Kenneth, looking at the TX Death Records, I found the following. Julie James Jackson Brown 4 Oct 1903 Red River Co. ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

I am trying to find James Jackson Brown his death date and where he is buried at. I think he was born Henry County Tennessee and lived in Wise co. Tx for some time. His first wife died and he remarried abt 1877 to Fannie J. Talley. any help on this would be greatly appreciate and Thanks a lot for your reply. Kenneth Irwin

Paige, I show a Minnie Farmer that died in Wichita County on Aug 26, 1930 Cert # 42221. Could that be her? The marriage certificates that we have indexed on the Wise County web site do not have any additional information like parents or witnesses. It does have the minister's name and the clerks name and the date of the license, the date of the marriage and the date the marriage certificate was filed. Moreover it has the name of the bride and groom twice. Sometimes the names of the bride and groom were very difficult to read because the clerk wrote like my sister. If you know what she is saying there is no problem, but all the m,n,i,o,a,r, and s are written the same. Also the t's are not always crossed. In short it is very difficult at times. So if you think there is a possibility that I mis-indexed a name you may want to contact the county clerk and get a copy. The microfilm I used went back to Salt Lake City months ago. Have you found your great grandmother listed on any census? There are a few birth records before 1903, but the state didn't require them until then. David Pitts Houston TX Among records found at the Office of the County Clerk: Deeds from 1852-1982 Real property on computer search 1983- Birth Records from-- 1864--$11.00 for each certified copy of a document Marriage Records from 1881--$7.00 for each certified copy of a document Death Records from 1902--$9.00 for each certified copy of a document Address mail to: Sherry Parker-Lemon, County Clerk Wise County P. O. Box 359 Decatur, TX 76234 Telephone: (940)627-3351

If her last name isn't one that you've seen before you might also check the last name TEAGUE----it might have been misspelled on the license. Checking the last name out might answer some questions. Just a thought! Paige Miller <[email protected]> wrote: I have just found a marriage license from my great grandfather who was married in wise county oct 29 1895. my great grandmothers name is different from what we knew her by. I am just puzzled and maybe this was some big family secret?? My g gf left soon after a son (my grandfather) was born and never returned. This has always been a mystery to my sister and me. Now that our mom is gone we are trying to understand. I have the vol and pg # for license. Does this lead me anywhere??? My great-grandmother ended up in wheeler county but I have pic of this ggf made in Denton. (I live in Amarillo but have son in Arlington , niece/nephew in Denton—all in college, so my sis and I get there often.) Any suggestions???? Its Volume 3 Pg 170-Wise County G Dan Farmer and Minnie Tague. We knew of her as Minnie Stevens. We think their son was born in 1898 but with Dan leaving so quickly it might have been sooner?? His name was Fredrick Franklin Farmer born Jan 9, 189? I attempted to find a birth certificate in Denton county a few yrs ago with no luck. Thank you for your time in reading this and for any ideas you might give me Paige miller Aka [email protected] --------------------------------- Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Ruth Caraway 1918 - 2007 Ruth Caraway, 89, passed away Thursday, July 26, 2007, at a local nursing home. Funeral: 10 a.m. Thursday at Shannon Rufe Snow Funeral Chapel, 6001 Rufe Snow Drive. Burial: Mrs. Caraway will be laid to rest next to her husband, Floyd H. Caraway, in Aurora Cemetery. Visitation: The family will receive friends 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Ruth was born to Homer and Eda Odessa Capps Porter on June 16, 1918, in Navasota. Survivors: Her daughters, Wanda Smith, Roberta Jones, Celia Murdock and Donna Calhoun; 10 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; 13 great-great-grandchildren; sister, Laura Cote; and numerous nieces and nephews. Published in the Star-Telegram on 7/31/2007. ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

I have just found a marriage license from my great grandfather who was married in wise county oct 29 1895. my great grandmothers name is different from what we knew her by. I am just puzzled and maybe this was some big family secret?? My g gf left soon after a son (my grandfather) was born and never returned. This has always been a mystery to my sister and me. Now that our mom is gone we are trying to understand. I have the vol and pg # for license. Does this lead me anywhere??? My great-grandmother ended up in wheeler county but I have pic of this ggf made in Denton. (I live in Amarillo but have son in Arlington , niece/nephew in Denton—all in college, so my sis and I get there often.) Any suggestions???? Its Volume 3 Pg 170-Wise County G Dan Farmer and Minnie Tague. We knew of her as Minnie Stevens. We think their son was born in 1898 but with Dan leaving so quickly it might have been sooner?? His name was Fredrick Franklin Farmer born Jan 9, 189? I attempted to find a birth certificate in Denton county a few yrs ago with no luck. Thank you for your time in reading this and for any ideas you might give me Paige miller Aka [email protected] --------------------------------- Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us.

Carol This is a copy of the letter I received from my sister that lives in Nocona, Montague co. Texas. She searched the newspaper for George. She is going to look for Elizabeth this week, if she can. She is a volunteer at the Library in Nocona, and because of her husband and also her health sometimes she does not get to go in every week. I am going to be out of town this week, however, when I get back I will let you know if she finds anything. Sorry I know it seems like it is taking a lot of time and I guess it is, but I hope you will be patient with us. Carla Womack, Volunteer Wise County Historical Society, Inc. P. O. Box 427 Decatur, Texas 76234 [email protected] [email protected] My home email Carla, I did find Mr. Haynie buried at Perrytown. His death date was Feb.5, 1906. Our newspaper films start March 22. It seems it is always that way when I am looking for an obit. Wish I could have been more help. But do call again. Love, Joyce, ----- Original Message ----- From: Carol Cantrell <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 10:20:47 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [TXWISE] Obituaries I've been told the Wise County Messenger might have obituaries for two deaths in Montague County. Apparently there are no newspaper records in Montague County for the dates I need. Can anyone help with obits for the following or direct me to another possible source. They are: George W. Haynie bn 22 July 1830; died 5 March 1906 buried in Perryman Cemetery near Forestburg Eliza Haynie wife bn 14 April 1838; died 24 December 1906 also buried at Perryman Cemetery The Wise County list is the very best anywhere and I thank you for all the past help you've given me and any assistance you can render on the above matter. Carol Cantrell ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Sorry, wrong Nichols. My Nichols came from Tennessee & Mississippi to Texas. William B. and Esther Kuykendall Nichols were the parents of the Nichols children who lived in Wise County and married into the Mann family. Most of them left Wise County in the 1870's and I had wondered why. Glenice Norton ----- Original Message ----- From: "DeWayne" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 9:52 AM Subject: Re: [TXWISE] re Tx Rangers Co B > You mentioned the Nichols.Thomas Erwin moved to Wise Co. in the 70's.His > Mom > was Barbra Nichols--His Dad was Thomas Sr.--He Was born in Va.---moved to > White Co Arkansas on to Ok. Indian territory and Wise Co.Is it the same > Nichols Family? > DeWayne > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mr SCOTT NORTON" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 7:27 AM > Subject: Re: [TXWISE] re Tx Rangers Co B > > >> You mentioned families leaving Wise County in the 1870's for safety > reasons. >> I have family who left during that time. Could you tell me what the > safety >> reasons were that caused whole families to leave? I am tracking the > Nichols >> and Mann families and I know the Nichols moved away during that time. >> Glenice Norton >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Wendy Caldwell" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 5:01 AM >> Subject: [TXWISE] re Tx Rangers Co B >> >> >> > Ray, it really sounds like a fascinating topic. Especially knowing >> > that >> > in the 1870 census, many families had left the county for safety >> > reasons, and later came back. >> > Would it be an imposition to post the list of names? I'd be more than >> > happy to contribute what notes I might have on someone, if I knew who >> > the members were. >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > [email protected] 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 > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.9/907 - Release Date: 7/18/2007 > 3:30 PM >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Robert: I am not related to a James Sharpe from Weatherford. My genealogy is cited on my web site: http://www.dasharpe.com/geneology/Sharpe_Family.pdf D.A. D. A. Sharpe 805 Derting Road East Aurora, TX 76078-3712 H: 817-638-5560 C: 817-504-6508 Personal Web Site: www.dasharpe.com E-mail address: [email protected] Wise County On Jul 26, 2007, at 12:15 PM, ROBERT HEMBREE wrote: > I SAW YOUR NAME, DA SHARPE. MY SISTER WAS MARRIED TO A JAMES SHARPE > FROM AROUND WEATHERFORD, TX. ANY KIN? ELEANOR > > DA Sharpe <[email protected]> wrote: Yes, he's (I'm assuming gender > here) buried in the Aurora Cemetery on > Cemetery Road, about a mile south of State Hwy 114. > > On Jul 26, 2007, at 8:31 AM, [email protected] wrote: > >> Yes, Aurora, Texas is in Wise Co. This is where the "alien" is >> supposed to >> be buried. Julie >> >> >> >> ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all- >> new AOL at >> http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXWISE- >> [email protected] 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 TXWISE- > req[email protected] 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 TXWISE- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

I SAW YOUR NAME, DA SHARPE. MY SISTER WAS MARRIED TO A JAMES SHARPE FROM AROUND WEATHERFORD, TX. ANY KIN? ELEANOR DA Sharpe <[email protected]> wrote: Yes, he's (I'm assuming gender here) buried in the Aurora Cemetery on Cemetery Road, about a mile south of State Hwy 114. On Jul 26, 2007, at 8:31 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Yes, Aurora, Texas is in Wise Co. This is where the "alien" is > supposed to > be buried. Julie > > > > ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all- > new AOL at > http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXWISE- > [email protected] 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 [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Aurora Cemetery is online on page http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~drycreek/aurora.htm On that page there's some pictures, directions, and the text of the 2 historical markers that are there. All of the headstone information is mixed in with the other Wise County data. Sue ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrick Putman" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 10:57 PM Subject: [TXWISE] question >i have a question... is aurora texas part of wise co. texas??? > > thank you for your response. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Yes, Aurora, Texas is in Wise Co. This is where the "alien" is supposed to be buried. Julie ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

Yes, he's (I'm assuming gender here) buried in the Aurora Cemetery on Cemetery Road, about a mile south of State Hwy 114. On Jul 26, 2007, at 8:31 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Yes, Aurora, Texas is in Wise Co. This is where the "alien" is > supposed to > be buried. Julie > > > > ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all- > new AOL at > http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXWISE- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

i have a question... is aurora texas part of wise co. texas??? thank you for your response.

You should be able to get all the information you want on Capt. George W. Stevens at the WC Historical Museum. I know there is an article and picture in the first Wise County History Book that was published and they had a program on Capt. Stevens at their historical meeting last month. You just need to talk to Rosalie Gregg or her assistant, they are great. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of ray l heinsohn Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 8:50 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [TXWISE] re Tx Rangers Co B Dear Joyce: Would be interested in anything on Captain George Stevens. Also, many Rangers married sisters of other Rangers and are found on the same census pages so they lived in the same area. I must confine my research to those who served in Company B of the Frontier Battalion and cite the Wise County Ranger service only for those who served in both units. Maybe able to expand that in the future. I am going to Wise County Historical Museum soon with a copy of my research and hope to solicit some help in finding descendants with photos and info to share. For those who are relating the abandonment of Wise County during and after the Civil War, the last Indian atrocity in Wise was against the Huff family in 1874. I believe Lt. Beavert of Company C trailed these same Indians but failed to catch up to them. Company C was camped near the Archer-Clay County line at the time and they were the nearest Rangers to Wise County. Company B, recruited in Wise County was then camped near the middle of Young County. Clay County was so devoid of settlers there was no 1870 census taken there. Sincerely, Ray ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

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Dear Joyce: Would be interested in anything on Captain George Stevens. Also, many Rangers married sisters of other Rangers and are found on the same census pages so they lived in the same area. I must confine my research to those who served in Company B of the Frontier Battalion and cite the Wise County Ranger service only for those who served in both units. Maybe able to expand that in the future. I am going to Wise County Historical Museum soon with a copy of my research and hope to solicit some help in finding descendants with photos and info to share. For those who are relating the abandonment of Wise County during and after the Civil War, the last Indian atrocity in Wise was against the Huff family in 1874. I believe Lt. Beavert of Company C trailed these same Indians but failed to catch up to them. Company C was camped near the Archer-Clay County line at the time and they were the nearest Rangers to Wise County. Company B, recruited in Wise County was then camped near the middle of Young County. Clay County was so devoid of settlers there was no 1870 census taken there. Sincerely, Ray

My G-Grandfather F. N. Raymond (Francis Newton Raymond)was a lst Lt. in Capt. George W. Stevens Wise County Rangers. He served for 4 months (Nov 26, 1873 until Mar 26, 1874). This information came from the Ranger Muster Roll. Mr. Raymond was born in New York in 1849 and was married to Martha Jane Start, who was the daughter of Martha Ann Jennings Start. My GG-Grandmother, Martha Ann Jennings Start was also the sister of Thomas Jennings and Henry Jennings who were also in the Wise County Rangers. Also, Capt. George W. Stevens was a brother to my GGG-Grandmother (Ann Pierce Stevens Jennings. Hope this might help you. Joyce Ogle -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of ray l heinsohn Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 11:39 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [TXWISE] re Tx Rangers Co B I will soon be able to post a roster of the members of Company B, Frontier Battalion, Texas Rangers. It might be several weeks before this can be done. I am soliciting information and photos, both of the individuals and even their grave sites as I am tracking them from the cradle to the grave. Ray ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

This in part explains the position Montague County took when voters rejected secessionqv 86 to 50 in 1861. The 849 residents, including thirty-four slaves, may have been more concerned with preserving their lives than the union. If Texas joined the Confederacy, federal troops would withdraw from the Red River area. Government soldiers provided the only protection from Indian raids, and their removal would leave the underpopulated county exposed to attacks from Indians who far outnumbered them. The next fifteen years confirmed their fears, as Indian raids forced farmers to abandon their homes. In 1863, for example, an Indian attack wiped out the community of Illinois Bend. The end of the Civil Warqv did not resolve the problem. Bands of Comanche and Wichita Indians continued to harass the county until the mid-1870s. As a result of these raids, in 1870 only 890 residents had settled in the county. During the first few years of the 1870s, however, an organized effort successfully drove the Indians from the county, allowing the governor in 1878 to pronounce that Montague County was no longer a frontier county. As the number of Indian raids decreased, the number of settlers increased. By the early 1880s the population was 11,000. ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour