Hi Bob, My 3rd great grandparents, Hiram and Sarah DeWeese Kennedy are buried in the Halesboro Cemetery. Hiram was born in 1811 and Sarah born in 1813 - both in Kentucky. Hiram was a farmer and circuit-riding preacher. They came to Lamar County in 1855 and settled northeast of the present town of Cunningham. A.W. Neville wrote about them in "Backward Glances" on February 28, 1935. The article was entitled, "Hiram Kennedy, Preacher and Soldier". Phyllis Carpenter, Colorado

Phyllis, I can't help but check places and names that are common to my line. My GGG GF Richard F Giddens (born 1798) was the 1st of 9 (maybe one more) and the 8th of the siblings was Hiram Giddens born in Ky in 1813. RFG came to RR county in 1833 but Hiram Giddens settled in Delta Co around Ben Franklin. The name Hiram followed down the line to Jr etc. Hiram and other of his relatives are buried in the old Simmons (spell) Cemetery just east of Ben Franklin in Delta Co. Other Giddens are buried in the Ben Franklin Cemetery and 2 at Pecan Gap Cemetery. I even found a fairly recent Marion Giddens at Ben Franklin Cemetery which is my middle name and is in the name of my uncle, grandfather and his uncle. All this makes me wonder if a female descent of Hiram Giddens may have married a Kennedy family at some point. RFG with had father and family moved to Floyd Co. Ky ca 1810. A few years later the area they were in became Pike Co. Ben Franklin is not all that far from the Cunningham area. My folk left Ky around 1820 and went top ILL for about 12 years before coming to Red River Co. My Hiram was born 2 years after your Hiram, both in Ky. Do you know what County? Jim Giddens Paris/Reno, Tx ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2005 12:23 AM Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Old cemeterty > Hi Bob, > My 3rd great grandparents, Hiram and Sarah DeWeese Kennedy are buried in the > Halesboro Cemetery. Hiram was born in 1811 and Sarah born in 1813 - both in > Kentucky. Hiram was a farmer and circuit-riding preacher. They came to Lamar > County in 1855 and settled northeast of the present town of Cunningham. A.W. > Neville wrote about them in "Backward Glances" on February 28, 1935. The > article was entitled, "Hiram Kennedy, Preacher and Soldier". > > Phyllis Carpenter, > Colorado > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > Visit Red River County GenWeb site http://www.rootsweb.com/~txredriv > > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx

Phyllis, I'm sure I mentioned the Kennedys' burial in the story I did, since there are not that many such early dates even in old cemeteries. I have two volumes of Neville's works, and I will look up the story. Thanks. Bob Merriman Sulphur Springs, Texas ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2005 12:23 AM Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Old cemeterty > Hi Bob, > My 3rd great grandparents, Hiram and Sarah DeWeese Kennedy are buried in the > Halesboro Cemetery. Hiram was born in 1811 and Sarah born in 1813 - both in > Kentucky. Hiram was a farmer and circuit-riding preacher. They came to Lamar > County in 1855 and settled northeast of the present town of Cunningham. A.W. > Neville wrote about them in "Backward Glances" on February 28, 1935. The > article was entitled, "Hiram Kennedy, Preacher and Soldier". > > Phyllis Carpenter, > Colorado > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > Visit Red River County GenWeb site http://www.rootsweb.com/~txredriv > > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > >

Bob and Priscilla, If I forgot to say anything, welcome to the Red River list. I think it gets better with every post by all the members, and I am glad to be a small part(though rather gabby), of it all. As usual, I just barge right in, even when no one is talking to me. Thanks for wriitng the good posts. Bonnie Provence Shiro Idabel, Ok p.s. Thanks Jim G for the photo of the house from Clarksville. >From: "PRISCILLA MERRIMAN" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Old cemeterty >Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 15:53:23 -0500 > >Phyllis, >I'm sure I mentioned the Kennedys' burial in the story I did, since there >are not that many such early dates even in old cemeteries. I have two >volumes of Neville's works, and I will look up the story. >Thanks. >Bob Merriman >Sulphur Springs, Texas >----- Original Message ----- >From: <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2005 12:23 AM >Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Old cemeterty > > > > Hi Bob, > > My 3rd great grandparents, Hiram and Sarah DeWeese Kennedy are buried >in >the > > Halesboro Cemetery. Hiram was born in 1811 and Sarah born in 1813 - >both >in > > Kentucky. Hiram was a farmer and circuit-riding preacher. They came to >Lamar > > County in 1855 and settled northeast of the present town of Cunningham. >A.W. > > Neville wrote about them in "Backward Glances" on February 28, 1935. >The > > article was entitled, "Hiram Kennedy, Preacher and Soldier". > > > > Phyllis Carpenter, > > Colorado > > > > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > Visit Red River County GenWeb site http://www.rootsweb.com/~txredriv > > > > > > ============================== > > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > > New content added every business day. Learn more: > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > > > > > > > >==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > >============================== >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >