I don't have Elijah or Ruth Anderson in my list of Anderson Family. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clark Fullwood" <cfull@airmail.net> To: "Jim Cook" <james.cook4@worldnet.att.net>; <TXNAVARR-L@rootsweb.com> Cc: "Linda Knaus-Fullwood" <lknaus@airmail.net> Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 8:30 PM Subject: RE: [TXNAVARR] Doolen-Jones-Pursley-Meaders > We have a couple of Andersons buried on our place around 1870. They were > Elijah and Ruth Anderson. One died in 1870 and the other either 1870 or > 1876, hard to tell by the stone carving. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Cook [mailto:james.cook4@worldnet.att.net] > Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 12:33 PM > To: TXNAVARR-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [TXNAVARR] Doolen-Jones-Pursley-Meaders > > > Hello Ann, > > Thanks for the offer, but I do not have any specific questions at this time. > > My wife is a descendent of Quinton Anderson, one of the several brothers > that came to Navarro Co. in the 1840s. Quinton is the only one that did not > stay in Texas. He moved his family to Parker Co., TX, in about 1856, and > then to Oregon in 1858. We do not know why he moved, other then possibly > the Anderson/Love feud. As far as we know, all the rest of the family that > went to Texas, stayed there. > > We visited Navarro Co. in March 2003 and met several Anderson descendents. > At that time we purchased a copy of "Richland Crossing" and heard many of > the family stories. We also had the pleasure of visiting the original > homestead on Pisgah Ridge and the little family cemetery there. > > My interest in the Pursley Family is just in connection to the Anderson > Family. There was at least one Pursley/Anderson marriage and we met a > descendent of that marriage. He has been quite active in the Navarro Co. > historical and genealogical societies in the past. Although he has now > moved to Alabama. > > Jim > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ann Hill" <annh2@ev1.net> > To: "Jim Cook" <james.cook4@worldnet.att.net>; <TXNAVARR-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 9:02 AM > Subject: RE: [TXNAVARR] Doolen-Jones-Pursley-Meaders > > > > I have extensive information on the Pursleys in Navarro County (as well as > > the Andersons). Need specific information let me know. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jim Cook [mailto:james.cook4@worldnet.att.net] > > Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 9:39 AM > > To: TXNAVARR-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [TXNAVARR] Doolen-Jones-Pursley-Meaders > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > ==== TXNAVARR Mailing List ==== > > For more Navarro County genealogy and history, visit the GenWeb site: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txnavarr/ > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXNAVARR Mailing List ==== > To see what Navarro County resources are available on RootsWeb, go to: > http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/TX/Navarro/ >