THANK YOU for your reply, Papa and Ma lived in both Red River CO. and Lamar CO. they did share cropping and other odd jobs in the area. My Grandparents lived after there marriage in Lamar CO.I sure would love to find the cause of death of John Daniel he was he was so young when he died. THANKS AGAIN, Donna Cynthia Samples wrote: > Sounds like you need Lamar County. All the places you mention are in Lamar > County, although there are probably some people on this list who are familar > with both. > > If you haven't already done this, go to the Lamar County TXGenWeb site, > > http://gen.1starnet.com/ > > and click on "Cemetery Records" and do a search on your names. You might > find some information on some of them. > > Cynthia Samples > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "massedixs" <massedixs@sbcglobal.net> > To: <txredriv@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 8:31 PM > Subject: [TXREDRIV] Help on my Ledbetter and Freeland family > > > >> Hello to the group . Jim I have e-mail you in private a couple of >> times, I guess you don't get your private e-mail I hope you or someone >> can help me PLEASE find the cause of death of my great grandfather >> John Danial Ledbetter. >> He died or was killed on Aug. 28 1904 and is buried in Tiger Town >> cemetery, I have been told by my family that they were very poor but the >> headstone is very nice for the time frame he died in, they came from >> Alabama (long story) he was married to Mary Jane Click ( her father was >> Richard Click) she died and is buried next to him on March 21 1911 and >> my grandmother was raised by her brothers and sister in laws. William >> Edward (Uncle ED) who was hit by lighting and died 1933 and Thomas >> Danial Ledbetter (Uncle Tom) I was very close to him but he never talked >> about Papa and Ma. My grandmother married Albert Earl Freeland son on >> William (Will) Freeland grandma was Lizzie Mae Ledbetter. They had 9 >> child all born in or around Paris >> my mother was the oldest she became a nurse there in Paris and entered >> WWII and became a 1st LT in the 11 evac.unit and was highly decorated >> and had 5 campaign and battle stars with letter from IKE and Patton >> that I have now she died in 1993 at VA hospital in Dallas where we >> live. Her sisters were Thelma (Dean), Bessie Bee, brother Ferrell (died >> at 10 mo. from lye soap) sisters Ruth, Arduth, Faon, brother Royce and >> sister Malone. >> They were born and lived in Unity, Globe, Sumner, and Chiota. >> Can you PLEASE help me I have health problems that will not let me make >> the trip to look for myself. Other connection there are the Hicks, >> (Maude Freeland Hicks grandpa's, sister they had a gro. store. The >> Wideman's and the Stapletons. I truly hope you are some one would be >> kind and help me find the answer this question. >> Thanks Donna >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> TXREDRIV-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXREDRIV-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >