Like I told you at the start I do not know how good this info. is but I have John Byram & Jane Prudden Ayres as the parents of this Sarah Louise, Joseph Prudden, & Alfred A Ayres. This must be a different line of the Ayres family. John Byram Ayres parents are a Silas & Mary Bynam or Byram Ayres. Someone on that was on the net sent me this & I can send you to her if her email is still good. She only sent the Ayres info. not the Phifer. This James Phifer I am showing as the bro. to Forest Phifer my Husbands 2nd GGrandfather. Pat Oates At 12:32 PM 3/31/2001 -0500, you wrote: >Thanks Pat. That line(Phifer) is of the son of Lansford Ayers who came to >Koose c. 1881 with wife Elizabeth. They came the Miss- Delta region. Lansford >was known as Col Ayers in Kosciusko, MS. He was a blacksmith and repaired >wagon implements. He didn't serve in the Civil War but was a Mason and that >is indicated on his headstone and that of his son Rodney Ayers. They also >might have brought their slaves( already freed) with them to Kosse as both >Cato and Ben Ayers were trained in the blacksmith trade. Elizabeth , Col's >wife made it to TX, but we have been unable to locate her grave. Circa >1885, her initials appear was on a land deed. Which leads me to believe she >made it to TX with Col. They might have traveled with other family on a >wagon train. Col. Lansford Ayers is buried in Kosse and we have visited >his grave, but ran out of time to do research. His daughter was a Miss >Bettie Ayers Embry who taught at Chula Vista and Harmony schools near Kosse. >I have been unable to locate any records on her as a teacher, but it is said >she made an incredible impact on the children in the area. Another son was >Rodney also buried in Kosse. This is where the Phifer's come in. Thanks for >your time. I would most appreciate anything you could find. Col. died in >1888. Thanks again. I will forward this info onto the Phifer bunch. Shelby :-) > > Also the name Murff is of this line and Alton Ayers was another son of Col. > > >==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== >http://www.rootsweb.com/~txlimest/ >

sorry didn't mean to send that last message. I found Forest Phifer's cemetary and someone does have a pic of his tombstone. I will get that to you asap. thanks Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patricia Oates" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2001 1:56 PM Subject: Re: [TXLIMEST] LIMESTONE CO. RESEARCH > Like I told you at the start I do not know how good this info. is but I > have John Byram & Jane Prudden Ayres as the parents of this Sarah Louise, > Joseph Prudden, & Alfred A Ayres. This must be a different line of the > Ayres family. John Byram Ayres parents are a Silas & Mary Bynam or Byram > Ayres. Someone on that was on the net sent me this & I can send you to > her if her email is still good. She only sent the Ayres info. not the Phifer. > This James Phifer I am showing as the bro. to Forest Phifer my Husbands 2nd > GGrandfather. > Pat Oates > > > At 12:32 PM 3/31/2001 -0500, you wrote: > >Thanks Pat. That line(Phifer) is of the son of Lansford Ayers who came to > >Koose c. 1881 with wife Elizabeth. They came the Miss- Delta region. > Lansford > >was known as Col Ayers in Kosciusko, MS. He was a blacksmith and repaired > >wagon implements. He didn't serve in the Civil War but was a Mason and that > >is indicated on his headstone and that of his son Rodney Ayers. They also > >might have brought their slaves( already freed) with them to Kosse as both > >Cato and Ben Ayers were trained in the blacksmith trade. Elizabeth , Col's > >wife made it to TX, but we have been unable to locate her grave. Circa > >1885, her initials appear was on a land deed. Which leads me to believe she > >made it to TX with Col. They might have traveled with other family on a > >wagon train. Col. Lansford Ayers is buried in Kosse and we have visited > >his grave, but ran out of time to do research. His daughter was a Miss > >Bettie Ayers Embry who taught at Chula Vista and Harmony schools near Kosse. > >I have been unable to locate any records on her as a teacher, but it is said > >she made an incredible impact on the children in the area. Another son was > >Rodney also buried in Kosse. This is where the Phifer's come in. Thanks for > >your time. I would most appreciate anything you could find. Col. died in > >1888. Thanks again. I will forward this info onto the Phifer bunch. Shelby > :-) > > > > Also the name Murff is of this line and Alton Ayers was another son of Col. > > > > > >==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~txlimest/ > > > > > ==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txlimest/