Anyone working on the Eaton families? Did the dau of Silas Eaton : Malinda b: 1859 married R C Randall? Malinda Eaton did marry R C Randall 1876 LCT. What does R C stand for? Is this the same family in the 1900 census PCT 8 listed as Lum Randall with wife Minnie b: Mar 1859? I think she is Malinda dau of Silas but do not know for sure. Pat Oates in TX

To: Patricia Oats: This is not my family, but I looked in the book "A Family History of Limestone County", p. 93: "Richard Columbus "Lum" Randall was born in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, son of W. P. and ? Randall who migrated to Texas. He married Malinda Silas "Millie" Eaton on September 3, 1876. They moved to Thornton by 1880 where they built their home, which is still standing. The street was called Randall on the original layout of the city. Lum was a druggist. Because doctors were scarce, Lum served as the local doctor as well. He was a real humanitarian and most times took his pay in chickens and vegetables. During the big depression of the late 1800's, Malinda sold the land she owned around Kilgore to pay debts and keep the drugstore going. Shortly thereafter, the big oil discovery was made on that land. "They had 10 children (two sets of twins). etc. If you want me to send you the entire article, just send me a mailing address. Lynda Barefield Waxahachie, TX email: lyndabarefield@msn.com<mailto:lyndabarefield@msn.com> ----- Original Message ----- From: Patricia Oates<mailto:trish@texasinternet.com> To: TXLIMEST-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:TXLIMEST-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 5:50 PM Subject: [TXLIMEST] Eaton/Randall Anyone working on the Eaton families? Did the dau of Silas Eaton : Malinda b: 1859 married R C Randall? Malinda Eaton did marry R C Randall 1876 LCT. What does R C stand for? Is this the same family in the 1900 census PCT 8 listed as Lum Randall with wife Minnie b: Mar 1859? I think she is Malinda dau of Silas but do not know for sure. Pat Oates in TX ==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== To unsub send a blank email with unsubscribe in the subject line to TXLIMEST-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:TXLIMEST-request@rootsweb.com> ============================== Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. New content added every business day. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx<http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx>

Lynda Thank you so much. This is not my family just one of the Limestone Co families I work. I had thought that is who she <Malinda> was but had not found any proof. I also needed the whole name of R C Randall. Again thank you for the help. Pat Oates in TX At 09:03 AM 2/17/2005 -0600, you wrote: > > To: Patricia Oats: This is not my family, but I looked in the book "A > Family History of Limestone County", p. 93: > > "Richard Columbus "Lum" Randall was born in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, son of > W. P. and ? Randall who migrated to Texas. He married Malinda Silas "Millie" > Eaton on September 3, 1876. They moved to Thornton by 1880 where they built > their home, which is still standing. The street was called Randall on the > original layout of the city. Lum was a druggist. Because doctors were > scarce, Lum served as the local doctor as well. He was a real humanitarian > and most times took his pay in chickens and vegetables. During the big > depression of the late 1800's, Malinda sold the land she owned around Kilgore > to pay debts and keep the drugstore going. Shortly thereafter, the big oil > discovery was made on that land. > > "They had 10 children (two sets of twins). etc. If you want me to send you > the entire article, just send me a mailing address. > > Lynda Barefield > Waxahachie, TX > email: <mailto:lyndabarefield@msn.com>lyndabarefield@msn.com