My daughters and I send condolences to the Navarro Genealogical Society for the loss of their most devoted volunteer. She has always been very helpful to us whenever we were able to come for research and we will miss her. It would be greatly appreciated if someone would please post her obituary on your web page. Our thanks to Mr. Ed Williams for the notification of Liz's death. Meghan and Sue Campbell

I just received word that Liz Gillispie passed away. She has been a volunteer in the Genealogy Room in the Corsicana Library and at the Pioner Village for many years. She will be greatly missed by all of us. ...ed williams

_SUBJECTS_ looking for an Andrew Walker whose son-in law was Robert E. Craig-[born 1873- in 1900 this family is in Navarro Co,Texas. Craig is living with the Walkers trying to determine if this is my Andrew Walker. some of the info on the census is right on but dates of some children are off. my Andrew Walker born 1843- Tenn- married Sarah Noe.moved to Missouri after the civil war. later moved to texas. Ann ******************************************************** WALKER Family Website at http://txnetwork.net/walker

----- Original Message ----- From: Barbara Samuels To: TXNAVARR-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 7:31 AM Subject: Mandred HANKS Family 1900's I am looking for descendents of this family and /or information about any of them. Mandred Leslie HANKS was b. 1871 TX, d. 1931 Corbet, TX. He was a doctor and m. 1904 to Ethel E. CHRISTIE b. 1884, d. 1959. She was daughter of William B. CHRISTIE and Martha "Della" DEHART. They had the following children: Jodie M. b. 1906; Carlton J. b. 1908; Rex C. b. 1909; William M. b. 1911; Oscar C. b. 1912; Earl b. 1914; Roy C. 1918; Duren H. b. 1921; Ruth b. 1916; Dorothy b. 1923; Alva N. b. 1926; Marvin H. b. 1927. All the children were born in Corbet. Thanks for any help you can give. Barbara

You do not have to reply, as I receive a copy of my own email from the lists I am on. I lost my email address book when I changed computers and I want to see if I am still subscribed to all the lists I belonged to. TIA Janice Navarro CO TX. If tears could build a stairway... And memories a lane... I'd walk right up to Heaven... And bring you home again. In memory of my husband: 1940-2003

If you know or have an address for Michael Thomason in Palestine please ask him to send me his e-mail address so I can send him the Varnell information he requested. Anne Walton Wilson anne-wilson@juno.com

There is a Dennis Donoho here now that is in airconditioning business and is also head of the water department for communities of Mildred, Eureka, and Navarro. -----Original Message----- From: Lilly [mailto:malik@scs-net.org] Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 7:44 PM To: TXNAVARR-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TXNAVARR] Martin, Doolen, Donaho, Derryberry Thanks to Cherie Fruge, I looked up my names in the 1955 Corsicana, Navarro Co, Texas telephone book. Donaho 1. A. M. Donaho 2. A. M. Donaho and Son Radiator shop 3. Daniel D. Donaho (his first name was not clear to me, I hope it was something like Daniel?) 4. A. H. Donaho Doolen 1. James F. Doolen 2. James Doolen Gulf Service Station Derryberry 1. James H. Derryberry 2. Wilburn Derryberry Martin 1. B.D. Martin 2. Mrs Belle Martin 3. Boyce Martin 4. Mrs. Deanie Martin 5. Mrs. E.R. Martin 6. Mrs Elnora Martin 7. Mrs. Frank Martin 8. Geroge W. Martin 9. H.L. Martin 10. J.E. Martin 11. Martin Linen Supply 12. Lowry Martin 13. Marion Martin 14. R. M. Martin 15. Ray Martin 16. Martin Tank Company 17. W. Art Martin, Jr. 18. W. R. Martin 19. Martin Welding Of all the Martin names listed above, I can only claim George W. Martin as a relative for sure. I may be related to more, but I am not positive. The Donaho names and the Doolen names are related to me. The only reason I posted the Derryberry name is, on the 1870 census at Henderson Cp TN there are loads of Derryberry names. Since my Martin family came from Henderson Co TN as of 1875-8 to Navarro Co TX, I believe that some Derryberry families came along with them in the wagon train. If you are related to any of these names here, please write me back. Best regards, Lillian Kathleen Martin ==== TXNAVARR Mailing List ==== About 290 folks subscribe to TXNAVARR-L or TXNAVARR-D

Thanks to Cherie Fruge, I looked up my names in the 1955 Corsicana, Navarro Co, Texas telephone book. Donaho 1. A. M. Donaho 2. A. M. Donaho and Son Radiator shop 3. Daniel D. Donaho (his first name was not clear to me, I hope it was something like Daniel?) 4. A. H. Donaho Doolen 1. James F. Doolen 2. James Doolen Gulf Service Station Derryberry 1. James H. Derryberry 2. Wilburn Derryberry Martin 1. B.D. Martin 2. Mrs Belle Martin 3. Boyce Martin 4. Mrs. Deanie Martin 5. Mrs. E.R. Martin 6. Mrs Elnora Martin 7. Mrs. Frank Martin 8. Geroge W. Martin 9. H.L. Martin 10. J.E. Martin 11. Martin Linen Supply 12. Lowry Martin 13. Marion Martin 14. R. M. Martin 15. Ray Martin 16. Martin Tank Company 17. W. Art Martin, Jr. 18. W. R. Martin 19. Martin Welding Of all the Martin names listed above, I can only claim George W. Martin as a relative for sure. I may be related to more, but I am not positive. The Donaho names and the Doolen names are related to me. The only reason I posted the Derryberry name is, on the 1870 census at Henderson Cp TN there are loads of Derryberry names. Since my Martin family came from Henderson Co TN as of 1875-8 to Navarro Co TX, I believe that some Derryberry families came along with them in the wagon train. If you are related to any of these names here, please write me back. Best regards, Lillian Kathleen Martin

I'm new to your list and want to ask a question. Do any of you have anything on a J A MCKINNEY that may have lived in Navarro Co in 1873? He was born 1850 in Lincoln Co., TN, to H William McKinney and Elizabeth Pigg Wakefield McKinney. The family was on the 1850 and 1860 census for LCT. I think, but don't know if it is so, that the family may have gone to MS before the Civil War. He was too young for service, so can find no Civil War records. The father died in 1867 and the family appears in Hill Co., TX buying land by that year. Elizabeth McKinney and William Henry McKinney, her son, were both buying land in their own name. Also my grand-father, John McKinney purchased land there. I do have a land deeds record dated September, 1885, in Hill Co., TX that his brother arranged for him. Evidently he did not live in the county at that time. He was not on the 1870 census for Hill Co with his mother and two sisters. I appreciate any help you can give me. Dortha McElroy Greenlee

George Thomas Martin b. 10-12-1888 Corsicana, Navarro Co TX d. 7-24-1961 Blythe, Riverside Co., CA. Father: James W. Martin b. 1865 SC d. Vernon, Wilbarger Co, TX. Mother: Eugenia Posey Step-Mother: Buelah www.familysearch.org Grandfather: James Nathaniel Martin b. 1837 NC married to Sarah E. Unknown b. Oct 1845 NC. Great Grandfather: William Martin b. about 1820 NC, married to Mary Elizabeth Young b. 1825 NC. This Martin family begins in North Carolina. William Martin and his wife Mary E. Young married in NC and had several children there prior to moving to Henderson Co TN as of 1854. They lived through the Civil War there, and James Nathaniel Martin served on the Union side, as Henderson Co TN voted against sucession. At some point William Martin died in TN, prior to the 1880 census at Dist 126, Navarro Co TX which shows 4 Martin households, who are all descendants of William Martin and Mary Young, both of North Carolina. I am the daughter of Joe Martin, s/o Joe Martin of Vernon, Wilbarger Co TX, s/o Joe Martin of Corsicana, Navarro Co TX, s/o William Martin in North Carolina. Best regards, Lillian Kathleen Martin

Hello, I am a descendant of Daniel Doolen b. 1765 Ireland. The Navarro Co Doolen families are my relatives. I now understand more about the Doolen families , and the Jones families, and the Pursley families, and the Meaders ,who all lived as neighbors and relatives in Marion Co IL, and then some of them later came to Navarro Co TX. Arrival about mid-1850's to TX. If you believe you may be from those 4 groups write back with details and perhaps I can look up your name in the data I have so far accumulated. Best regards, Lillian Kathleen Martin

I have a Pursley/Anderson connection I know very little about. I think the first connection is: Emma Josephine Pursley m. 1888 Thomas Mitchell Anderson. My wife's line is Anderson, connected through the grandfather of Thomas. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: Lilly <malik@scs-net.org> To: <TXNAVARR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 10:05 PM Subject: [TXNAVARR] Doolen-Jones-Pursley-Meaders > Hello, > > I am a descendant of Daniel Doolen b. 1765 Ireland. The Navarro Co Doolen families are my relatives. > > I now understand more about the Doolen families , and the Jones families, and the Pursley families, and the Meaders ,who all lived as neighbors and relatives in Marion Co IL, and then some of them later came to Navarro Co TX. Arrival about mid-1850's to TX. > > If you believe you may be from those 4 groups write back with details and perhaps I can look up your name in the data I have so far accumulated. > > Best regards, > Lillian Kathleen Martin > > > ==== TXNAVARR Mailing List ==== > Visit the on-line Navarro County genealogy archives: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/navarro/navtoc.htm >

James Nathaniel Martin b. October 1836 NC d. Father: William Martin b. about 1820 NC. Mother: Perhaps his Mother is Mary E. Young, or perhaps Mary is his step-mother, and his own mother died young? Mary E. Young b. 1825 NC. She would be very young at the time of his birth, if she is in fact his birth mother. Spouse: Sarah E. Unknown b. Oct 1845/6 NC, both of her parents are born NC. married in 1863, 9 children, with 6 children still living as of 1900. He was born in NC of parents born in NC, perhaps the Johnston Co NC area, or perhaps Raleigh, NC area. ?? He moved to Henderson Co Tn with his parents as a boy, and was there when the Civil War began. Henderson Co Tn voted Against sucession, therefor he served in the Union Army, 12th Tennessee Cavalry, Company I, he was a private, enlisted probably at Nashville, TN. In the 1880 census he is shown living near his widowed mother in Navarro Co TX district 126. kids: 1. James W. Martin b. 1866 SC had a son George T. Martin b. Oct 1887 TX. 2. John Allen Martin b. 1868 TN m. Mary Ann Donaho b. 2-18-1867 OK. 3. George Samson Martin b. 1870 TN 4. Frances Martin b. 1872 Tn 5. Martha Martin b. 1877 TX The last census I have for him, is 1900 census at Corsicana, Navarro Co TX, he is living in his own home at 918 E. 15th ave. Would appreciate any further info. Best regards, Lillian Kathleen Martin of William Martin

John Allen Martin b. 1868 TN d. Father: James Nathaniel Martin, s/o William Martin. Mother: Sarah E. Unknown. Spouse: Mary Ann Donaho b. 2-18-1867 OK d/o Travis Fanning Donaho, s/o Daniel Donaho Donaho family may be Mississippi to Oklahoma to Texas. Would appreciate any further information. Best regards, Lillian Kathleen Martin of William Martin

William Jesse Martin b. 2-17-1872 Henderson Co TN d. 5-15-1911 Father: George Wesley Martin, s/o William Martin Mother: Martha Virginia Cunningham Spouse: Sarah Belle Donaho, d/o Travis Fanning Donaho, s/o Daniel Donaho. Kids: 1. Travis Wesley Martin b. d. 3-13-1989 Navarro Co TX. m. Lela Vandergriff. Would appreciate any further info about this family. Best regards, Lillian Kathleen Martin of William Martin

Mary Caroline Martin b. 8-22-1854 Henderson Co TN d. funeral was 4-3-1932 Bank Sutherland Funeral Home, Corsicana, Navarro Co TX. Father: William Martin b. about 1820 NC Mother: Mary E. Young b. 1825 NC Would appreciate any further info or connections, Best regards, Lillian Kathleen Martin of William Martin.

Travis Fanning Donaho b. d. Father: Daniel Donaho Mother: Ann Chance Spouse: "Sallie" Sarah H. Cockerell kids: 1. "Mollie" Mary Ann Donaho b. 2-18-1867 OK. m. John Allen Martin, s/o James Nathaniel Martin, s/o William Martin 2. William Lee Donaho b. m. Dora Martin, d/o George Wesley Martin, s/o William Martin. 3. "Sallie" Sarah Belle Donaho b. m. William Jesse Martin, s/o George Wesley Martin, s/o William Martin. Some of this info is from another Donaho researcher, some from Navarro County History Vol. II, #4 Corsicana: Donaho family. I don't have this book, nor access to it. I would appreciate any further information about this family. Best regards, Lillian Kathleen Martin d/o Joe Martin s/o Joe Martin, s/o Joe Martin, s/o William Martin.

George Wesley Martin b. 11-1-1849 Johnston Co NC. d. Father: William Martin b. about 1820 NC Mother: Mary E. Young b. 1825 NC Spouse: Martha Virginia Cunningham b. 1852 TN kids: 1. William Jesse Martin b. 2-17-1872 TN d. 5-15-1911. m. Sallie Belle Donaho. 2. Norah Martin b. 1874 TN 3. Dora Martin b. 1875 TN m. William Lee Donaho 4. Joseph Elijah Martin b. 1879 TN m. Mae Belle Willis Notes: Some of this info is from Navarro County History Vol. II. I do not have this book, I am living overseas, if you have the book and can fill in any more on this family, please do so. Best regards, Lillian Kathleen Martin

I am looking for information about the following: W. G. DAVIS who was married March 1884 to Emilia VALLIE; James H. MARTIN who was married Jan 1883 to Emma VALLIE; Minnie VALLIE who was married Mr. MONTGOMERY; Frank Vallie and Arthur VALLIE who were in Navarro Co some time in the 1880's buying property. Any information (Births, deaths, other marriages, divorces etc)about any of these people would be appreciated. Thanks, Barb

Another of the little gems I found in my Grandmother, Matilda Janye POWELL Collins' papers: http://photos.imageevent.com/fruge_adams/familypictures/collinsfamily///CORS CNA%202.gif