This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BkB.2ACE/878.1 Message Board Post: A couple of things you can check on if you have not already. Check Social Security Death Index (found on ancestry.com) for a listing for them. This may give you a date of death for them which you can use to find an obit. in newspapers where they lived or sometimes from a paper from where they were original from will run a obit of a formal resident. If you find an entry for them you can also request copies of their Social Security application that may prove informative. Cheers!

Does anyone have anything on These people? "Minnie Goodwin m. C. A. Smith 2 Jun 1917, Jefferson Co., Texas. Thanks Harold Gosnell

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Jordan Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BkB.2ACE/881 Message Board Post: I'm trying to locate the burial place of Dr. Powhatan Jordan. The Handbook of Texas reports he was a physican in Beaumont from 1883 until his death about 1904-6. He served as a Lt. Col. in the 7th Texas Cavalry (CSA). I'm trying to locate his burial place for possible inclusion in the second volume of _Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables_. Any assistance is great appreciated.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SMALL, HANCHEY Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BkB.2ACE/880.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you very much, Karen. Ralph

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HANCHEY Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BkB.2ACE/880.1 Message Board Post: Go to http://www.obitcentral.com/magnolia/h-j.htm and you'll find her.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SMALL, HANCHEY Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BkB.2ACE/880 Message Board Post: Looking for place of burial of above and any other info about her.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Newton, Bowman Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BkB.2ACE/879 Message Board Post: I am looking for the obituary of Elizabeth (Bowman) Newton, who died on March 8, 1976, in Jefferson County, possibly Beaumont or Port Arthur. Thanks

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BkB.2ACE/875.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Keneson, Holst Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BkB.2ACE/875.1 Message Board Post: North Fork of Taylor's Bayou runs southeastward from just south of Nome TX crossing Interstate 10 just west of Fannett, and continues to Taylors Bayou southwest of Labelle near Labelle Road. You can find it on a map of Fannett TX at Mapquest.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/BkB.2ACE/878 Message Board Post: Moses and Edna Armstrong probably met and married in Port Arthur, Texas and relocated to Washington, D. C. They died at the latter part of the 1990's and early 2000's. I am seeking information on her maiden name, their places of origin and just about anything else available on this elusive couple of African American pioneers.

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/BkB.2ACE/877 Message Board Post: Seeking information on Beverly family of Port Arthur & Beaumont, Texas . . . Lake Arthur & Lake Charles, Louisiana, and even Opelousas & Sunset, Louisiana.....Some given names are: Ella, Amos, Jane and Laura.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Frazier Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BkB.2ACE/876 Message Board Post: Seeking Obit. for Lucile Frazier Died 5-6-1979 in Jefferson County, Tx. Any help greatly appreciated. Marlin

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BkB.2ACE/875 Message Board Post: Is anyone farmiliar with North Fork of Taylor's Bayou in Jefferson Co? Can someone tell me where it is? Thanks. donna in TX

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: miller Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BkB.2ACE/874 Message Board Post: I'm looking for information on my great grandfather Richard Miller. He was born abt 1860 in Texas, and moved to Arizona abt 1880. He mentioned to my uncle that he was born in Spindletop, Texas. This is about all we know about him.

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/BkB.2ACE/824.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Shirley, Thank you so much for your time and effort! This was my gg-grandfather who disapeared from Kentucky in the 1880's. He never had any contact with his son, my g-grandfather. It took me quite a bit of time to locate him in Texas! Thank you for all your help. Kathy David

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: WASHBURN(E) Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BkB.2ACE/824.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Beaumont Enterprise, Saturday Oct 1 1932, page 16, col 1//Former Postmaster of Port Arthur Dies at Rusk on Friday//Port Arthur TX Sept 30--J H Washburne, 75, of 2136 Seventh street, former postmaster, died at Rusk at 6 pm Friday, according to information received here//Mr Washburne was born in North Carolian and came to Texas in 1888 from Chicago, settling at Kountze. He came to Port Arthur in 1905 and began a merchandising business. He was postmaster from 1914 to 1923//Surviving are a widow, a daughter, Miss Marjoria; three sons, James all of Port Arthur, and Joe H Washburne, who is a member of Ted Weems' famous orchestra, and Homer Waldeo (??) of Houston.// Funeral arrangements will be completed by the Hampton company. The body will arrive here Sunday Morning. Beaumont Enterprise, Sunday, Oct 2, 1932, page 4, col 1 J H Washburne rites tomorrow--Funeral Service for Former Port Arthur Postmaster Set for 2:30 pm//Port Arthur TX Oct 1// Services fro H H Washburne, 75, postmaster here from 1914 to 1923 who died at 6 pm Friday in Rusk, will be held at 2:30 pm Monday at the Hampton company's funeral home, Rev Glenn Flinn, pastor of the First Methodist church, South will officiate. Burial will be in Greenlawn Memorial Park//The active pallbearers will be J S Traweek, D J Russell, E E Stuckey, G E Carter, S R Bellamy, F C Toups. The honorary pallbearers will be Jack Dies Houston; Martin Dies, Orange, Ben Hooks, Kountze, all members of the Lions club, postoffice employees and friends of the family//The body will arrive at 8:45 am Sunday over the Southern Pacific lines//Mr Washburne was born in Paducah, KY, He came to TX in 1888 form Chicago, settling at Kountze and engaging in the mercantile business. He sold out and came to Port Arthur and! opened a similar establishment in the 300 block of Proter Street//With D Russell and J S Traweek as partners, he opened the Boston Dry Goods store in 1909 in a building in the 500 block of Procter street where the Strand theater is now located//He had been established here only a short time when a fire broke out in a building next door housing the John R Adams store. His stocks were damaged. This led him to reopen in another location farther down Procter Street toward Houston Avenue//An active democrat, Washburne supported Martin Dies Sr, for congressmen. This resulted in his being appointed postmaster here under President Woodrow Wilson's administration. He also held this position during the Harding regime. He was succeeded by S I Dunn, who still holds the job// Mr Washburne was past president of the Lion's club. From 1909 to 1910 he served on the board of trustees of the Port Arthur Indepentent school district. He belonged to the First Methodist church, South, and took a! n active part in many charity drives. He also helped organize the Port Arthur Retail Merchant's asscociation which later became the Port Arthur Commercial association.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MORGAN Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BkB.2ACE/858.1.1 Message Board Post: The page number was 7A and col 3

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HAINES Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BkB.2ACE/857.1.1 Message Board Post: Beaumont Enterprise/ Friday March 7, 1969, pg 16, col1//G B Haines Jr. Rites Saturday---Beaumont Resident was injured by land mine blast//Army Pfc Glenn Branson Haines Jr, 20, of 5950 Wyndon Way died in Brooke General Hospital at Ft Sam Houston Thursday afternoon of injuries suffered in Vietnam four months ago//Details are lacking but Haines reportedly was injured in the explosion of a U S land mine. He was hospitalized in a base hospital in Japan since mid-November until being transferred to Brooke General several weeks ago//Funeral services will be held at 10:30 am Saturday in the chapel of Broussard's Mortuary. Officiating will be Dr B Harrison Taylor, pastor of St Andrews Presbyterian Church of which he was a member and Dr David Worth Roberts, pastor emeritus of Westminster Presbyterian Church. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Memorial Park//Haines was a native and life-long resident of Beaumont. He was a 1967 graduate of Carolina Military Academy. He entered the Army in Ap! ril of 1968 and was assigned to the Corps of Engineers// Surivors include his parents, Mr and Mrs Glenn B Haines Sr of Beaumont; a sister Mrs J Stephen Trout of Groves and two brothers, Trent and Michael Haines, both of Beaumont Hope this helps and God Bless him

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/BkB.2ACE/857.1 Message Board Post: I do not see your request on this obit until I went back over the message board. I will try to get this information when I go back to the library in Beaumont---sorry.

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/BkB.2ACE/824.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Shirley, You are absolutely right! I am sorry, I put down the wrong date! It is Sept 30. My fingers were ahead of my brain! He did die in Cherokee Co. in the state hospital, however his residence was Port Arthur. Thank you for taking the time to look up this obit. I look forward to hearing from you again. Kathy David