Seeking information on the family & descendants of Monroe M. Ledbetter & wife Safronia Davis-Ledbetter, who resided in Grayson Co. TX. He died in 1974 & she in 1967. Any help would be great... Patricia Schiro [email protected]

Seeking information on the family & descendants of Monroe M. Ledbetter who died in Denison, Grayson Co. TX in 1974. Any information would be greatly appreciated.. Patricia Schiro [email protected]

Many counties across the U. S. have one book for their entire county which consolidates ALL the burials for all the cemeteries into one + index (I know of a large county that required 3 volumes to handle it). I've noted that these endeavors are usually the responsibility of a Historical or Genelogical Society for that county. Example: Rutherford Co, Tn had a complete survey in the 1940s of all the burials within their county, done by the DAR with index. In the 1980s, the Historical Society did another up-to-date survey of all the burials within Rutherford Co, Tn with index. So this county has been done TWICE. This seems to be a fairly common thing especially in Tennessee. I am pretty sure that the very large Dallas Co, Tx has already done theirs, and last I heard, Tarrant Co, Tx was nearing completion on theirs. Does anyone know if there are any plans for ONE complete cemetery book covering all existing cemeteries in Grayson Co...or in Fannin Co? Or, perhaps same data to be placed on line? Hope so. Joyce, Burleson, Tx

> > Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2001 10:21:13 -0500 > From: Scot Skinner <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > Hidy All: > > Been awefully quite out there lately. Does anyone know if there is a > Fannin County list? > Thanks and happy hunting, > Scot ------------------------------------------------------------------- Reply-To: [email protected]

Apologies if you are on the Fannin list and are receiving this twice. Hi all, I have been researching my CASSIDY/PEOPLES/PERKINS lines in TX for a long time. Also: Jackson, Hanks, Masters and Flowers. One particular dead end bothers me the most. The missing children described below. Eugene Herbert CASSIDY was born in Windom, TX in 1889. Six siblings followed his birth. (Or at least he was called the oldest) At some point the family moved to Denison where he obtained his education. He was my grandfather and a swell Irish fellow. The parents of Eugene and his siblings were Frank "Bird" Birdlow/Byrdlow/Bordelau and Georgia (Peoples) CASSIDY. Bird Cassidy was sent to TX from his birthplace in Morristown, TN as a child, farmed, then went to work for the KATY railroad for 19 years until a railroad strike around 1920. He and Gerogia then moved on to CA. Sometime between approx. 1890 and 1908 for of the seven childen of Bird and Georgia passed away. The survivors were Eugene, Ruth and Mildred. The names of the four lost children are unknown. One died of diphtheria and the other three died of complications from the measles. I presume the family was already living in or near Denison by this time. I have searched on hundred and twenty something Grayson Co and Fannin Co cemeteries looking for these children. No luck. Have been able to review them thanks to the kind volunteers who postd them to the corresponding www.USGenWeb.com county sites. THANK YOU TO ALL THAT HAVE GIVEN YOUR TIME AND ENERGIES TO THE CEMETERY PROJECT! My request: There are some large cemeteries not listed of course and I'm sure one of them is the more obvious candidate. Living in Washington State my sense of locations around Fannin and Grayson are a bit skewed. If someone has a copy of a cemetery book for the bigger unlisted cemeteries around Denison would you mind doing a CASSIDY check? Hate to ask but I have exhausted my resources. Again I think three of them would have died between 1890-1908. Also: If someone has a copy of the "Fannin County Folks and Facts book, I understand that on pages 316-17 there is a piece on Eva HANKS. Bird Cassidy had two sisters that moved from TN to TX as well. Eva and Alice. Eva married a Mr. HANKS. (John I believe) The only copy of this book I have found so far is on sale for $250.00. A bit out of my league. :) Would sure appreciate a look up. GENERAL FAMILY INFO for anyone I haven't already exhausted: If you have an interest in the names I'm researching please feel free to contact me. Would be happy to share information. Still have many family members I would love to bring to life. Looking for: *George PEOPLES, father of Georgia, don't know where he is buried. *Minnie Ann PERKINS, Georgia's mother. She first married George Peoples. He was "shot by a stranger". About five years later she married Andrew Gambill. They were together many years before he passed away. Then she was mentioned in a news snippet from an unknown paper saying, "Minnie Ann Gambill is hale, hearty and may marry again". Don't know if she did or where she is buried. *Perkins Brothers, Minnie Ann had brothers who owned a chain of stores throughout TX called "Perkins Bros." They were in business well into the mid 1900's. Originally dry goods stores. Have not been able to identify who they were and more importantly who their parents were. *Georgia Peoples had a sister according to a census. No name given. Would love to know who she was. *The Masters and Flowers were my grandmother's families from the Sulpher Springs, TX area. She was Gertrude Flowers b. 1885 to Daniel "Dan" and Sarah "Sallie" (Masters) Flowers. Looking for the families of Sallie's siblings. Her parents were William J. and Martha (Richey) Masters. It appears they may have gotten to the Hopkins Co. area around 1850. Flowers weren't far behind. Don't know the parents or siblings of Dan either. *The Jackson and Cassidy lines connect back in TN but both end up in TX. Bird's parents were Jeremiah Alexander and Martha Matilda (Jackson) Cassidy. Some of Martha's Jackson brother's migrated to TX following the Civil War as well. Rev. David Cartwright Jackson was one. All settled in East TX. Please accept my apologies for this LONG post. I know short versions are often easier for everyone. Just wanted to keep all these folks in context without putting you all through repeated info in numerous posts. Thanks for any light you might shed. Best Regards, Chris Cassidy Schutz Port Orchard, WA [email protected]

Hidy All: Been awefully quite out there lately. Does anyone know if there is a Fannin County list? Thanks and happy hunting, Scot

Thanks, Ben, for posting. My mother, Eunice Ann Jones b. 1888 Oklahoma Indian Territory. Mama and her widowed mother, Sally Conn Jones, visited with the family of Evlenne Ivey Conn, wife of Sally's brother on their way to Grayson Co TX before 1892. Please for the birth date and place of Eunice Ivey Jernigan. We may have a lot to talk about... ------Original Message------ From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: April 6, 2001 4:01:01 AM GMT Subject: TXGRAYSO-D Digest V01 #26 Content-Type: text/plain TXGRAYSO-D Digest Volume 01 : Issue 26 Today's Topics: #1 [GRAYSON] JERNIGAN ["Hiram \"Ben\" Cooper" <[email protected]] Administrivia: To unsubscribe from TXGRAYSO-D, send a message to [email protected] 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. ______________________________ -------------------------------- X-Message: #1 Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2001 22:47:57 -0700 From: "Hiram \"Ben\" Cooper" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Subject: [GRAYSON] JERNIGAN Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Looking for information on Donald Keith JERNIGAN or Mitzi JERNIGAN, children of Eunice [IVEY] JERNIGAN. Dated information placed them in Sherman, TX. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Best regards, Ben Cooper [Bella Vista, AR]

Looking for information on Donald Keith JERNIGAN or Mitzi JERNIGAN, children of Eunice [IVEY] JERNIGAN. Dated information placed them in Sherman, TX. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Best regards, Ben Cooper [Bella Vista, AR]

Hi Gail, All of my mail to [email protected] comes back to me as undeliverable with the message <[email protected]>: unknown user: "gailgray". Good luck on the JOLLIFF search, I don't know of any connection to them. Perhaps you could email me off-list with the names/email addresses of the folks who are researching the MOORE line?  Susan A. MOORE may have been under 20yrs old in 1866 when she married and it's possible that she could be in my line. I'm grasping but it's always worth checking. Thanks, Vicki In a message dated 4/1/2001 7:41:15 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > Hi Vicki, > Ignore the 1st message about Jolliffs, I had not seen this post-duh! > My gr-gr Uncle, Richard Jolliff, married Susan Arbelle Moore, in Grayson > Co.,Dec. 15, 1866. Richards direct line is looking for the Moore connection, > and have hit the "brick wall".Richard was bro;her to James Riley, my gr-gr > Grandfather, also in Grayson Co.Both were on the 1880 census in Grayson Co., > Denison. > Any connections? > Gail Gray >

Hi Gail, I'm not researching the Jolliffs as I haven't found a connection to them. In fact, I haven't found a connection to anyone in Grayson Co. even tho' the MOOREs lived in the Whitesboro area about 30 years that I know of :)  The children *must* have married someone. At least I know that one of them did but he didn't do it there, he married in Young Co. to a SEDDON.  You indicated that MOORE is one of your surnames, I was hoping there might be a connection there in Grayson Co. Thanks, Vicki

Gail, I sent the below message to your email address and it came back as "user unknown". In a message dated 3/29/2001 8:44:59 PM Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > I would like to share with anyone researching the following families in > Grayson and surrounding Counties 1880-1910: > Jolliff, Moore, Atterberry/Atterbury, Honea/Honey, Miller (Fannin County) > My Great Grandfathr James Riley Jolliff and his bro. Richard were in > Denison in 1876, but I cannot find much about their sister Rhoda, who > married twice, died young and left children. > Thanks, > Gail Gray > Hi Gail, I have MOOREs in Grayson Co. during that period. Who were your MOOREs? Alexander D. MOORE and wife Kiziah (Barnett) moved into the county in the mid 1850s. They brought with them their first three children, Helen Isabel b. 1847, Francis H. (f) b. 1848 and Charles Wm. b. 1849.  They came from MO and the 1850 census there gave the above children's names. I've been unable to locate census information for them in 1860 but know that they were living in Grayson Co. from other records. The 1870 census shows two more children, Hugh b. 1862, Benjamin b. 1866 and Charles Wm. still living at home. There certainly could have been others between 1850 and 1870. Benjamin was my Great Grandfather. Looking forward to hearing from you. Good luck on your search :) Vicki

Another question/mystery about the Shirley/Sherley/Shurley family. In the Collinsville Cemetery, there is a Laura Shirley, who was my grandfather's first wife. Listed next is a Rebecca Shirley, w/o James F. Shirley, b. 11-8-34, d. 8-30-1900 (born TN). My gr.grandfather was James but his wife's name was Elizabeth Ann Phifer who died in 1891. Does anyone know who this James F. Shirley and Rebecca were? Could there have been 2 James Shirleys in Collinsville between 1890 and 1900, both about the same age, both born in TN? Thanks, Barbara

My ggrandmother, Elizabeth Ann (Phifer) Shirley/Sherley/Shurley, b. 1844, TN, died in either Collinsville or Ethel TX on 8-20-1891. She is not listed in any of the cemeteries that are currently online for either city. Does someone have cemetery books for these two areas who could do a lookup for me? Thanks, Barbara

Donna, I have Laura McKINNEY m Thomas David FULLER s/o David FULLER and Ann RANDOLPH. MY LINE: Ezekiel FULLER I Benjamin FULLER I Mordecai FULLER David FULLER - Ann Randolph John FULLER - Nancy Thorn James W. FULLER - Sarah I. White Robert H. FULLER - Ina Frances Kent Leta M. FULLER - Lester A. Gross Me - Joyce (GROSS) ROGERS John FULLER migrated to Texas. FULLERS were in FANNIN, GRAYSON and COLLIN Counties. Laura McKINNEY's (uncle, I think) established COLLIN County, Texas.. I'm sorry I have no info on the KROPP surname. Joyce Rogers [email protected] wrote: > Subject: > > TXGRAYSO-D Digest Volume 01 : Issue 23 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [GRAYSON] KROPP, JETER, McKINNEY, [[email protected]] > #2 [GRAYSON] Jolliffs in Grayson Co. [Gail Gray <[email protected]>] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from TXGRAYSO-D, send a message to > > [email protected] > > 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: [GRAYSON] KROPP, JETER, McKINNEY, STRAUB, HALL, ANDREWS > Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 14:20:01 -0800 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > I ran across a WEIR PLOW COMPANY ANNUAL CATALOGUE 1882 "sold by MOFFITT, > Pilot Point, TX that my grandmother had. > > Pilot Point is where my Kropp and Jeters are from about 1870 to 1890. The > Kropps then moved to Floyd County, TX. > > Inside that catalogue was a hand written note that said: > > Peter MC KINNEY of Whitwright (?) Grayson County is agent for 300 of Phillip > Straub survey 300 acres sold to R. M. Hall and son for 1879. (signed) A.R. > Andrews > > The catalogue is very interesting.. about the size of a pocket checkbook, but > has pictures of cultivators, sulkies, plows and wheels, including a 1882 > calendar > > Is anyone researching any of these families? and I wonder how they are > connected to the KROPPs.. > > Donna > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [GRAYSON] Jolliffs in Grayson Co. > Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 20:44:17 -0800 > From: Gail Gray <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > I would like to share with anyone researching the following families in Grayson and surrounding Counties 1880-1910: > Jolliff, Moore, Atterberry/Atterbury, Honea/Honey, Miller (Fannin County) > My Great Grandfathr James Riley Jolliff and his bro. Richard were in Denison in 1876, but I cannot find much about their sister Rhoda, who married twice, died young and left children. > Thanks, > Gail Gray

Donna, I am researching an Andrews line in Grayson County. I don't have an A. R. (I do have an E. R.) or any of the other names you mentioned in your posting about your catalog, though. However, I would like to have a copy of that note signed by A. R. Andrews. Do you have a scanner? If not, I would be happy to pay you for a photocopy. Please e-mail me off list to make the arrangements. Thanks! Donna in soggy Virginia

I would like to share with anyone researching the following families in Grayson and surrounding Counties 1880-1910: Jolliff, Moore, Atterberry/Atterbury, Honea/Honey, Miller (Fannin County) My Great Grandfathr James Riley Jolliff and his bro. Richard were in Denison in 1876, but I cannot find much about their sister Rhoda, who married twice, died young and left children. Thanks, Gail Gray

I ran across a WEIR PLOW COMPANY ANNUAL CATALOGUE 1882 "sold by MOFFITT, Pilot Point, TX that my grandmother had. Pilot Point is where my Kropp and Jeters are from about 1870 to 1890.  The Kropps then moved to Floyd County, TX. Inside that catalogue was a hand written note that said: Peter MC KINNEY of Whitwright (?) Grayson County is agent for 300 of Phillip Straub  survey  300 acres sold to R. M. Hall and son for 1879.  (signed) A.R. Andrews The catalogue is very interesting.. about the size of a pocket checkbook, but has pictures of cultivators, sulkies, plows and wheels, including a 1882 calendar Is anyone researching any of these families?  and I wonder how they are connected to the KROPPs.. Donna

Can someone with access to the cemetery books for Van Alstyne Cemetery see if there is a John Stanley listed. He fought in the Civil War and resided in the Howe/Van Alstyne area from 1890 to at least 1895. I am aware of the John Stanley in the Catholic Cemetery which is online. Cheryl Morris

Looking for information on and relatives of Newton ALLEN [b. Sep. 25, 1881 - d. Apr. 10, 1969 in Ada, OK]. His wife's name was Mildred LONG. They were married Apr. 4, 1925 in Sherman, TX. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Best regards, Ben Cooper [Bella Vista, AR]

An additional thought on burial in the Crosstimbers is that they were referring to the geographical location referred to as the Crosstimbers, a part of which is in the western part of Grayson County. Diana