In a message dated 3/26/99 7:37:49 PM Mountain Standard Time, jnturner@gte.net writes: << NAME: Liz EMAIL: LZL1712@aol.com SURNAMES: Mayfield, Herndon DATE: Mar 26 1999 QRYTEXT: I am searching for descendants of Dr. John Crutcher MAYFIELD >> Hi Liz, I just inherited a lot of old family papers regarding my Schmidt and Ohlhausen families from the Galveston Co. (and Brazoria Co.) area. There are some Mayfields mentioned, who apparently were family friends (based on info from a 70-year-old cousin that remembers them). The following paragraph is a quote from one of her emails to me: "Bessie Mayfield Welch was quite a character, and a family fixture for years. Somehow I got the idea that her mother died when she was quite young, so she sort of grew up in the Schmidt household in Alta Loma. We knew Bessie and her husband Warren well. They had two sons about the ages of my sister and me, and a much younger daughter (adopted) named Alice Marie. The boys were Warren, Jr. and I can't remember the other. Warren Jr. died in the Pacific in WWII. I know that Bessie had two sisters--Louise and Mabel--and I think she had a brother too, but I don't ever hearing him mentioned." Also, I have two letters from 1918, from a Pvt. William H. Mayfield, to the Schmidt family (one in July 1918, from Camp Travis, San Antonio, TX; and one from September 1918, from Camp Wheeler, Macon, GA). If any of this sounds like it might be part of your family, just let me know. I'm glad to share what I have. Regards, Kim