Does anyone know the descendants of Allen Beck who came to Texas before 1900 and died in Springtown in 1935? His children were Luther, Arthur and Pearl who married a Blackwell (all now deceased). Some names of Allen's grandchildren may have been Garland, Joe and Odes. Any clues would be appreciated. Joanne Beck Anderson

Is anyone related to this family? If so, please contact me as I have some additional information. >> It stated in the Marriage Certificate that A. J. Pickard and S.J. >>Blackwell were Solemnly united in Holy Bonds of Matrimony at Spring >>Creek , Parker Co., Texas on the 32 day of July in the year of 1867. Lela Evans

Have just started work on this line and know almost nothing. Wondering if anyone out there as any data on the family name. Apparently a Thomas C. Snailum operated the St. Charels Hotel in Weatherford circa 1880. John Wallace

Hello, once again I will ask about these folks in case someone may have come across info on them since the last time. I am looking for information on Charles (Charley) or Fannie LESTER. I only know that they were in Parker Co in 1896 when my gr gr grandmother, Adeline TANNER, applied for a Union widows pension in Parker Co. Their signatures were on the application attesting to her identity. Adeline had a daughter 'Fannie' listed with her on the 1880 Cherokee Co, AL census so I'm wondering if this is the same Fannie now in Parker Co, TX. I don't know why Adeline was in TX, she later turns up back in AL and on the application lists her address as Calhoun Co, AL. I am trying to trace my gr gr grandfather, Silas TANNER, who joined the Union army in Rome GA in 1864 then deserted two months later. His wife states he died Oct 4, 1875 but not where. We have lost track of him after 1864 as neither he nor his family has been found on the census in 1870 in AL, GA or TX. Any tidbit of help would be appreciated. Thanks, Patsy Spradley Davis -- http://home.earthlink.net/~davisdwd/ ICQ #15893205 patsydavis@geocities.com

Johnson County Ancestors?? Cleburne Memorial Cemetery has been cataloged!! The book contains about 9000 individuals with notes from cemetery records as well as headstones. There are maps and directions for finding each grave. Plus an Index!! A limited number has been printed. Will accept a check or money order for $48, which includes tax and shipping. Please allow 3 to 6 weeks for delivery. Cleburne Cemetery Book P O Box 815 Joshua, TX 76058

Hello Traci, Yes, I am tracing the Shirley family. I have little to no information about them. They may have had a boarding house there in Parker County. That is all the information I have on them at this time. Thank you, Jan Traci Parsons-Holder wrote: > Are you researching the Shirley's ? I want to make sure before I send > what little I have... I do alot of research in that area. > > Traci Parsons-Holder > > jgdata@wf.quik.com wrote: > > > Hello Parker County, > > I am new to this list and seeking any information about my great > > grandmother Martha "Mindy" Armenda Davis Shirley that was > > adopted by Rev. Bob Shirley and his wife Sina that lived in > > Parker County (maybe near Whitt) in 1870. > > > > "Mindy" was born May 12, 1870. > > Family story says she was left on the doorstep of Rev. Bob Shirley. > > He heard a noise on the porch and when he went to check found > > the newborn baby. He caught a glimpse of a rider on a white horse > > riding away but could not tell if it was a man or a woman. He rode > > throughout the county looking for anyone that owned such a horse > > but the only one he found appeared not to have been ridden lately. > > > > When my grandmother applied for her Social Security Card she > > listed her mothers maiden name as Martha Armenda Davis Shirley. > > > > "Mindy" married Boyd Alonzo Michael on January 27, 1889 in Whitt, > > Parker Co, TX at the age of 18. > > Any help at all would be greatly appreciated. > > Thank you, > > Jan Gray > > > > ==== TXPARKER Mailing List ==== > > ==== TXPARKER Mailing List ==== > List problems? Contact the Parker County listowner, PipL7x3@aol.com.

Hello Parker County, I am new to this list and seeking any information about my great grandmother Martha "Mindy" Armenda Davis Shirley that was adopted by Rev. Bob Shirley and his wife Sina that lived in Parker County (maybe near Whitt) in 1870. "Mindy" was born May 12, 1870. Family story says she was left on the doorstep of Rev. Bob Shirley. He heard a noise on the porch and when he went to check found the newborn baby. He caught a glimpse of a rider on a white horse riding away but could not tell if it was a man or a woman. He rode throughout the county looking for anyone that owned such a horse but the only one he found appeared not to have been ridden lately. When my grandmother applied for her Social Security Card she listed her mothers maiden name as Martha Armenda Davis Shirley. "Mindy" married Boyd Alonzo Michael on January 27, 1889 in Whitt, Parker Co, TX at the age of 18. Any help at all would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Jan Gray

Dear Lela - Can you tell me if there are any Nichols, Church, Whitmire or Parkers list in the book. Also how can one buy this book about Weatherford. Thank you, Roxanne ==== TXPARKER Mailing List ====

Lela, Does the book include the inscription as written on the stone? And if it does, would you mind looking up a few of my Scott/Smith relatives as well. I, too, would buy the book if I knew they were in there. Thanks so much Sue M. Clarksville, TN

My earliest known Butler ancestor was John Butler, b. abt 1790 and died 1858 in Gibson Co., TN. His children were: Clarissa Caroline BUTLER m. Henry WILLIAMSON 14-Dec-1856 in TN James H. Butler - married Elizabeth Unknown. Had a son George Butler. Patsy Butler - m. Unknown HUTSON. Dau. Mary Jane m. R. G. MOORE 26-Oct-1854. Saphronia Butler Little Ray Richard F. Butler John Bedford Butler Nancy Jane Butler Ledufsia Butler - b. abt 1843 - m. James T. HOLT 10-Apr-1860, Gibson Co., TN Jesse G. Butler Of the people above, most are accounted for. A Williamson researcher has told me that Clarissa C and Henry WILLIAMSON moved to Parker Co., TX in 1859. An uncle of James T. HOLT (Harrison Holt) was already living in Parker Co. We have lost Mary Jane HUTSON and R. G. MOORE; George BUTLER and wondered if they "moved West" with the Williamson's or followed them. Is anyone researching these families in Parker County? Karla Butler Everett

Dear Lela - Would you be able to tell me if any Speer names appear in those books? If my people are there I'll order them. But I can't afford to spend the money if they're not there. My gggrandfather, John F. Speer, is buried in the Old Greenwood Cemetary in Weatherford along with his grandson, Alvin Speer, but I haven't been able to find his wife, Jane, or his daughter-in-law, Elizabeth Sprout Brien Speer. She might be buried in Palo Pinto Co but Jane prob. died in Weatherford. Hope you can help and Thanks! Billie Gilmore - Thompson Falls, MT

Its not in the first two so it has to be the one they just printed...( I have copies) Traci Tamara wrote: > I looked at the order form and it says the Northwest quadrant is available > for $20, not the Northeast. Do you know which one of these would have Clark > Cemetery? > Thanks, > Tamara > > ---------- > > From: PipL7x3@aol.com > > To: TXPARKER-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [TXPARKER] City of Weatherford Cemetery Book > > Date: Thursday, September 09, 1999 11:45 AM > > > > I have been told that the City of Weatherford Cemetery Book that was just > > > published has some missing pages in the index. MAS through NALL is > missing. > > They are publishing an addendum to the book and it will be given to > anyone > > who has ordered a book. Unfortunately they do not have a list of people > who > > have bought books. If you have one of the City of Weatherford Cemetery > > Books, you can get a copy of the addendum by contacting Kaye Vernon at > > tree152@juno.com or by writing the Parker County Genealogy Society at > P.O. > > Box 201, Weatherford, TX > > > > The Southern Half of the County has been republished and The NorthEast > > Quadrant is now available at > http://www.sukoshi.com/txparker/orderform.html > > The NorthWest Quadrant should be available soon. > > > > Lela Evans > > > > > > ==== TXPARKER Mailing List ==== > > To search the Parker County mailing list archives, go to > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl Fill in the name of > the list and search for your key word. > > > > ==== TXPARKER Mailing List ==== > List problems? Contact the Parker County listowner, PipL7x3@aol.com.

I looked at the order form and it says the Northwest quadrant is available for $20, not the Northeast. Do you know which one of these would have Clark Cemetery? Thanks, Tamara ---------- > From: PipL7x3@aol.com > To: TXPARKER-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [TXPARKER] City of Weatherford Cemetery Book > Date: Thursday, September 09, 1999 11:45 AM > > I have been told that the City of Weatherford Cemetery Book that was just > published has some missing pages in the index. MAS through NALL is missing. > They are publishing an addendum to the book and it will be given to anyone > who has ordered a book. Unfortunately they do not have a list of people who > have bought books. If you have one of the City of Weatherford Cemetery > Books, you can get a copy of the addendum by contacting Kaye Vernon at > tree152@juno.com or by writing the Parker County Genealogy Society at P.O. > Box 201, Weatherford, TX > > The Southern Half of the County has been republished and The NorthEast > Quadrant is now available at http://www.sukoshi.com/txparker/orderform.html > The NorthWest Quadrant should be available soon. > > Lela Evans > > > ==== TXPARKER Mailing List ==== > To search the Parker County mailing list archives, go to http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl Fill in the name of the list and search for your key word. >

In a message dated 9/9/99 12:49:19 PM Central Daylight Time, prntimge@lcc.net writes: > I looked at the order form and it says the Northwest quadrant is available > for $20, not the Northeast. Do you know which one of these would have Clark > Cemetery? I'm sorry I made a mistake. The orderform is correct, the Northwest Quadrant is the one just published. The Northeast should be out in a few weeks and I will let you know when it is available. I don't have a list of the cemeteries in each of the books but I will put them online as soon as I receive my book. Lela

I have been told that the City of Weatherford Cemetery Book that was just published has some missing pages in the index. MAS through NALL is missing. They are publishing an addendum to the book and it will be given to anyone who has ordered a book. Unfortunately they do not have a list of people who have bought books. If you have one of the City of Weatherford Cemetery Books, you can get a copy of the addendum by contacting Kaye Vernon at tree152@juno.com or by writing the Parker County Genealogy Society at P.O. Box 201, Weatherford, TX The Southern Half of the County has been republished and The NorthEast Quadrant is now available at http://www.sukoshi.com/txparker/orderform.html The NorthWest Quadrant should be available soon. Lela Evans

I would like hear from anyone researching the BEVINs name that has info on John BEVINS and his wife Celia DETHERAGE BEVINS b 1883 and died in 1963 in Weatherford. Sandra

Thanks for the information , it sounds like it would be real interesting to visit. Mary MGWestbroo@aol.com

Hi Lela, there is a large Catholic Sec. in the Memory Gardens Cem. between Weatherford and Mineral Wells on Hwy 180 about 6 miles or so West of Weatherford. This is the only that i know of, that a section set aside for for Cathloics. There may be others. Ron Williams ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.

I thought that I would add this info about the Pythian Home. I have relatives that lived in the Pythian Home in Weatherford after the deaths of their parents. There is a book that I bought "75 Years of Benevolent Service, A History of the Texas Pythian Home 1909-1984" when I visited it several years ago. The main building of the "Widows and Orphans Home and Industrial School" was opened to its first residents on March 1, 1909. The boys and girls dorms and hospital building were erected later. The Knights of Pythia was and is a fraternal order that was formed just after the Civil War, the first Lodge was in Washington D.C., formed in 1864. The initiation consisted on three Ranks of Knighthood: Page, Esquire, and Knight. The three lessons portrayed in each Rank being Friendship, Charity and Benevolence. In addition to the Knights (for men), there was also the Rathbone sisters and the Pythian Sisters. If anyone lives in the Parker Co. area, it is really worth going to see. It looks like a castle, it just needs a moat. Jan Wallace jwallace@flash.net

Hello . I hope you all have information that I need on my Byrns/Byrnes. Here's a brief outline: BYRNS/BYRNES- James b abt 1829 KY married Caroline HARDAWAY abt 1851 in KY. Children 1)Catherine Elizabeth b abt 1853 m Zeke WILLIAMS and living in Hamlin, Texas in 1925 2) John L. b 01 Feb 1857 prob Grayson Co., TX. m Mary Elizabeth ELLIS 07 Nov 1883 in Texas ( - had one son Wiley Eugene b 1884 Grayson Co., TX) d 19 July 1930, Ardmore, Carter Co., OK 3) T.T. Byrnes b 30 Sept 1863 prob Grayson Co., TX d 25 Nov 1925, McMillan, OK. Any and all information on any of these families would be most appreciated. Thank you. Carol in Okla surnames: Adkison-Byrns-Butler-Ellis-Foy-Haney-Isaacs-Kincannon- Love-Morse-Patterson-Payne-Weir