Wanda, I can't help but notice common places we have. Independence Co. Ark points up in my Giddens genealogy from time to time. First,my grandmother Alice Caroline Giddens was a Crabtree born in Independence Co. Ark. on Feb 28, 1881. Her father was George Acorn Crabtree . My charts show my grandmother was christened at the Methodist Church at White Rock in Red River Co. I assume at small child but the years is not stated. George Acorn is buried at White Rock and Alice did marry my grandfather Francis Marion Giddens in Clarksville Nov. 3, 1900. With Geo Crabtree at White Rock & my Giddens at Concord, they lived within a mile or 2 of each other. I also have notes saying when the 4 sons of my GGGG GF Reuben Giddens started migrating from Vermilion Co, ILL to Red River Co Tex around 1830, they took had layovers in Mo and/or Ark to raise a crop. I can't put my hands on it at the moment but I recall in my notes indications at one of the sons may have stayed in Independence Co. Ark for a uncertain period of time and had children born there. (Reuben came later to RR Co about 1840 at the age of about 60 or older) I also have a Crabtree family chart showing a Crabtree marrying in 1934 in Durant, Ok but was born in Tx in 1912. He had a son (Jr) born in Colbert in 1940. This was sent to my dad by a Mary Crabtree of Colbert, Ok in 1992, trying to connect our two Crabtree. Her original question was about a Calvin (Calvary) Giddens ancestor. I called the Mary Crabtree in Colbert just last week, but Mary was in poor health and the family have not been much help as of yet. I did talk to her son Tom that was mentioned in the letter, but he had not information at this time. Well I better cut it off. Jim Giddens Paris, Tx ----- Original Message ----- From: <Avonnec@aol.com> To: <TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 8:43 AM Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] I'm one of the new subscribers > Jan my Great aunt was Mary Matilda Matlock Sturch Scott, her first husband > was Andrew Jackson Sturch.he was the father of Josey, James Jefferson and > William B.F. > William and my grandfather married Reynolds sisters in Independence Co. AR > in the latter part of 1880s. Making my father and William B. F.s children > double cousins. > I guess that does make us distant cousins. > Williams only son taught and was dean at Southwestern in Durant,for many > years, so was one of his sons. The other was Sheriff of Bryan Co. OK. I have > been in contact with them, to no avail, they have promised but have not > followed through. > Thank you for answering my post. > Wanda in OK > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Jan, my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family in this unexpected tradgedy. May the Lord be with you throughout the coming days to ease the pain. As life goes on you will look back on your many memories and be able to laugh at the many enjoyable moments that you and he made together. Wanda in OK

Jan my Great aunt was Mary Matilda Matlock Sturch Scott, her first husband was Andrew Jackson Sturch.he was the father of Josey, James Jefferson and William B.F. William and my grandfather married Reynolds sisters in Independence Co. AR in the latter part of 1880s. Making my father and William B. F.s children double cousins. I guess that does make us distant cousins. Williams only son taught and was dean at Southwestern in Durant,for many years, so was one of his sons. The other was Sheriff of Bryan Co. OK. I have been in contact with them, to no avail, they have promised but have not followed through. Thank you for answering my post. Wanda in OK

The Coopers I'm researching include Fielden Green Cooper b. 1856 & Sallie Broomfield/Brumfield, wife b. 1857-9. (Son Wm. D. died age 5 in Sherman; daughter, Phoebe Melinda Cooper b. 1886 Sherman m. Fred Stoughton d. 1968 Dallas.) Both F.G. & Sallie are buried in Dallas. "F. G." or "Green" Cooper's father is John Lee Cooper, b 1859 ?TN d. 1913, Sherman. Married to Margaret M. Youngblood b. 1828 AL d. 1921--both buried in West Hill Cemetery; I have photo of headstones. Also just received this week a wonderful memoir done in 1944 by F. G.'s brother, James Lee b. 1854, Marshall Co. MS., detailing their move to TX in 1859, arriving in Red River Co. 2/5/1860. John served in TX 29th Cavalry. Places mentioned include: Sivley Grove, Col. W. B. Aikin's plantation, P. H. Senter farm, Joe M. Sivley farm home. Names mentioned include his siblings, spouses Anna Quarles and Julia Daniels, Nannie Laney, Ervin Lanie, Uncle William and Aunt Marilla (Youngblood sisters married Cooper brothers), their son George, John Gardner, H. A. Davidson, L. C. Stiles, Bailey Hutcheson, Jessie Giddens, Dick Ward, William White, Johnson family (killed and scalped 1873), Joe Dick Giddens, John Anderson, Frank Jackson, Jim McLeary, Jack Thompson, Mr. Dowdy, John Netherly. This is a typed document which appears to be a guided interview, sent to me by a descendant. Linda Mabry

Jan, I heart goes out to you. I too lost my son at the age of 29 in 1994 and I still miss him. This is a loss that stays with you for a long time, but I try to think of all the good times we had with each other. I know that your son is now an angel in heaven along with mine. Joyce in Denton

Friends/Family List, Thank you so much for responding to Jan's message the way you have. I know she is hurting badly and your kind words and prayers of support are greatly appreciated. I would not expect less from you, the greatest folks in the world. Love, Tom Heath,TX >From: "Tom Watson DDS" <tom_watson_dds@hotmail.com> >Reply-To: TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com >To: TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] I'm one of the new subscribers >Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 22:35:54 -0500 > >Wanda, > I'll be glad to send you what I have. Yes, most of it did come from >Bonnie Bolding. I will need your Address. > Tom > Heath,TX > > > > > >>From: Avonnec@aol.com >>Reply-To: TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com >>To: TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com >>Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] I'm one of the new subscribers >>Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 15:47:24 EDT >> >> Tom, I would like a copy of what you are going to send Jan if it has any >>of >>the Sturch and Sutherland data, especially if it is some of what Bonnie >>Bolding sent you. >> >> Wanda in OK >>avonnec@aol'com >> >> >>==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== >> >> >> >>============================== >>To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >>go to: >>http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >> > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. >http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail > > >==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > _________________________________________________________________ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

Wanda, I'll be glad to send you what I have. Yes, most of it did come from Bonnie Bolding. I will need your Address. Tom Heath,TX >From: Avonnec@aol.com >Reply-To: TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com >To: TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] I'm one of the new subscribers >Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 15:47:24 EDT > > Tom, I would like a copy of what you are going to send Jan if it has any >of >the Sturch and Sutherland data, especially if it is some of what Bonnie >Bolding sent you. > > Wanda in OK >avonnec@aol'com > > >==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail

Jan, I am shocked of course. I just got in from work and read your e-mail. Sue (my wife) and I have you and your family in our thoughts and prayers and I am sure everyone on this board is doing. I will e-mail your directly. Your cousin, Jim Giddens Paris, Tx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Lindley" <jlindley@centurytel.net> To: <TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 10:08 PM Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] I'm one of the new subscribers > Jim---guess this makes us cousins also: Tom is my first cousin. Our dads > were brothers. > > This is really a rough time for me right now; my youngest son, James (age > 32) was killed in an auto accident Saturday morning. I think I'm still a > little numb, but feel like it's also important for me to try to return all > the normalcy to my life that I can. And the genealogical research is one of > my ways of dealing with stress. > > Thank you so much for the information you included; you just added several > generations to my family tree. > > Hope to hear from you again soon. > > Your cousin, > > Jan

Jan, I am so sorry for your loss. I just can't imagine. I'll pray for you and yours...God Bless you and Keep you Carrie Brock Pierce Pecan Gap, TX >From: "Jan Lindley" <jlindley@centurytel.net> >Reply-To: TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com >To: TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] I'm one of the new subscribers >Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 20:08:30 -0700 > >Jim---guess this makes us cousins also: Tom is my first cousin. Our dads >were brothers. > >This is really a rough time for me right now; my youngest son, James (age >32) was killed in an auto accident Saturday morning. I think I'm still a >little numb, but feel like it's also important for me to try to return all >the normalcy to my life that I can. And the genealogical research is one >of >my ways of dealing with stress. > >Thank you so much for the information you included; you just added several >generations to my family tree. > >Hope to hear from you again soon. > >Your cousin, > >Jan >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Jim Giddens" <jimg@cox-internet.com> >To: <TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2003 6:23 AM >Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] I'm one of the new subscribers > > > > Jan, I am sure Tom Watson will be helping you soon. His grandfather >is > > Virgil Lee Watson. The two of us have the same gg grandfather Charlie > > Hurst Watson buried in Roaring Springs Cemetery near Matador in west >Texas. > > C.H.W's father is James Watson buried at White Rock Cemetery in Red >River > > Co. Tom's grandfather & my grandfathers were double cousins. Watson > > brothers married Horn(e) Sisters. > > More from Tom later but I just had to jump in on this. > > In fact Tom is on the way to my home now and we are going to visit > > Clarksville. He will contact you later. > > > > Jim Giddens > > (my mother was a Watson) > > Paris, Tx > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jan Lindley" <jlindley@centurytel.net> > > To: <TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2003 8:11 AM > > Subject: [TXREDRIV] I'm one of the new subscribers > > > > > > > Hi---my name is Jan Lindley and I am a new subscriber to the Red River > > County list. I'm really hoping someone out there can help me find out > > something about my father's family. My parents were divorced when I was >2 > > and I had very little contact with him or his family. > > > > > > I am the daughter of Artice Virgil Watson (b. 11/21/1919, TX; d. 1976, > > NJ). Artice was the son of Virgil Lee Watson (b. 9/28/1892, Red River >Co., > > TX; d. mid-1960's, Irving, TX) and Murtie Lee Sturch (b. 7/19/1894, Red > > River Co., TX; d. 1970's, Irving, TX). Murtie's mother's given name was > > Martha (don't know her maiden name); she was born 12/8/1868 and died >after > > 1945. I have no idea who Virgil's parents were and this and the names >of > > Murtie's parents are one of the things I am looking for. > > > > > > Can anyone out there help? Please and thank you. > > > > > > Jan > > > > > > > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy >records, > > go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy >records, >go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > >==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > _________________________________________________________________ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

Jan, My thoughts and prayers to you and your family. I really don't know what to say, except God is in Control and He will lead you out of this with a stronger faith and a stronger heart. As many will tell you I am not usually short on words, but this really makes me really sit back and think. I will be 32 in a few months. Lord, may Your peace and comfort be with this family through this tough time, Amen. Drew ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Lindley" <jlindley@centurytel.net> To: <TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 10:08 PM Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] I'm one of the new subscribers > Jim---guess this makes us cousins also: Tom is my first cousin. Our dads > were brothers. > > This is really a rough time for me right now; my youngest son, James (age > 32) was killed in an auto accident Saturday morning. I think I'm still a > little numb, but feel like it's also important for me to try to return all > the normalcy to my life that I can. And the genealogical research is one of > my ways of dealing with stress. > > Thank you so much for the information you included; you just added several > generations to my family tree. > > Hope to hear from you again soon. > > Your cousin, > > Jan

Our prayers are with you and yours Jan....we are so very sorry to hear of your loss....God bless you and yours. jan & tom brodie jbrodie@livingston.net

Jan,I am no kin,but I hurt for you in the loss of your son. God Belss you and yours. Bonnie McCurtain County Oklahoma >From: "Jan Lindley" <jlindley@centurytel.net> >Reply-To: TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com >To: TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] I'm one of the new subscribers >Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 20:08:30 -0700 > >Jim---guess this makes us cousins also: Tom is my first cousin. Our dads >were brothers. > >This is really a rough time for me right now; my youngest son, James (age >32) was killed in an auto accident Saturday morning. I think I'm still a >little numb, but feel like it's also important for me to try to return all >the normalcy to my life that I can. And the genealogical research is one >of >my ways of dealing with stress. > >Thank you so much for the information you included; you just added several >generations to my family tree. > >Hope to hear from you again soon. > >Your cousin, > >Jan >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Jim Giddens" <jimg@cox-internet.com> >To: <TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2003 6:23 AM >Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] I'm one of the new subscribers > > > > Jan, I am sure Tom Watson will be helping you soon. His grandfather >is > > Virgil Lee Watson. The two of us have the same gg grandfather Charlie > > Hurst Watson buried in Roaring Springs Cemetery near Matador in west >Texas. > > C.H.W's father is James Watson buried at White Rock Cemetery in Red >River > > Co. Tom's grandfather & my grandfathers were double cousins. Watson > > brothers married Horn(e) Sisters. > > More from Tom later but I just had to jump in on this. > > In fact Tom is on the way to my home now and we are going to visit > > Clarksville. He will contact you later. > > > > Jim Giddens > > (my mother was a Watson) > > Paris, Tx > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jan Lindley" <jlindley@centurytel.net> > > To: <TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2003 8:11 AM > > Subject: [TXREDRIV] I'm one of the new subscribers > > > > > > > Hi---my name is Jan Lindley and I am a new subscriber to the Red River > > County list. I'm really hoping someone out there can help me find out > > something about my father's family. My parents were divorced when I was >2 > > and I had very little contact with him or his family. > > > > > > I am the daughter of Artice Virgil Watson (b. 11/21/1919, TX; d. 1976, > > NJ). Artice was the son of Virgil Lee Watson (b. 9/28/1892, Red River >Co., > > TX; d. mid-1960's, Irving, TX) and Murtie Lee Sturch (b. 7/19/1894, Red > > River Co., TX; d. 1970's, Irving, TX). Murtie's mother's given name was > > Martha (don't know her maiden name); she was born 12/8/1868 and died >after > > 1945. I have no idea who Virgil's parents were and this and the names >of > > Murtie's parents are one of the things I am looking for. > > > > > > Can anyone out there help? Please and thank you. > > > > > > Jan > > > > > > > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy >records, > > go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy >records, >go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > >==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus

Jan, My condolences on the loss of your son. My heart grieves for you and your family. You will be in my thoughts and prayers. I cannot begin to comprehend your staggering loss, but I know God can confort and help you. You will find this list is much like family. Although many of us are silent, others semi-active, and still others always on task, we count each as family and when one has a problem we support each other. Please know you have a whole new support system in the Red River Family. Ginger Geary Annona (just outside Clarksville)

Wanda---how are you related? It sounds like we might be cousins. Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: <Avonnec@aol.com> To: <TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 12:47 PM Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] I'm one of the new subscribers > Tom, I would like a copy of what you are going to send Jan if it has any of > the Sturch and Sutherland data, especially if it is some of what Bonnie > Bolding sent you. > > Wanda in OK > avonnec@aol'com > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Jim---guess this makes us cousins also: Tom is my first cousin. Our dads were brothers. This is really a rough time for me right now; my youngest son, James (age 32) was killed in an auto accident Saturday morning. I think I'm still a little numb, but feel like it's also important for me to try to return all the normalcy to my life that I can. And the genealogical research is one of my ways of dealing with stress. Thank you so much for the information you included; you just added several generations to my family tree. Hope to hear from you again soon. Your cousin, Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Giddens" <jimg@cox-internet.com> To: <TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2003 6:23 AM Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] I'm one of the new subscribers > Jan, I am sure Tom Watson will be helping you soon. His grandfather is > Virgil Lee Watson. The two of us have the same gg grandfather Charlie > Hurst Watson buried in Roaring Springs Cemetery near Matador in west Texas. > C.H.W's father is James Watson buried at White Rock Cemetery in Red River > Co. Tom's grandfather & my grandfathers were double cousins. Watson > brothers married Horn(e) Sisters. > More from Tom later but I just had to jump in on this. > In fact Tom is on the way to my home now and we are going to visit > Clarksville. He will contact you later. > > Jim Giddens > (my mother was a Watson) > Paris, Tx > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jan Lindley" <jlindley@centurytel.net> > To: <TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2003 8:11 AM > Subject: [TXREDRIV] I'm one of the new subscribers > > > > Hi---my name is Jan Lindley and I am a new subscriber to the Red River > County list. I'm really hoping someone out there can help me find out > something about my father's family. My parents were divorced when I was 2 > and I had very little contact with him or his family. > > > > I am the daughter of Artice Virgil Watson (b. 11/21/1919, TX; d. 1976, > NJ). Artice was the son of Virgil Lee Watson (b. 9/28/1892, Red River Co., > TX; d. mid-1960's, Irving, TX) and Murtie Lee Sturch (b. 7/19/1894, Red > River Co., TX; d. 1970's, Irving, TX). Murtie's mother's given name was > Martha (don't know her maiden name); she was born 12/8/1868 and died after > 1945. I have no idea who Virgil's parents were and this and the names of > Murtie's parents are one of the things I am looking for. > > > > Can anyone out there help? Please and thank you. > > > > Jan > > > > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Was it the Eagle Hotel before it was the Donoho Hotel? This is from the RR Co census. Jim Giddens Paris, Tx ----- Original Message ----- Donoho Hotel 375 Eagle Hotel 375 Mary Donahoo 41 f Landlady 3000 TN James 13 m Mex Penelope 18 f TX Susan 16 f Gilbert Ragan 36 m Grocer 1300 NC Mary 18 f MO Eliza 2 f TX W. P. Saufley 27 m KY Eliza 15 f TX L. H. Morgan 29 m Attorney 300 TN S. Rhine 29 m Merchant 4000 GER

Didn't some one ask about Lynch. May the will help. Jim Giddens ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Giddens To: Jim Giddens Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 5:08 PM Subject: Lynch in 1850 census of Red River Co.Tx age occupation birth place Lynch in Red River County in 1850 326 Thomas Lynch 28 m Renter KY Maria Jane 26 f John 4 m Cyntha Jane 2 f J. W. Lynch 22 m Printer AL

Tom, I would like a copy of what you are going to send Jan if it has any of the Sturch and Sutherland data, especially if it is some of what Bonnie Bolding sent you. Wanda in OK avonnec@aol'com

Jan, Good to hear from you again. As Jim said, I will be glad to give you any info I can related to our family. I have all the requested info and will give it to you direct,off the list , unless there is a member/members who would like to share in it also. Jim and I had a really great day yesterday. Seems we never stop talking when we are on one of our "Whirlwind Tours". I wish you and everyone on the list could have been with us!! We decided that next time we will take our fishing gear to Crystal Lake. There were a couple of men who were having a good time catching some nice hybrid bass. All Jim and I did was watch and eat some good, hot donuts that we had bought earlier at Clarksville. WE actually bought enough (2 doz.) for the ladies at the court house but they were not open on sat. so Jim and I had a bunch of donuts to eat. You all should have seen us blazing a trail to my GGGG Grandfather Wm. Becknell's grave. JIm said he could tell I had some of the Pioneer Spirit in me, also. WE were going to place flowers on his grave but the florists were all closed. April 25 was the 147th anniversary of Becknell's death. I thought it would be good to visit his grave. Jim and I recounted his history while standing at his grave. It is hard to look at his stone that the state put there to honor him and see the wrong death date on it and look around at the condition of the cemetery and think how we fail to honor this man who was such an influence on our states history as well as how he helped start the western expansion of our nation...... enough said. Talk to you in a minute, Jan Tom Watson Heath, TX ( Watson, Cornett, Crosby, Becknell, Rogers, McAllister, Sturch, Southerland, Horne, Mercer, Fuller) >From: "Jim Giddens" <jimg@cox-internet.com> >Reply-To: TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com >To: TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] I'm one of the new subscribers >Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 08:23:19 -0500 > >Jan, I am sure Tom Watson will be helping you soon. His grandfather is >Virgil Lee Watson. The two of us have the same gg grandfather Charlie >Hurst Watson buried in Roaring Springs Cemetery near Matador in west Texas. >C.H.W's father is James Watson buried at White Rock Cemetery in Red River >Co. Tom's grandfather & my grandfathers were double cousins. Watson >brothers married Horn(e) Sisters. >More from Tom later but I just had to jump in on this. >In fact Tom is on the way to my home now and we are going to visit >Clarksville. He will contact you later. > >Jim Giddens >(my mother was a Watson) >Paris, Tx >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Jan Lindley" <jlindley@centurytel.net> >To: <TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2003 8:11 AM >Subject: [TXREDRIV] I'm one of the new subscribers > > > > Hi---my name is Jan Lindley and I am a new subscriber to the Red River >County list. I'm really hoping someone out there can help me find out >something about my father's family. My parents were divorced when I was 2 >and I had very little contact with him or his family. > > > > I am the daughter of Artice Virgil Watson (b. 11/21/1919, TX; d. 1976, >NJ). Artice was the son of Virgil Lee Watson (b. 9/28/1892, Red River Co., >TX; d. mid-1960's, Irving, TX) and Murtie Lee Sturch (b. 7/19/1894, Red >River Co., TX; d. 1970's, Irving, TX). Murtie's mother's given name was >Martha (don't know her maiden name); she was born 12/8/1868 and died after >1945. I have no idea who Virgil's parents were and this and the names of >Murtie's parents are one of the things I am looking for. > > > > Can anyone out there help? Please and thank you. > > > > Jan > > > > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy >records, >go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > >==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail

Do you have the book Red River Recollections? There are several articles in there on this Cooper family. And there are a few cemetery records in the Dale's book. Sarah Ward Ragsdill ----- Original Message ----- From: <MabryRJ@aol.com> To: <TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2003 3:27 PM Subject: [TXREDRIV] Cooper family research > The Coopers I'm researching include Fielden Green Cooper b. 1856 & Sallie > Broomfield/Brumfield, wife b. 1857-9. (Son Wm. D. died age 5 in Sherman; > daughter, Phoebe Melinda Cooper b. 1886 Sherman m. Fred Stoughton d. 1968 > Dallas.) Both F.G. & Sallie are buried in Dallas. "F. G." or "Green" Cooper's > father is John Lee Cooper, b 1859 ?TN d. 1913, Sherman. Married to Margaret > M. Youngblood b. 1828 AL d. 1921--both buried in West Hill Cemetery; I have > photo of headstones. Also just received this week a wonderful memoir done in > 1944 by F. G.'s brother, James Lee b. 1854, Marshall Co. MS., detailing their > move to TX in 1859, arriving in Red River Co. 2/5/1860. John served in TX > 29th Cavalry. Places mentioned include: Sivley Grove, Col. W. B. Aikin's > plantation, P. H. Senter farm, Joe M. Sivley farm home. Names mentioned > include his siblings, spouses Anna Quarles and Julia Daniels, Nannie Laney, > Ervin Lanie, Uncle William and Aunt Marilla (Youngblood sisters married > Cooper brothers), their son George, John Gardner, H. A. Davidson, L. C. > Stiles, Bailey Hutcheson, Jessie Giddens, Dick Ward, William White, Johnson > family (killed and scalped 1873), Joe Dick Giddens, John Anderson, Frank > Jackson, Jim McLeary, Jack Thompson, Mr. Dowdy, John Netherly. This is a > typed document which appears to be a guided interview, sent to me by a > descendant. Linda Mabry > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >