Posted on: Palo Pinto Co. Tx Query Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/PaloPinto/788 Surname: GRIFFIN, EDMONDS ------------------------- Still looking for information about these Griffins in Palo Pinto County. Please note that my email address is now: leblancr@uswest.net

My great-grandfather, Dabney Caldwell HOPKINS, was born on Dec. 1, 1849 in Clinton County KY. In August 1874 he m. Mary Catherine (Kate) DAVIS and in October 1874 they moved to Lamar County, TX. Their first child, Orion HOPKINS, was born in Lamar County in 1875. There are deeds which indicate that D.C. and Mary C. HOPKINS may have still been in Lamar County in 1877. In 1880, if not before, Dr. D.C. HOPKINS was practicing medicine in Strawn, Palo Pinto County, TX and his second and third children, daughters Ethel and Lucy, were born there. His fourth child was born in February 1885 in Whitewright, Grayson County, TX, and, one month later, D.C. HOPKINS died in Gordon, Palo Pinto County, TX. Kate and the four children lived for many years afterward in Whitewright. There are many unanswered questions regarding D.C. HOPKINS. If you know ANYTHING about these ancestors of mine, please let me know. Rae Ann

I was just in the county looking at that census. You might try calling the Boyce Ditto Library in Mineral Wells, where there is an assistant in the genealogy/local history room. Perhaps they would take a look for you.

Barbara, Those numbers usually represent the household and family numbers. If that is true with the Haynes listed, you'd have to conclude that the two households were (probably) next to each other, but in the first there were ten families living. Those ten families may be of just one person each, but possibly more. I think of a hotel or rooming house--or jail! If you don't get anyone to check this by next Tuesday, send me an email so I can look it up Wednesday at the Ft Worth Library. Cheers, Jim

If there is anyone on this list who has easy access to the 1880 Palo Pinto census (if you own a copy), could you please look up John M. HAYNES for me? The record that I have seen with his name lists these two numbers: 155-137. I believe he may be the son of my ggg gf Edward HAYNES and the brother to James M. HAYNES who is also on the 1880 census with numbers 156-147. I am also wondering if the first numbers represent households, and if this means these two Haynes were living next door to each other. Thanks for any help. Barbara Ray barbray2@juno.com ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

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This stuff out of Denver and Utah is from Maxwell McMasters. His "Surname" Family Mews is one of those which contains material so generic that he just replaces one surname with another (even in the ads) and has "Another" Family News. There is little information about any specific family in any of them. His books are, no doubt, the same sort of thing. I have received cards recently announcing three different family books--except for the surnames, the cards are identical. I won't waste MY money on any of them. Jim

Due to a virus I am changing to Excite. New addy Granwan@excite.com Wanda Blair Ruby

This was on another list...                 THE TEN COMMANDMENTS FOR NAMES:   (1). Thou shalt name your male children:         James, John, Joseph, Josiah, Abel, Richard, Thomas, William   (2) Thou shalt name your female children:        Elizabeth, Mary, Martha, Maria, Sarah, Ida, Virginia, May   (3) Thou shalt leave NO trace of your female children.   (4) Thou shalt, after naming your children from the above lists,        call them by strange nicknames such as: Ike, Eli, Polly,        Dolly, Sukey.  ---making them difficult to trace.   (5) Thou shalt NOT use any middle names on any legal        documents or census reports, and only where necessary,        you may use only initials on legal documents.   (6) Thou shalt learn to sign all documents illegibly so that your        surname can be spelled, or misspelled, in various ways:        Hicks, Hicks, Hix, Hixe, Hucks, Kicks   (7) Thou shalt, after no more then 3 generations, make sure that all        family records are lost, misplaced, burned in a court house fire,        or buried so that NO future trace of them can be found.   (8) Thou shalt propagate misleading legends, rumors, & vague        innuendo regarding your place origination   (A) you may have come from : England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales....         or Iran.   (B) you may have American Indian ancestry of the______tribe......   (C) You may have descended from one of three brothers that came         over from______   (9) Thou shalt leave NO cemetery records, or headstones with legible        names.   (10) Thou shalt leave NO family Bible with records of birth, marriages,         or deaths.   (11) Thou shalt ALWAYS flip thy name around. If born James Albert,          thou must make all the rest of thy records in the names of Albert,          AJ, JA, AL, Bert, Bart, or Alfred.   (12) Thou must also flip thy parent's names when making reference to          them, although "Unknown" or a blank line is an acceptable alternative.          And my own personal addition: (Davidson domuff@webzone.net)          Thou shalt name at least 5 generations of males, and dozens of          their cousins with identical names in order to totally confuse          researchers.        

Hi, I received this on another list in regard to the posting about the Genealogy Rip-Off.  It basically says that this particular company is NOT connected to Halberts!!  You can decide for yourself or check it out further.     This is not Halbert's under another a different name.  This company has been in business foe sometime and is not the genealogy sore thumb that Halberts was. ****************************************************** >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> RBOYD1033@aol.COM wrote: > Subject: Rip-offs of the genealogy community continues > > Good Morning, friends and cousins in the genealogy community! > > The response to the identification of the genealogy rip-off operation > in Denver last week has been tremendous with a steady stream of requests > for add'l info. > > The operation in Denver with a newly discovered "branch" in Utah is an > incarnation of the identical scheme that Halbert's used.  The same form > letters, books and newsletters are being sold, and the same fake > "Crests" and other products are being created "to exacting standards". > > The new incarnation has not yet been linked financially to Halbert?s or > NUMA (Halbert parent), but the resemblance is so  close, they could be > joined at the hip, operating under dba's  Mountain West News Service, > Mountain Pacific News Service, and MORPHCORP. The Better Business Bureau > reports that the company has joined the BBB in January 2000, opened in > 1985, and is rated as satisfactory. A complete history of Halbert's, > courtesy of Jeff Scism (despite our surname homonyms, we ain't kin --- > he hopes!) is available at > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~blksheep/shame/halberts.htm >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   No, that is not Halberts. That is the Family New Network. They have been in operation for about ten years or so. They use various company names but all these "companies" have the same mailing address in Denver. Check with either the National Genealogical Society or the Federation of Genealogical Societies. They have been tracking this Denver outfit's business for years. The person who wrote the original message apparently just discovered this company but lots of other people in the genealogy world have known about them for a long time. Apparently he never checked with either the National Genealogical Society or the Federation of Genealogical Societies. If he had, he would have been given correct info instead of what he wrote. Dick Eastman *******************************************************      

Hi all, I just got this and thought I would pass it on.  It sure gives a look at what it must have been like for our ancestors to pull up and migrate to another place.  It makes me wonder how I would have dealt with it or if I could have gone thru those kind of hardships and survived?????????  Later, Karen Hamilton   > Hi Frontporch Friends... > My friend, Bobbie, sent this to me and I thought you all might enjoy  reading > it too. Even though I think or grandmothers left their homes with much more > hope in their hearts than this, it is a very moving piece. >         Have a good day everyone. >         Margy > > This was written by Jan Philpot <unicorn@sun-spot.com>.  Even though Jan's  > specifically talking about pioneer migration from North Carolina to Tennessee > in this essay, the information applies to any family that trekked across this > country in the colonial and pioneer eras. > > Jan's given permission to spread this essay around.  If you wish to share this > with others (individually or on lists), please be sure Jan gets credit for > writing it. > > Sometime ago Cher [Adams] and I began a "Sunday Afternoon Rockin'" column on > the Stewart Co. [TN Genealogy Discussion] List...it became so popular and > seemed to help so many folks that it is now used on two other lists and we > wondered if you might enjoy it too. > > Today I am going to step into the shoes of someone else.  I live in andnearby > the mountains many of our ancestors crossed to settle Middle Tennessee...I > don't think about it much until I drive out or in, and then it never fails to > cross my mind and I am in total awe. > > What kind motivation did it take for folks to set out on a journey over > mountains that unwelcoming and that daunting, in danger of natives, nature > itself....KNOWING full well they may never see the end of it, and that if they > did they were more than likely to lose half their family in the process?  What > kind of thoughts crossed their mind when they made that decision?  What kind > of inner strength and fortitude did they possess > that many of us today do not? > > Well...bear with a bit of a reverie here...may not totally be historically > accurate, but I think the thoughts of a mother and a wife are...I stepped into > the past and into the shoes of someone who might have been one of those folks: > > "Johnny is decided.  I reckon I have but one choice and it ain't an easy one. > > "He says we have no choice, that we have to move on west and that now is the > time to do it. There is land waiting  in Tennessee he says, land that can be > ours.  He says any citizen of North Carolina now has a right to what ain't > taken.  He says there is nothin here for us anymore, and I am reckoning that > is right too. But my heart is twisting in the inside of me and that is so as > well. > > "I got three babies buried out back there to leave behind.  The fever got > Jakie... buried him at the age of two and like to broke my heart. Big strong > boy, was sure he would make it...but the fever got him.  Lizzie died at two > months and Johnny never knew her name.  He told me plain she wasn't healthy > and not to get attached to her, to leave off the name so I wouldn't until we > knew would she make it or not.  But I couldn't stand > putting her down in the ground without a name.  I called her Lizzie in > whispers and the > day we buried her I whispered in her ear hopin somehow she would hear me,  > "Yore name is LIZZIE...Elizabeth Jane Clark, after your grandma, you hear?  I > named you after the mama I loved and that is yore name cause I love you too." > > "I knew full well how it is to bring youngins into the world and knew I would > be burying them too, but I couldn't stand that baby nameless. > > Ain't no marker there, but I know it is Lizzie...nobody else does and when I > leave here won't nobody know.  Mattie is the third and I don't know how Johnny > can not think of that...I reckon he does but does no good to be dwellin on > it...a man's way.  Mattie lived to be twelve.  She was Johnny's pick. > > "Yes, it twists my heart the thought of leavin those babies out back there, > worse even than it twists my heart I am leavin my mama's grave and those of my > three brothers and two sisters.   Won't nobody know my babies are there, won't > nobody else pass by and stand a minute to remember.  I won't never be back.  I > done decided before I go I am gonna go out back there and lay some big stones > where they are, gonna scratch their names in it if I can, gonna lay some > flowers there and tell them good-bye.  I know it don't make no sense, but  > somehow I feel like I am deserting my babies, even if I cain't > talk to them nor they to me. > > "That ain't all the thinkin and heart twistin I am doin about leavin > here...Papa has my brothers that are livin, and my sister Jane, but I  know > the day I tell them goodbye is the last time I am gonna see them.  I know Papa > will die and I won't be here to bury him, nor any of the others either. There > is somethin comforting about washing and dressing your dead...about lovin em > gentle-like one last time and doin all you can for them before you send them > on to the next world, and I won't get to do that...won't even know when it > happens...will live all my days wondering if Papa is gone yet, or the others, > and when they went, and how. > > "I won't watch my neices and nephews grow up and I won't have Jane no more to > talk to.  Maybe I can send them word somehow along the way we are all right, > maybe sometime they can send me word...but don't see how as things are now.  > They don't show no notion of following us to Tennessee.  Only Johnny's > brothers going to do that.  All I will be able to do is look up at the stars > at night and think 'well Papa and Jane might be looking up at these same > stars...might not be together, but we in the same world with the same > roof...that is something.' > > "And the heart tuggin just goes right on too....I pitched an everlovin fit > when Johnny come up with this.  I looked at my livin youngins, all six of > them, looked at their eyes a-shinin as Johnny told em what was waitin out > there for the takin, the times we would have, the future they had ahead...and > I tell you my heart broke like somebody took a hammer and crushed it, over and > over six times and no mercy.  Those blue eyes shinin, > those bright heads dancin up and down in excitement....and not a one of em old > enough or with sense enough to know that they all wouldn't make it. > > "We'll wind up burying some of em on one of those mountains loomin up like > walls that reach to the clouds, or beside the river..I know we will and there > ain't no two ways about it...and I know if my heart is breakin now it is gonna > break even more then...Johnny won't have no time to let me stay there a spell > and grieve..we will just have to leave them behind where ain't nobody, not > even Jane, gonna know or drop on by and stay with them a spell now and > then...I won't even know for sure where it is I left my babies on the way.  > Don't know how we will even go about buryin em right, > puttin them away like a mama ought to have the right to lay her babies to the > final rest. > > "And taint no sense dwellin on it.  I know good and well could be none of us > gonna make it, and for sure, if we stayed here neither there ain't no > guarantee ...whole families I watched wiped out by first one thing and then > the other. Caint vouch that the natives won't get us, nor a sickness, nor bad > water, nor a piece of bad blood waiting to ambush us on the trail.  Cain't > vouch that river won't get us, have heard about that river and the places in > it.  Cain't vouch how long what supplies we have will last, nor for sure we > can get more.  Caint vouch for nothin much at all, cept Johnny is right. > > "Ain't nothin much for us here, gettin less and less all the time, and what of > our babies make it, if any of em do, well they will have a better chance for > it.  They may can own their own land this way, get by easier in the world once > that place is settled in.  Maybe they can have things someday me and Johnny > never dreamed of.  But it shorely is a high price to pay.  It shorely is. > > "And I reckon I'll follow Johnny even if my heart is twisting and bleedin > inside of me to where I don't know how I am gonna keep on keepin on.  Johnny > is decided and I reckon he is right." > > And that is what I think might have gone through a mother's mind two hundred > years ago. >  

Hi, I received this from one of my other lists and thought it would be of interest to you folks. Karen Hamilton   RBOYD1033@aol.COM wrote: > Subject: Rip-offs of the genealogy community continues > > Good Morning, friends and cousins in the genealogy community! > > The response to the identification of the genealogy rip-off operation > in Denver last week has been tremendous with a steady stream of requests > for add'l info. > > The operation in Denver with a newly discovered "branch" in Utah is an > incarnation of the identical scheme that Halbert's used.  The same form > letters, books and newsletters are being sold, and the same fake > "Crests" and other products are being created "to exacting standards". > > The new incarnation has not yet been linked financially to Halbert?s or > NUMA (Halbert parent), but the resemblance is so  close, they could be > joined at the hip, operating under dba's  Mountain West News Service, > Mountain Pacific News Service, and MORPHCORP. The Better Business Bureau > reports that the company has joined the BBB in January 2000, opened in > 1985, and is rated as satisfactory. A complete history of Halbert's, > courtesy of Jeff Scism (despite our surname homonyms, we ain't kin --- > he hopes!) is available at > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~blksheep/shame/halberts.htm > > Volunteers interested in assisting in informing the genealogy community > of this scam have come out of the woodwork.  We would ask the recipients > of this email the following: > 1) A sample of the Colorado flyer is at > http://www.dfc.cc/CyberCousins/genfraud.jpg > Print it and post in the genealogy section at your library with > appropriate message and make announcements at your gensoc. > > 2) After you have read it, as a researcher you realize the fraud that it > is.  Go to the Federal Trade Commissions website at > https://www.ftc.gov/ftc/complaint.htm and file a complaint ONLINE.  For > a sample complaint and further detailed information to use, please go to > http://www.dfc.cc/CyberCousins/complaint.txt > > 3) Forward this to every list you are on. > > 4) If you are a member of NGS (shane@ngsgenealogy.org) or FGS > (fgs-office@fgs.org), contact those organizations and ask that they get > members motivated.  Gentech, Inc. (beau@connect.net) has a director and > a well-known regular conference speaker in the Denver metro. I asked > them to do some local research.  No response to date. > > 5) Contact every genealogy columnist whose work you read, both local and > online such as Myra Gormley (myravg@prodigy.net} or Dick Eastman > (ROOTS@compuserve.com) who was stalwart in early work on Halbert's, both > of whom, as well as others, are on this list.  No response to date. > > 6} If you have rec'd a flyer yourself, please report the names and > addresses to me.  We need to know all the DBAs they are using.  Then > take it to the local post office and file a complaint. > > 7) If you are in the Denver area, we need search of the court house > records to determine any corporate connections.  If we can make a > corporate connection, I am fairly sure the restraints placed on > Halbert's can be extended by the proper authorities. > > 8) If you are a supplier (software, services, researcher) to the > genealogy community, this type of scam effects you even more. > Contribute to the effort. > > 9)This is no small time scam.  Halbert's is owned by a company named > NUMA whih in turn is owned by CENDANT.  Go to > http://itjobs.cendant.com/cendant_co.html to find other Cendant > companies.  You will NOT be happy with how you have been doing business > with folks like this --- I promise you. > > These scams are more likely to rip off folks less involved in genealogy > than most recipients of this msg.  Most of us will recognize it for what > it is and trash it.  That does not relieve us of the responsibility of > making it more difficult for these and other parasites within our > community to enjoy their ill-gotten gains.  I have found far too many > that "don't want to get involved", "Didn't happen on my watch." (to use > an old Navy excuse), running from controversy and responsibility.  Let > us unite in eradicating those that are behind an obvious attempt to > profit unethically from the popularity of genealogy. > > Joe Sissom   ==== TXBOWIE Mailing List ==== Listowner: Becky Cowen-Cornelius  rebalee@denalics.net To Unsubscribe: Send a message to TXBOWIE-L-request@rootsweb.com that contains (in the body of the message) the command  unsubscribe

Hello, I am new to the list and to researching the Light family in Parker, Palo Pinto, & Bowie counties around 1900.  I am hoping to find some record that will prove or disprove whether my great grandfather George Wesley Light b. abt 1850 is the same person as George W. Towns Light b.abt 1850 in Forsyth county, GA. I am a Texan living in 'bush' Alaska and have very limited web access as we live  about 60 miles south of the Arctic Circle and am stuck at 9600 baud & long distance charges.  As a result most of my research is done thru email and lists.  Anyway, this is the info I have, maybe some of you can help.  Sorry this is so long, but appreciate your reading it to see if any of the names ring a bell.  Any and all help is deeply appreciated! Later, Karen (Light) Hamilton His parents: Young Keller Light b.1820 GA; d.1902 AR     m. 1847 GA to Susan Munday b.1826 VA; d.1890 AR their children:     Mary E. b.1848 Ga; d. 1884 TX     John Anderson "Ance" b.1849 GA; d.1924 AR     George W. Towns Light b.abt 1850 GA     William Obediah b.1852 GA; d.aft 1900 TX     Townsend (Truman) K. b.1854 GA; d.1864 LA     Martha Louisiana b.1856 LA; d.1883 AR     Buena Vista b.1857 LA; d.1912 AR     Susan Alabama b.1860 LA; d.1935 TX     Young Keller Jr. b.1862 LA; d.1947 AR     Kindness Macedonia b.1867 LA; d.1943 AR Of the above children 3 married and moved to Texas. It is also thought that George W. Towns Light also came to TX bef 1900 and is listed on the 1900 census in either Bowie, Parker, or Palo Pinto counties.  It is not know whether he lived with one of his siblings, whether he lived alone, or whether he was married.  Here are a few more details: Mary E. m.1869 LA to Allen Octavius Howell b. 1848 LA; d.1934 , Bowie, TX their children:     Annie b.1872 AR; d.1953 , Bowie, TX     Janie b.1878     Joseph b.1879     Tom A. b.1881     May b. 1884 Allen O. Howell was the son of Thomas Howell and Jane Russell Susan Alabama m.1880 AR to Richmond C. Howell b.1860 LA their children:     James Wiley b.1881 AR; d. 1949 , Bowie, TX     Anderson b.1883 , Bowie, TX     Mary Donia b.1886 , Bowie, TX; d.1950 , Bowie, TX Richmond C. Howell was also the son of Thomas Howell and Jane Russell William Obediah m. 1874 AR to Mary F. Kirkes b.1857 GA; d.1933 Parker,, TX their children:     John W. b.1875 AR; d.1937 , Palo Pinto, TX m.1897 AR to Ema Pugh     Pleasant G. b.1877 AR; d. , Parker, TX m.1903 TX to Lucy L. Dodson b.1881 TX     Susan Bell "Sallie" b.1879 AR     William K. b.1882 AR; d. , Parker, TX     Mary A. "Lizzie" b.1892 AR George W. Towns b.abt 1850 GA     m. 1st 1872 LA to Louisa Key their children:     Lavina b.abt 1873     Viola "Vista" b.abt 1875     Ann (Ami) b.abt 1876       m  2nd 1877 AR to Mrs. Martha E. Cobb their child:     Emaline b.abt 1879 AR Mrs. Cobb had a son, George b.abt 1868 by previous marriage If George W. Towns Light is the same person as my George W. Light then he was married a third time 1885 AR to Union Adelaide Reeves b.1859 AR; d.1908 OK their child:     James Alfred b.1880 AR; d.1967 OK Note: James Alfred was born 5 years prior to his parents marriage.          

Hello everyone, It's been a while since I have posted a query on these people. I am looking for the Children of Preston Lenor LEONARD and Irene RAMSEY LEONARD. Clara Norene LEONARD was born in 1917 in Oklahoma her brother Rowan Preston LEONARD was born in 1919. The family is seen on the 1920 Caddo County, Oklahoma Census and they lived in McKinley Township. Sometime after 1920, Irene and her parents, Edgar (El) and Emma Ramsey took the children and left. Other children to Edgar and Emma are: Twelfth Census 1900 Burleson County, TX Erle F. son born Dec 1899 Thirteenth Census 1910 Hardeman County, TX Irene Daughter born 1901 in Texas Charley Son born 1903 in Oklahoma Fred Son born 1905 in Oklahoma Albert Son born 1906 in Texas Maggie Daughter born in about 1909 in Texas Fourteenth Census Palo Pinto County, Texas Charlie Son 16 years old Fred Son 15 years old Albert Son 13 years old Maggie Daughter 10 years old The RAMSEY's owned the STAR HOTEL in Mineral Wells, TX and it was a large two story boarding house which was on N. Elm (N.W. 2nd Ave. today). Henry and Edgar L. Ramsey also had a business in Mineral Wells, it was listed in the phone directory as "Ramsey Brothers (Henry and Edgar L.) Building Contractors 1113 S.W. 4th Ave. If any of these names look familiar, please email me. There is a possibility that Clara or Rowan Leonard maybe still be alive. They may not even be carrying the last name LEONARD. Irene could have remarried and the kids may have taken on a new name. Thanks for your time, Jennifer Leonard Powers

I am looking for a Isaac Levi Mitchell who was possibly buried in Palo Pinto county in 1907 give or take two years. Does anyone know how many cemeteries there are and the names of them. Margaret Mitchell-Chamness

Samuel Mckee Married Sarah Katherine? They had 10 children Sanmuel Ira Mckee b. Springfield ILL. 1867/76 John b. Cass co , MO. 1867/69 Laura b. KS 1869 Emily b. TX 1874/75 Samuel Ira McKee, born 01 Jan 1867 in Springfield, Illinois; died abt. 1909. He was the son of Sarah Katherine or Sara Catherine from Ma &Samuel Mckee. Samuel Ira married Eliza Lee Hunter abt.1890. Eliza Lee Hunter, born May 1873 in TX; died 31 Aug 1923 in Ranger, Eastland, TX. Burial: Palo Pinto, TX Cemetery. She was the daughter of William Peter Hunter and Elizabeth Jane Beaty. Notes for Samuel Ira McKee: Eldest son of ten children. His father was killed in an ambush over a horse. After the father's death, the mother, Sarah Katherine, moved the children to Palo Pinto County, TX (some say by way of Oklahoma first some where around the Bad lands). Samuel was about 10 years old? In abt.1909 Samuel was severely injured internally when a wagon overturned on him. He died several months later. He was buried near Mineral Wells. No one today knows where his unmarked grave is. Children of Samuel McKee and Eliza Hunter are: i. Eula Lee McKee, born 24 Dec 1891 TX; died 24 Nov 1966 in Bakersfield, CA; Burial Greenlawn memorial park. Bakersfield Ca. married (1) Robert W. "Blackie " Sherwood; married (2) Charlie Burleson Abt. 1910. Children: Edwin T. Hall, John S. Burleson, Bertha L. Burleson, Raymond Burleson, ILa B. Burleson, Robert W. Sherwood ii. Samuel Harvey McKee, born 28 Feb 1894 in Parker CO, TX; died 7 Jun. 1922 Palo Pint Co., TX. Married Nida Dell "Tellie" Rouse on 20 Jan. 1917 in Palo Pinto Co., TX. Children; Webster L. McKee, Evelyn D. McKee iii. Pansy Viola McKee, born 29 Aug 1896 TX; died 16 Feb 1940 in Pampa, TX; married (1) Wallace Stephens; married (2) Everet Leedy; married (3) Bud Tate. Child: Lillian N. Stephens iv. Joseph Ira McKee, born 26 Feb 1899 TX; died 08 Jan 1932 in Huntsville, TX; married Lillie Mae Williams. Children: Callie M. "Pauline" McKee, James Ira Lee Newton "Lil Ira" McKee v. Jesse Oscar McKee, born 15 Jul 1901 Brook, TX; died 23 Mar 1930 in Pampa, TX. Burial: Palo Pinto Co., TX. Never married. vi. Charlie William McKee, born 14 Feb 1904 Lyra, TX; died 1 July 1958 Olive View, CA; Burial: GreenLawn memorial park. Bakersfield, Ca. married Edith Pearl Aldred 08 Aug 1928 in Auburn California. Left Texas around 1926. Charlie came to California and assumed a new identity, Robert Earl Freeman. (The name he is Buried under.) Children: Evelyn C. Freeman, Luella V. Freeman vii. Nell Blye McKee, born 26 Feb 1906 in Lyra., TX; died 18 March. 1989 in Stephenville, TX; married (1) Percy Glen Johnson; married (2) Elmer Pannell. Child: Marjorie Blye Johnson If you are related to my Mckee's you would surely have herd of them. 3 of Samuel' & Eliza boys got in trouble with the law. See below. iv. Joseph Ira McKee, born 26 Feb 1899; died 08 Jan 1932 in Huntsville, TX; married Lillie Williams. Ira Killed a man. Sentence to death in the electric chair. v. Jesse Oscar McKee, born 15 Jul 1901; died 23 Mar 1930 in Pampa, TX. Notes for Jesse Oscar McKee: Shot to death by jealous former-boyfriend of Jesse's girlfriend. Was an oilfield worker at the time. vi. Charlie William McKee, born 14 Feb 1904; died in Bakersfield, CA; married Edith Pearl Aldred 08 Aug 1928 in California. Notes for Charlie William McKee: Fled Texas around 1926 after an altercation on the road to Mingus, TX, with a bootlegger from Ranger, Texas. The man's skull was crushed with a tire tool. Charlie made it to California and assumed a new identity, Robert Earl Freeman.

I am new to this list and wondering if anyone can help me. My gggrandmother, Mary Ida Elmore is buried in Mt. Marion cemetery in Strawn. I am trying to find any information about her husband Francis. I have not beena ble to find him on the Tx death index. Is there a listing for this cemetery, or anyone who does lookups at this cemetery? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Kisha

I know the Weatherford Library has the index. I looked at it when my sister used to live there. Wanda

Since the Texas Death Index is divided into time ranges, you will have to know about when these people died. The ranges are: 1903-1940 1941-1945 1945-1950 1950-1955 (I think) year by year after that. It helps confirm the right people are found if you know a county of death, too. Cheers, Jim

Does any one have access to the Texas Death Index?? My library does not have it. I am looking for Edgar, Emma, Charles, Fred and Albert Ramsey. If you know of a place online where I can look at it, I'd appreciate it! Jennifer