Gertie was raised by a woman in the area. I would like to know if anyone can help me find this person's name. Also I would like to know more about this Wagon Train. > > Jackie > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: [TXFANNIN-L] Fw: Fannin County 1900 > Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 15:39:58 -0500 > From: Susan Hawkins <hawkins@texoma.net> > To: TXFANNIN-L@rootsweb.com > > I don't have a hotmail address. I'm afraid I dont' have the 1900 census > handy , wish I did but that would lead to more typing! > Mulberry is easy to find , right up there north of Ravenna. A wondrful > spot. I will write her thanks. > susan > > Linda Kent wrote: > > > > I tried sending this message to Susan Hawkins at her hotmail address and it kept refusing to send so I'm gonna try the rootsweb list. Excuse me for the mixup but I really need help because we have a reunion in a couple of weeks and I need to get this info and not much to choose from here in Omaha Nebraska. > > > > Thanks > > Linda > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Linda Kent > > To: Andy Osborn > > Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 11:02 AM > > Subject: Fannin County 1900 > > > > Hello Susan: > > > > I'm looking for an index or soundex for 1900 Fannin County for Major S. Townsend and they lived in Mulberry TX. I can't find one online and was wondering if you have one or access to an index. I've looked through the descriptions listed on Ancestry 1900 Fannin Co TX to try and pinpoint where Mulberry would be so I could look through it page by page but I'm just not that familiar with it's location. I'm hoping that you can be of some help. Thanks for trying. > > > > Best Regards > > Linda > > Omaha NE > > > > > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [TXFANNIN-L] Re: Horse thief hanging in Bonham > Date: 25 Apr 2002 16:19:10 -0600 > From: sterrell@peakonline.com > To: TXFANNIN-L@rootsweb.com > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: WYATT, BARKER, > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/1hB.2ACE/700.712.1 > > Message Board Post: > > Could I get some one to check this book for the death of CHARLES K. WYATT death 25 Nov 1875. > > I am a descendant of this poor fellow's widow and would just like to know what actually happened here. > > Susan > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: [TXFANNIN-L] Re: Wagon Train to Fannin Co > Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 17:38:13 -0500 > From: "John Philip Adams" <jadams3@pdq.net> > To: TXFANNIN-L@rootsweb.com > > My Grandfather is Joe Pearson, a not very well liked individual by our > family as well as most of Bonham from what I can find. Gr. Mother we Eula > Lee Pearson. The kids are > Travis Pearson > Vernon P > Eugenia > Margaret - 1916 youngest kid > Skeeter > Lynna. > There are several Pearson's in the area. Their Grandfather is Philip Raiford > Pearson of S.C. born abt 1790. > Moved to Texas 1839 thru Port of Galveston. > Sounds as if Jim Went to New Mexico earlier than 1920, however that is about > where Gr. Mother and crew wound up on their wagon train exploits. > JPA > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Debra Schafer" <DSchafer@bak.rr.com> > To: <TXFANNIN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 1:11 PM > Subject: Re: [TXFANNIN-L] Re: Wagon Train to Fannin Co > > > I have a photo of a Jim Pearson family that was in my gr grandmother's > > things. Don't know where it fits into my line, if at all. My gr > grandparents > > lived in Fannin Co from 1892 to 1906. They then went to E. New Mexico, > right > > on the Tx NM border. Some settled in NM and some settled in Lamb or > Swisher > > Co., TX. Does this name ring a bell with you? > > > > Deb > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "John Philip Adams" <jadams3@pdq.net> > > To: <TXFANNIN-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 5:45 AM > > Subject: Re: [TXFANNIN-L] Re: Wagon Train to Fannin Co > > > > > > > Were there any Pearson's or Hawkins's on this wagon train. My mother, > > > Margaret Harris Pearson, b. 1916 in Bonham, said they went to west Texas > > > when she was 'little'. I would assume this was sometime after 1921 to > > 1928. > > > Is this the time frame you all are referring to with this wagon train? > > > John Philip Adams > > > Baytown > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Don Coatney" <donnlisa@bellsouth.net> > > > To: <TXFANNIN-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 10:37 PM > > > Subject: [TXFANNIN-L] Re: Wagon Train to Fannin Co > > > > > > > > > > Were there any Coatney or Price family members on this wagon > > > > train? Don Coatney > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXFANNIN Mailing List ==== > > > > So many dead men! So little time! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXFANNIN Mailing List ==== > > > Shake your family tree and watch the nuts fall! > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXFANNIN Mailing List ==== > > Search List Archives by keyword > > http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > >