Is anyone else getting stuff like this or has my computer gone crazy. Juanetta > >From: [email protected] >Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 21:44:11 EST >To: [email protected] >Subject: Found family of Margaret Amason > spouse of James Claibourne Norris > >Dear Evelyn, ><x-tab> </x-tab>Well, thisis >exciting!! We are cousins!! ><x-tab> </x-tab>MargaretAnn >Amason's (b. 1839-1842 in AL, d. c. 1863 in Nacogdoches Co. TX)father was >Matthew Amason (b. c. 1814 in GA, d. c. 1869 in TX, probably Nacogdoches >Co.). Margaret's mother was named Louisa (maiden nameunknown). ><x-tab> </x-tab>You willfind >the family of George "Amasson", Margaret's brother, in the1870 >census of Nacogdoches Co. TX. His wife was Emer Arnold. In the >household is Eliza "Amosson", age 59, b. GA. I believe Eliza >is none other than Louisa Amason, widow of Matthew. Rebecca Amosson, >the youngest sister, was also in George's HH in 1870. In 1880, L. >Amorson was head of household with R. Amorson, daughter, and grandchild >L. Amorson, age 4. George and Emer must have died before 1880?? ><x-tab> </x-tab>Somerecord I >have, from Nacogdoches Co. TX shows Matthew Amason present in 1868, but >I didn't enter the source in my database....and of course, he is missing in >1870, so I presumed a death date of 1869, but I would behappier if I had >entered the source in my database!! ><x-tab> </x-tab>Anyway,Matthew >was in Nacogdoches County, TX by 1862, two months after he mustered out of a >Louisiana C.S.A. unit. Obviously Margaret was in Nacogdoches Co. TX >sooner than 1862, since she must have married John Claiborne Norris before >1859, since their first son, John was born by then. That makes me >believe that Matthew was in Texas before 1860. ><x-tab> </x-tab>Unfortunately,M >atthew's family, his brother, Rufus' family and their mother, Elizabeth are >missing from 1860 censuses. I have found their brother, Elisha in >Monroe Co. AL in 1860 and their sister's family is in Monroe Co. AL in 1860, >as well, but Nancy had died by then. Matthew and Elisha had died by >1870. My 2nd ggrandfather, Rufus, probably also died by then (Rufus is >missing in 1870 as well, but his son, my ggrandfather was in Shelby Co. TX in >1870) and Jesse died in 1870. Three widows can be found in Shelby Co. >in 1880: Sarah A. Amason, widow of Jesse, Ara AnnAmason, widow of Elisha and >Mary Ann Amason, widow of Rufus. ><x-tab> </x-tab>I have allof >Matthew's children, but I don't know what happened to all of them,yet...I'm >always looking!! ><x-tab> </x-tab>These >areprobable children of Matthew Amason and Louisa (Matthew was awfully >young for the earlier children to be his...and I have this theory that they >may have been children of his older brother, Washington, whom I've never >found in census records...so perhaps Matthew married his brother'swidow??). ><x-tab> </x-tab>Some ofthe >information below is tentative. I know that Matthew had a male child in >his household in 1850 named James and that a James W. Amason married Susan >Browder (a widow) in Montgomery Co. AL in 1864. Since I don't know of >any other James Amason in any Amason HH in Montgomery Co. AL, except >Matthew's HH, I have assumed that James W. Amason was sameperson as James, >son of Matthew. ><x-tab> </x-tab>Susan E.Amason >married Joseph Andres Flores and their family is well documented in census >info and in local histories of Nacogdoches Co. TX. ><x-tab> </x-tab>Againcheck out >the Amason website....our families are detailed underDescendants of Uriah >Amason of Montgomery Co. AL. ><x-tab> </x-tab>It isn'tevery >day that I find descendants of our particular Amason family,because they are >so difficult to follow!! Your cuz, Sandy >AMASON * AMERSON FAMILY Website at<A >HREF="<a href="http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/1722/">http://www.geocities.c">http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/1722/">http://www.geocities.c</a> >om/Heartland/Meadows/1722/</A><x-tab>   >; </x-tab>Descendantsof Matthew AMASON ><x-tab> </x-tab>1 <x-tab>& >nbsp > >