The Holly Springs Cemetery, Shelby County Texas, is now on the web Quick View http://www.rootsweb.com/~txshelby/cem_holly.htm Ray Jackson rayjac@qzip.net Shelby County Texas Rootsweb Coordinator

St. Paul's Cemetery, Shelby County Texas is no on the web Quick View http://www.rootsweb.com/~txshelby/cem_stpaulbap.htm Ray Jackson rayjac@qzip.net Shelby County Texas Rootsweb Coordinator

October - Archeology Awareness Month at the Shelby County Museum 409-598-3613 schs@panola.cc.tx.us October 5 Joint meeting with the San Augustine Historical Foundation - Dr. Corbin talked about Mission Delores in San Augustine. Over 40 people attended the meeting. A special behind the scene tour was given to SCHSociety members. Many thanks for their hospitality. October 23 Adventures in Discovery - Archeological Dig on the Museum Grounds 1999 Open to 15 students (5 San Augustine and 10 Shelby) Professors and students from SFASU will explore the realms of archeology with students in a class lecture and a hands-on project. For further information, contact Team Leader, Connie Hodges at 598-3613. November 11 Tem Morrison will be the guest lecturer. He will demonstrate flint napping. The art of making points (arrowheads). 6:00pm at the Shelby County Museum December Time and Date to be announced. Election of officers Election of new Board Members Open House - Santa Claus, food and much more

Well, I miss Center! Course I have pictures all around here and in books,but I still with I was there sitting on the Courthouse Square watching the cars! Annette Sanders Person,Class of 1955 ShelbyTX@aol.com wrote: > --part1_0.42d04897.252f31b1_boundary > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > > --part1_0.42d04897.252f31b1_boundary > Content-Type: message/rfc822 > Content-Disposition: inline > > Return-Path: <potter01@UTSW.SWMED.EDU> > Received: from rly-yh05.mx.aol.com (rly-yh05.mail.aol.com [172.18.147.37]) > by air-yh01.mail.aol.com (vx) with ESMTP; Thu, 07 Oct 1999 16:44:27 > -0400 > Received: from utsw.swmed.edu (pager.swmed.edu [129.112.1.12]) by > rly-yh05.mx.aol.com (v61.13) with ESMTP; Thu, 07 Oct 1999 16:44:16 > -0400 > Received: from jrpotter.swmed.edu by UTSW.SWMED.EDU (PMDF V5.0-7 #18231) > id <01JGUWS1I73M95PKFJ@UTSW.SWMED.EDU> for ShelbyTX@aol.com; Thu, > 07 Oct 1999 15:43:27 -0500 (CDT) > Date: Thu, 07 Oct 1999 15:49:50 -0600 (CST) > From: Jan Potter <potter01@UTSW.SWMED.EDU> > Subject: hello from class of '63 > To: ShelbyTX@aol.com > Message-id: <potter01.1289720630A@utsw.swmed.edu> > X-Mailer: VersaTerm Link v1.1.4 > Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT > > To ShelbyTX@aol.com > fm Royce Potter (now living in Dallas) > > Sure miss Tenaha, where I grew up. Wish I could find pictures on the web of > my favorite place. > > Sincerely > > --part1_0.42d04897.252f31b1_boundary--

<A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Senate/7917/">Click here: Courthouses of Texas</A> Interesting site. Jane Sanford Keppler

--part1_0.42d04897.252f31b1_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_0.42d04897.252f31b1_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <potter01@UTSW.SWMED.EDU> Received: from rly-yh05.mx.aol.com (rly-yh05.mail.aol.com [172.18.147.37]) by air-yh01.mail.aol.com (vx) with ESMTP; Thu, 07 Oct 1999 16:44:27 -0400 Received: from utsw.swmed.edu (pager.swmed.edu [129.112.1.12]) by rly-yh05.mx.aol.com (v61.13) with ESMTP; Thu, 07 Oct 1999 16:44:16 -0400 Received: from jrpotter.swmed.edu by UTSW.SWMED.EDU (PMDF V5.0-7 #18231) id <01JGUWS1I73M95PKFJ@UTSW.SWMED.EDU> for ShelbyTX@aol.com; Thu, 07 Oct 1999 15:43:27 -0500 (CDT) Date: Thu, 07 Oct 1999 15:49:50 -0600 (CST) From: Jan Potter <potter01@UTSW.SWMED.EDU> Subject: hello from class of '63 To: ShelbyTX@aol.com Message-id: <potter01.1289720630A@utsw.swmed.edu> X-Mailer: VersaTerm Link v1.1.4 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT To ShelbyTX@aol.com fm Royce Potter (now living in Dallas) Sure miss Tenaha, where I grew up. Wish I could find pictures on the web of my favorite place. Sincerely --part1_0.42d04897.252f31b1_boundary--

--part1_0.d0f51876.252e8a28_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_0.d0f51876.252e8a28_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <rep.smith@juno.com> Received: from rly-yh05.mx.aol.com (rly-yh05.mail.aol.com [172.18.147.37]) by air-yh01.mail.aol.com (vx) with ESMTP; Thu, 07 Oct 1999 12:40:25 -0400 Received: from m7.boston.juno.com (m7.boston.juno.com [205.231.100.196]) by rly-yh05.mx.aol.com (v61.13) with ESMTP; Thu, 07 Oct 1999 12:40:16 -0400 Received: (from rep.smith@juno.com) by m7.boston.juno.com (queuemail) id ENCE4A2R; Thu, 07 Oct 1999 12:40:11 EDT To: relppek@aol.com Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 09:36:10 -0700 Subject: Shelby Co, TX Message-ID: <19991007.093612.18830.0.rep.smith@juno.com> X-Mailer: Juno 1.49 X-Juno-Line-Breaks: 0-27,29-33 From: Scott Smith <rep.smith@juno.com> Jane, I am desperately searching for some ancestors. Richmond Virginia CLAUNCH born Jan 1860 in Texas married Dec 1881 in Texas Lily HARVEY born 16 Dec 1860 in Kentucky son -- William H. CLAUNCH born Jan 1885 in Texas daughter -- Bessie Lee CLAUNCH born 5 Sep 1886 in Texas daughter -- Lucy CLAUNCH born Feb 1890 in Texas daughter -- Leora CLAUNCH born Dec 1893 in Texas son -- Charles M. CLAUNCH born Oct 1895 in Texas William Tolton CLAUNCH born 1857 in Shelby Co., Texas married Martha Am LAWSON born 1866 in Bellevue Co., Illinois Would you please let me know if you can find any records in Shelby County for them or their families and the source(s) for the information? Thanks! Leslie Smith Washington State ________________________________________________________________ Why pay more to use the Internet? Try Juno for free -- the easy, reliable way to the Internet! Get our free software today: <a href="http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/taga">http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/taga</a>. --part1_0.d0f51876.252e8a28_boundary--

Due to the problems with KTSNET is has become necessary to try different provider. my new email address is ray@qzip.net For all those interested please make a note of this new address. Thanks Ray Jackson rayjac@qzip.net Shelby County Texas Rootsweb Coordinator

Thanks so very much, for all of the wonderful cemetery information. A lot of very hard work, has been served up on a silver platter. Thanks. Sallie Cannon

The East Hamilton Cemetery, Shelby County Texas, is now on the Web. This is the location of the famous Wedding Supper Poisoning. Quick View http://www.rootsweb.com/~txshelby/cem_eastham.htm Ray Jackson rayjac@ktsnet.com Shelby County Texas Rootsweb Coordinator

The Jackson Cemetery, Shelby County Texas, is no on the web Quick View http://www.rootsweb.com/~txshelby/cem_jackson.htm Ray Jackson rayjac@ktsnet.com Shelby County Texas Rootsweb Coordinator

To David Pike in Timpson Regarding: The below message, Sarah Ann Ritter, daughter of William A. Ritter & granddaughter of Everett S. Ritter, was first married to Joseph Tidwell in Panola Co., Tx in 1868, then to Laborn Augustus Barnett and last to Hiram Adams. She was born about 1856 according to the 1860 and 1870 census records of Panola Co., TX. Her tombstone has the wrong date on it but was put there many years after her death. Just wanted to set the record straight as Sarah & Joseph had 4 children, one (Mary "Molly" Telitha Ann) of which I am a desc. of. Sarah and Molly are buried side by side in Mt. Bethel Cem., Gary, TX. Hope this helps with your records on the Sarah. How are you related, we must be cousins? CF in TN Hi Bill Tex Ritter was born just north of Gary (Panola) Texas in what was, and still is, known as Murvual Community. Timpson at that time was the largest town in the area. It isn't anymore. U.S. Hwy 59 runs from Laredo thru Houston on to Texarkana and on north. Coming north from houston (about 150 mi) on Hwy 59 you would be in downtown Timpson. Continuing on north you would pass thru the community of BOBO. About 5 mi further north would put you in Tenaha (State Champs last year in "A" football). What happened to Blair???. Well you would have to get off Hwy 59 about a mile before Timpson on a FM road toward Lake Timpson. Where you cross over the railroad tracks---that's Blair. And these communities are not extinct, as one of your responses indicated. I don't know all the words to this song (I have that packed away somewhere), but it goes " hey conductor, engineer, stop the train 'cause we are near. Tenaha, TIMPSON, Bobo and Blair " There actually was a man named Bobo. Timpson was named after a relative of the owner of the first railroad, which hit this area in 1885 (6). I believe Blair was also named after RR official. Tenaha is an Indian word meaning muddy water (in a nearby creek), this entrie region was known as the Tenaha Muncilipalty (sp) back in Spanish days, long before Texas gained its independence from Mexico. Hope this helps. David Pike of Timpson Texas 1958 Graduate of Timpson High School TIMPSON BEARS Descendants of Jesse Barry Ritter Jr. Generation No. 1 1. JESSE BARRY RITTER1 JR. He married SARA ELIZABETH CARTHAGE. Child of JESSE JR. and SARA CARTHAGE is: 2. i. EVERETT S.2 RITTER, b. Abt. 1810, Tennessee; d. 04 Dec 1873, (VanZandt) Texas. Generation No. 2 2. EVERETT S.2 RITTER (JESSE BARRY RITTER1 JR.) was born Abt. 1810 in Tennessee, and died 04 Dec 1873 in (VanZandt) Texas. He married ANNA GOODWIN 20 May 1828 in (Hardeman) Tennessee. She was born in Tennessee. Notes for EVERETT S. RITTER: Occupation-Farmer Children of EVERETT RITTER and ANNA GOODWIN are: 3. i. ELIZABETH A.3 RITTER, b. Abt. 1832; d. 1866. ii. WILLIAM A. RITTER, b. Abt. 1834, Tennessee; d. 1864. Notes for WILLIAM A. RITTER: Occupation-Farmer 4. iii. BENJAMIN FRANKLYN RITTER, b. 11 Jun 1834, Tennessee; d. 03 Nov 1902, Murvaul (Panola) TX. iv. SARA ANN RITTER, b. Abt. 1840; m. (1) HIRAM ADAMS; m. (2) AUGUSTUS BARNETT. v. JAMES HENRY RITTER, b. Abt. 1843; d. 24 Jan 1915, (Panola) Texas. vi. SUSAN CAROLINE RITTER, b. 1848; m. REUBIN SOLOMON SESSUM, 13 Oct 1869, (Panola) Texas. vii. EVERETT SOLOMAN RITTER, b. Abt. 1849, Tennessee. viii. MARY FANNIE RITTER, b. 1850, (Panola) Texas; d. 1925, (Panola) Texas. ix. MARTHA JANE RITTER, b. Abt. 1852, (Panola) Texas; d. Abt. 1866. Generation No. 3 3. ELIZABETH A.3 RITTER (EVERETT S.2, JESSE BARRY RITTER1 JR.) was born Abt. 1832, and died 1866. She married GOLDEN. Children of ELIZABETH RITTER and GOLDEN are: i. SUSAN J.4 GOLDEN, d. 1870; m. B. A. NAIL. ii. GEORGE GOLDEN. iii. REBECCA GOLDEN. iv. SARAH A. GOLDEN. 4. BENJAMIN FRANKLYN3 RITTER (EVERETT S.2, JESSE BARRY RITTER1 JR.) was born 11 Jun 1834 in Tennessee, and died 03 Nov 1902 in Murvaul (Panola) TX. He married MARGARET A. BALL 14 Jan 1858 in (Panola) Texas. She was born 1840 in GA, and died Abt. 1919 in Murvaul (Panola) TX. Notes for BENJAMIN FRANKLYN RITTER: Buried-Mt Bethel (Panola) Texas. Children of BENJAMIN RITTER and MARGARET BALL are: 5. i. JAMES EVERETT4 RITTER, b. Abt. 1861. ii. WILLIAM F. RITTER, b. 1862. iii. SARAH RITTER, b. 1860. iv. THOMAS RITTER, b. Apr 1866. v. JOHN P. RITTER, b. 1868. vi. LULA B. RITTER, b. 1872. vii. BENJAMIN Z. RITTER, b. 1877. viii. JESSIE B. RITTER, b. 1879. Generation No. 4 5. JAMES EVERETT4 RITTER (BENJAMIN FRANKLYN3, EVERETT S.2, JESSE BARRY RITTER1 JR.) was born Abt. 1861. He married MARTHA MATTHEWS, daughter of PINKNEY MATTHEWS and CATHERINE BALL. Child of JAMES RITTER and MARTHA MATTHEWS is: i. WOODWARD MAURICE "TEX"5 RITTER, b. 12 Dec 1905, Murvaul (Panola) TX; d.02 Dec 1974, Nashville ( ) Tennessee; m. DOROTHY FAYE SOUTHWORTH.

The West Hamilton Cemetery, Shelby County Texas, is no on line Quick View http://www.rootsweb.com/~txshelby/cem_westham.htm Ray Jackson rayjac@ktsnet.com Shelby County Texas Rootsweb Coordinator

The Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Shelby County Texas, is no on line Quick View http://www.rootsweb.com/~txshelby/cem_pleasanthill.com This is third try. Rootsweb has been down .. Ray Jackson rayjac@ktsnet.com Shelby County Texas Rootsweb Coordinator

Checked out the chart below, that was submitted, and would like to know if anyone has any additional information on the Generation No. 3, - the GOLDEN ancestors? My husband's grandmother was NETTIE O. GOLDEN, who married a TAYLOR, and I would like to learn more about these GOLDEN ancestors. Thanks, Sallie Cannon ----- > 1. JESSE BARRY RITTER1 JR. He married SARA ELIZABETH CARTHAGE. > > Child of JESSE JR. and SARA CARTHAGE is: > > 2. i. EVERETT S.2 RITTER, b. Abt. 1810, Tennessee; d. 04 Dec 1873, > (VanZandt) Texas. > > Generation No. 2 > > 2. EVERETT S.2 RITTER (JESSE BARRY RITTER1 JR.) was born Abt. 1810 in > Tennessee, and died 04 Dec 1873 in (VanZandt) Texas. He married ANNA GOODWIN > 20 May 1828 in (Hardeman) Tennessee. She was born in Tennessee. > > Notes for EVERETT S. RITTER: > > Occupation-Farmer > > Children of EVERETT RITTER and ANNA GOODWIN are: > > 3. i. ELIZABETH A.3 RITTER, b. Abt. 1832; d. 1866. > > ii. WILLIAM A. RITTER, b. Abt. 1834, Tennessee; d. 1864. > > Notes for WILLIAM A. RITTER: > > Occupation-Farmer > > 4. iii. BENJAMIN FRANKLYN RITTER, b. 11 Jun 1834, Tennessee; d. 03 Nov 1902, > Murvaul (Panola) TX. > > iv. SARA ANN RITTER, b. Abt. 1840; m. (1) HIRAM ADAMS; m. (2) AUGUSTUS > BARNETT. > > v. JAMES HENRY RITTER, b. Abt. 1843; d. 24 Jan 1915, (Panola) Texas. > > vi. SUSAN CAROLINE RITTER, b. 1848; m. REUBIN SOLOMON SESSUM, 13 Oct 1869, > (Panola) Texas. > > vii. EVERETT SOLOMAN RITTER, b. Abt. 1849, Tennessee. > > viii. MARY FANNIE RITTER, b. 1850, (Panola) Texas; d. 1925, (Panola) Texas. > > ix. MARTHA JANE RITTER, b. Abt. 1852, (Panola) Texas; d. Abt. 1866. > > Generation No. 3 > > 3. ELIZABETH A.3 RITTER (EVERETT S.2, JESSE BARRY RITTER1 JR.) was born Abt. > 1832, and died 1866. She married GOLDEN. > > Children of ELIZABETH RITTER and GOLDEN are: > > i. SUSAN J.4 GOLDEN, d. 1870; m. B. A. NAIL. > > ii. GEORGE GOLDEN. > > iii. REBECCA GOLDEN. > > iv. SARAH A. GOLDEN. > > 4. BENJAMIN FRANKLYN3 RITTER (EVERETT S.2, JESSE BARRY RITTER1 JR.) was born > 11 Jun 1834 in Tennessee, and died 03 Nov 1902 in Murvaul (Panola) TX. He > married MARGARET A. BALL 14 Jan 1858 in (Panola) Texas. She was born 1840 in > GA, and died Abt. 1919 in Murvaul (Panola) TX. > > Notes for BENJAMIN FRANKLYN RITTER: > > Buried-Mt Bethel (Panola) Texas. > > Children of BENJAMIN RITTER and MARGARET BALL are: > > 5. i. JAMES EVERETT4 RITTER, b. Abt. 1861. > > ii. WILLIAM F. RITTER, b. 1862. > > iii. SARAH RITTER, b. 1860. > > iv. THOMAS RITTER, b. Apr 1866. > > v. JOHN P. RITTER, b. 1868. > > vi. LULA B. RITTER, b. 1872. > > vii. BENJAMIN Z. RITTER, b. 1877. > > viii. JESSIE B. RITTER, b. 1879. > > Generation No. 4 > > 5. JAMES EVERETT4 RITTER (BENJAMIN FRANKLYN3, EVERETT S.2, JESSE BARRY > RITTER1 JR.) was born Abt. 1861. He married MARTHA MATTHEWS, daughter of > PINKNEY MATTHEWS and CATHERINE BALL. > > Child of JAMES RITTER and MARTHA MATTHEWS is: > > i. WOODWARD MAURICE "TEX"5 RITTER, b. 12 Dec 1905, Murvaul (Panola) TX; d. > 02 Dec 1974, Nashville ( ) Tennessee; m. DOROTHY FAYE SOUTHWORTH. > > -----Original Message----- > From: RELPPEK@aol.com <RELPPEK@aol.com> > To: TXSHELBY-L@rootsweb.com <TXSHELBY-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Friday, September 24, 1999 6:53 AM > Subject: Fwd: Tenaha,Timpson,Bobo,and Blair > > > > >--part1_f5240e6e.251cbfc6_boundary > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > > > > > >--part1_f5240e6e.251cbfc6_boundary > >Content-Type: message/rfc822 > >Content-Disposition: inline > > > >Return-Path: <EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com> > >Received: from rly-yc05.mx.aol.com (rly-yc05.mail.aol.com [172.18.149.37]) > > by air-yc02.mail.aol.com (v60.28) with ESMTP; Thu, 23 Sep 1999 > > 22:31:56 -0400 > >Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com (bl-14.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.30]) by > > rly-yc05.mx.aol.com (v61.9) with ESMTP; Thu, 23 Sep 1999 22:31:41 > > -0400 > >Received: (from slist@localhost) > > by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id TAA03453; > > Thu, 23 Sep 1999 19:29:14 -0700 (PDT) > >Resent-Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 19:29:14 -0700 (PDT) > >From: "Bill Lindsey" <blcci@ih2000.net> > >Old-To: <EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> > >Subject: Tenaha,Timpson,Bobo,and Blair > >Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 21:40:55 -0500 > >X-MSMail-Priority: Normal > >X-Priority: 3 > >X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1155 > >MIME-Version: 1.0 > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >Message-Id: <199909232117171.SM00149@blcci> > >Resent-Message-ID: <YOYZ3C.A.t1.5Hu63@bl-14.rootsweb.com> > >To: EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com > >Resent-From: EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com > >X-Mailing-List: <EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/4963 > >X-Loop: EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com > >Precedence: list > >Resent-Sender: EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com > > > >When I was a young lad ,my dad,Willie Lindsey, from Shelby county > >was always saying Tenaha,Timpson,Bobo,and Blair.Up until after he > >had passed away in 1963,I thought that he just made it up but someone > >once told me that it was a song that Tex Ritter once sung.Does anyone > >know if this is true and if it is, do you know all of the lyrics?. Also > >does > >anyone know why Tex Ritter would write a song about four small towns > >in Shelby county? Was he from there?I also wonder if anyone still has one > >of these old recordings I might listen to. > >Thanks-------------Bill Lindsey > > > > > >--part1_f5240e6e.251cbfc6_boundary-- > > > > > > --part1_e2e445a.2527f07a_boundary--

The Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Shelby County Texas, is now on line Quick View http://www.rootsweb.com/~txshelby/cem_pleasanthill.htm Ray Jackson rayjac@ktsnet.com Shelby County Texas Rootsweb Coordinator

--part1_e2e445a.2527f07a_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_e2e445a.2527f07a_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <dpike39@sat.net> Received: from rly-zd04.mx.aol.com (rly-zd04.mail.aol.com [172.31.33.228]) by air-zd02.mail.aol.com (vx) with ESMTP; Sat, 02 Oct 1999 15:44:50 -0400 Received: from raven.sat.net (raven.sat.net [207.224.54.10]) by rly-zd04.mx.aol.com (v61.13) with ESMTP; Sat, 02 Oct 1999 15:44:38 -0400 Received: from dpike39.sat.net ([216.63.86.50]) by raven.sat.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id OAA29605 for <RELPPEK@aol.com>; Sat, 2 Oct 1999 14:44:23 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <001b01bf0d0e$485cae80$32563fd8@dpike39.sat.net> From: "David Pike" <dpike39@sat.net> To: <RELPPEK@aol.com> Subject: Re: Tenaha,Timpson,Bobo,and Blair Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 14:42:14 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.5 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Hi Bill Tex Ritter was born just north of Gary (Panola) Texas in what was, and still is, known as Murvual Community. Timpson at that time was the largest town in the area. It isn't anymore. U.S. Hwy 59 runs from Laredo thru Houston on to Texarkana and on north. Coming north from houston (about 150 mi) on Hwy 59 you would be in downtown Timpson. Continuing on north you would pass thru the community of BOBO. About 5 mi further north would put you in Tenaha (State Champs last year in "A" football). What happened to Blair???. Well you would have to get off Hwy 59 about a mile before Timpson on a FM road toward Lake Timpson. Where you cross over the railroad tracks---that's Blair. And these communities are not extinct, as one of your responses indicated. I don't know all the words to this song (I have that packed away somewhere), but it goes " hey conductor, engineer, stop the train 'cause we are near. Tenaha, TIMPSON, Bobo and Blair " There actually was a man named Bobo. Timpson was named after a relative of the owner of the first railroad, which hit this area in 1885 (6). I believe Blair was also named after RR official. Tenaha is an Indian word meaning muddy water (in a nearby creek), this entrie region was known as the Tenaha Muncilipalty (sp) back in Spanish days, long before Texas gained its independence from Mexico. Hope this helps. David Pike of Timpson Texas 1958 Graduate of Timpson High School TIMPSON BEARS Descendants of Jesse Barry Ritter Jr. Generation No. 1 1. JESSE BARRY RITTER1 JR. He married SARA ELIZABETH CARTHAGE. Child of JESSE JR. and SARA CARTHAGE is: 2. i. EVERETT S.2 RITTER, b. Abt. 1810, Tennessee; d. 04 Dec 1873, (VanZandt) Texas. Generation No. 2 2. EVERETT S.2 RITTER (JESSE BARRY RITTER1 JR.) was born Abt. 1810 in Tennessee, and died 04 Dec 1873 in (VanZandt) Texas. He married ANNA GOODWIN 20 May 1828 in (Hardeman) Tennessee. She was born in Tennessee. Notes for EVERETT S. RITTER: Occupation-Farmer Children of EVERETT RITTER and ANNA GOODWIN are: 3. i. ELIZABETH A.3 RITTER, b. Abt. 1832; d. 1866. ii. WILLIAM A. RITTER, b. Abt. 1834, Tennessee; d. 1864. Notes for WILLIAM A. RITTER: Occupation-Farmer 4. iii. BENJAMIN FRANKLYN RITTER, b. 11 Jun 1834, Tennessee; d. 03 Nov 1902, Murvaul (Panola) TX. iv. SARA ANN RITTER, b. Abt. 1840; m. (1) HIRAM ADAMS; m. (2) AUGUSTUS BARNETT. v. JAMES HENRY RITTER, b. Abt. 1843; d. 24 Jan 1915, (Panola) Texas. vi. SUSAN CAROLINE RITTER, b. 1848; m. REUBIN SOLOMON SESSUM, 13 Oct 1869, (Panola) Texas. vii. EVERETT SOLOMAN RITTER, b. Abt. 1849, Tennessee. viii. MARY FANNIE RITTER, b. 1850, (Panola) Texas; d. 1925, (Panola) Texas. ix. MARTHA JANE RITTER, b. Abt. 1852, (Panola) Texas; d. Abt. 1866. Generation No. 3 3. ELIZABETH A.3 RITTER (EVERETT S.2, JESSE BARRY RITTER1 JR.) was born Abt. 1832, and died 1866. She married GOLDEN. Children of ELIZABETH RITTER and GOLDEN are: i. SUSAN J.4 GOLDEN, d. 1870; m. B. A. NAIL. ii. GEORGE GOLDEN. iii. REBECCA GOLDEN. iv. SARAH A. GOLDEN. 4. BENJAMIN FRANKLYN3 RITTER (EVERETT S.2, JESSE BARRY RITTER1 JR.) was born 11 Jun 1834 in Tennessee, and died 03 Nov 1902 in Murvaul (Panola) TX. He married MARGARET A. BALL 14 Jan 1858 in (Panola) Texas. She was born 1840 in GA, and died Abt. 1919 in Murvaul (Panola) TX. Notes for BENJAMIN FRANKLYN RITTER: Buried-Mt Bethel (Panola) Texas. Children of BENJAMIN RITTER and MARGARET BALL are: 5. i. JAMES EVERETT4 RITTER, b. Abt. 1861. ii. WILLIAM F. RITTER, b. 1862. iii. SARAH RITTER, b. 1860. iv. THOMAS RITTER, b. Apr 1866. v. JOHN P. RITTER, b. 1868. vi. LULA B. RITTER, b. 1872. vii. BENJAMIN Z. RITTER, b. 1877. viii. JESSIE B. RITTER, b. 1879. Generation No. 4 5. JAMES EVERETT4 RITTER (BENJAMIN FRANKLYN3, EVERETT S.2, JESSE BARRY RITTER1 JR.) was born Abt. 1861. He married MARTHA MATTHEWS, daughter of PINKNEY MATTHEWS and CATHERINE BALL. Child of JAMES RITTER and MARTHA MATTHEWS is: i. WOODWARD MAURICE "TEX"5 RITTER, b. 12 Dec 1905, Murvaul (Panola) TX; d. 02 Dec 1974, Nashville ( ) Tennessee; m. DOROTHY FAYE SOUTHWORTH. -----Original Message----- From: RELPPEK@aol.com <RELPPEK@aol.com> To: TXSHELBY-L@rootsweb.com <TXSHELBY-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, September 24, 1999 6:53 AM Subject: Fwd: Tenaha,Timpson,Bobo,and Blair > >--part1_f5240e6e.251cbfc6_boundary >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > >--part1_f5240e6e.251cbfc6_boundary >Content-Type: message/rfc822 >Content-Disposition: inline > >Return-Path: <EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com> >Received: from rly-yc05.mx.aol.com (rly-yc05.mail.aol.com [172.18.149.37]) > by air-yc02.mail.aol.com (v60.28) with ESMTP; Thu, 23 Sep 1999 > 22:31:56 -0400 >Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com (bl-14.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.30]) by > rly-yc05.mx.aol.com (v61.9) with ESMTP; Thu, 23 Sep 1999 22:31:41 > -0400 >Received: (from slist@localhost) > by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id TAA03453; > Thu, 23 Sep 1999 19:29:14 -0700 (PDT) >Resent-Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 19:29:14 -0700 (PDT) >From: "Bill Lindsey" <blcci@ih2000.net> >Old-To: <EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> >Subject: Tenaha,Timpson,Bobo,and Blair >Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 21:40:55 -0500 >X-MSMail-Priority: Normal >X-Priority: 3 >X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1155 >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >Message-Id: <199909232117171.SM00149@blcci> >Resent-Message-ID: <YOYZ3C.A.t1.5Hu63@bl-14.rootsweb.com> >To: EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-From: EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com >X-Mailing-List: <EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/4963 >X-Loop: EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com >Precedence: list >Resent-Sender: EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com > >When I was a young lad ,my dad,Willie Lindsey, from Shelby county >was always saying Tenaha,Timpson,Bobo,and Blair.Up until after he >had passed away in 1963,I thought that he just made it up but someone >once told me that it was a song that Tex Ritter once sung.Does anyone >know if this is true and if it is, do you know all of the lyrics?. Also >does >anyone know why Tex Ritter would write a song about four small towns >in Shelby county? Was he from there?I also wonder if anyone still has one >of these old recordings I might listen to. >Thanks-------------Bill Lindsey > > >--part1_f5240e6e.251cbfc6_boundary-- > > --part1_e2e445a.2527f07a_boundary--

The Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Shelby County Texas, is no on line Quick View http://www.rootsweb.com/~txshelby/cem_pleasanthill.htm Ray Jackson rayjac@ktsnet.com Shelby County Texas Rootsweb Coordinator

The Brittain Creek, Burden Field and Bennett Cemeteries, Shelby County Texas are now on line. To view these and other Black Cemeteries http://www.rootsweb.com/~txshelby/Shelby8a.htm Ray Jackson rayjac@ktsnet.com Shelby County Texas Rootsweb Coordinator

<A HREF="http://davidsons.org/Jens/index2.htm">Click here: Jen's Ancestry - Surname List - Generated by Ancestral Quest</A> For those researching the above names. thanks, Jane Sanford Keppler