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]