Three Phillips married three Melton's William Henry Melton married Martha Ellen Phillips abt. 1876. William Harrison Phillip married Martha Ann Melton 1875 Cooke Co.TX. Squire Alfred Phillips married Margaret Frances Melton abt. 1882 Cooke Co. TX. These Phillips were brother and sister as was the Melton's. I am researching these families in Cooke and Wise Co.'s Donna dfbowen4645@att.net
Royce Raven has finished the index of names for the 1957 'Bridgeport Index' newspaper pages online. Click on the names on page http://www.wisecountytexas.info/bridgeportindex/1957-names.htm to see whole newspaper pages. You may then have to search on the page for the picture, birth, wedding, obituary, etc. Sue
Here's his entry on the Internet Movie Database. <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0930711/>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0930711/ Gene
Google "Guinn "Big Boy" Williams" and you'll get cartloads of information and photos!
I have no idea where my Williams OR Terry families came before they arrived in Giles Co. TN in the 1830's. This is my brick wall. They would move back and forth between Limestone Co. AL and Giles Co. TN and at one time lived in Marshall Co. in the 1880's because of a border change between Giles and Marshall counties. But this is all that I know of them. I am sure you know how very difficult to research the name Williams! Julie **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1220572833x1201387477/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26hmpgID %3D62%26bcd%3DAprilfooterNO62)
John Wayne was 6'4" and Big Boy was pretty close in size to him. I remember reading somewhere, that he worked on cattle ranches before going to Hollywood. Mike Allen -----Original Message----- From: txwise-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:txwise-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of marthawsv Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2009 7:00 PM To: txwise@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TXWISE] Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Was Guinn "Big Boy" Williams a large man? I remember Guinn "Big Boy" as being large - cowboy large. Another poster on this list says he has just seen "The Alamo" with him in it. It has been a long time since I have seen it, so . . . He was also in "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers;" more can be found on IMDB. Do you have any idea if any of your Williams family were ever in Giles Co. TN? As far as a connection with the William Daniel Williams family which came to Wise County in the 1890s, my Williams family came to Jackson County, Alabama, around 1810 from Greene County, Tennessee. Giles County, Tennessee, is not near Greene County, but is on the border with Alabama. It is nearer to Jackson County, Alabama, but still a good distance away. I'm not seeing any locations that would indicate a relationship, but who knows! Where did your family come from before Giles County? -- Martha Genealogy - So many ancestors...so little time! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXWISE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Was Guinn "Big Boy" Williams a large man? I would love to find some kind of connection between him and my Williams family. Babe, Rufus Crenshaw and William Daniel Williams came to Texas with the Terry family from Giles Co. TN. They came to Wise Co. in the 1890's. William was called "Big Daddy" and Rufus was called "Big Dad". Babe was also a very large man. All of them were over 6 feet tall and were a little on the wide side. I have often seen Guinn in my research but I have never been able to make a connection. Do you have any idea if any of your Williams family were ever in Giles Co. TN? I wonder if they came to Wise Co. because of other Williams families that were already there! Julie **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1220572833x1201387477/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26hmpgID %3D62%26bcd%3DAprilfooterNO62)
My granddad, Harvey Robison was born in Decatur and I remember him talking about Guinn "Big Boy" Williams and his family. I think his dad was elected to the House of Representatives or something like that. I just watched the "The Alamo" (for the 500th time last week) and "Big Boy" played in that. Mike Allen -----Original Message----- From: txwise-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:txwise-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of marthawsv Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2009 5:45 PM To: txwise@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TXWISE] Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Yes! Guinn "Big Boy" Williams was my mother's first cousin. Her mother (my grandmother) and his father were siblings. On a trip to California (from Texas) when I was a child, we stopped by to visit with him and he gave us autographed pictures. I'm sure my brother still has his. The Williams family came to Texas about 1876 and ended up in Wise County by at least 1880. They came there from Calhoun County, Mississippi, where they had moved from Jackson County, Alabama, after the Civil War. I have heard that many people from Jackson County went to Texas after the war, helped by the building of a railroad. I need to find out more about that railroad - did it go through Calhoun County, Mississippi? Why did the Williams stop there for several years? Why did they continue on to Texas? Of course, many families in the south moved to Texas after the war .. . . Much more on the Williams family if anyone is interested! Martha in California On Apr 5, 2009, at 3:33:03 PM, "Frank Martin" <fmartin@zeecon.com> wrote: Hello list: Could the Guinn Williams (1922) be the Guinn "Big Boy" Williams of the old western movies? I have heard he was from the Decatur area. Frank -- Martha Genealogy - So many ancestors...so little time! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXWISE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Hello list: Could the Guinn Williams (1922) be the Guinn "Big Boy" Williams of the old western movies? I have heard he was from the Decatur area. Frank > > > > > > Does anybody know > anything about these people? > > > > > > > > Cottonwood Cemetery > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Guinn Williams > > > > > > > > > > > Son of Guinn & Billie > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Cottonwood is a few miles North of Decatur. > > ............................................................................................. > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TXWISE-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 > TXWISE-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 TXWISE-request@rootsweb.com 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 - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.238 / Virus Database: 270.11.42/2042 - Release Date: 04/05/09 10:54:00
Was Guinn "Big Boy" Williams a large man? I remember Guinn "Big Boy" as being large - cowboy large. Another poster on this list says he has just seen "The Alamo" with him in it. It has been a long time since I have seen it, so . . . He was also in "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers;" more can be found on IMDB. Do you have any idea if any of your Williams family were ever in Giles Co. TN? As far as a connection with the William Daniel Williams family which came to Wise County in the 1890s, my Williams family came to Jackson County, Alabama, around 1810 from Greene County, Tennessee. Giles County, Tennessee, is not near Greene County, but is on the border with Alabama. It is nearer to Jackson County, Alabama, but still a good distance away. I'm not seeing any locations that would indicate a relationship, but who knows! Where did your family come from before Giles County? -- Martha Genealogy - So many ancestors...so little time!
His dad represented the Decatur area in Congress: >From the Handbook of Texas Online (where a much longer article tells all about him: Williams served as the representative of the Thirteenth District for a decade, sitting on the Committee on Insular Affairs and on the Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Department. He was chairman of the Committee on Territories and in that capacity introduced a bill to grant independence to the Philippines. Although the bill failed, Williams's interest in the Pacific islands did not go unnoticed; today one of the main streets in Manila is named for the Texas congressman. Williams also argued for statehood for Hawaii. His other interests while in the House included oil, agriculture, and stock raising. Ill health forced Williams to resign from Congress in 1932. >From the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress: WILLIAMS, Guinn, a Representative from Texas; born near Beuela, Calhoun County, Miss., April 22, 1871; moved with his parents to Texas and settled in Decatur, Wise County, in 1876; attended the public schools; graduated from the commercial branch of Transylvania College, Lexington, Ky., 1890; engaged in the livestock business, agricultural pursuits, and banking; county clerk of Wise County, Tex., 1898-1902; member of the State senate, 1920-1922; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Lucian W. Parrish; reelected to the Sixty-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses (May 22, 1922-March 3, 1933); chair, Committee on Territories (Seventy-second Congress); was not a candidate for renomination to the Seventy-third Congress in 1932; manager of the Regional Agricultural Credit Corporation in San Angelo, Tex., 1933; died on January 9, 1948, in San Angelo, Tex.; interment in Decatur Cemetery, Decatur, Tex. >From Martha in California On Apr 5, 2009, at 4:38:09 PM, "Mike Allen" <mike@gmallen.com> wrote: I think his dad was elected to the House of Representatives or something like that. -- Martha Genealogy - So many ancestors...so little time!
Yes! Guinn "Big Boy" Williams was my mother's first cousin. Her mother (my grandmother) and his father were siblings. On a trip to California (from Texas) when I was a child, we stopped by to visit with him and he gave us autographed pictures. I'm sure my brother still has his. The Williams family came to Texas about 1876 and ended up in Wise County by at least 1880. They came there from Calhoun County, Mississippi, where they had moved from Jackson County, Alabama, after the Civil War. I have heard that many people from Jackson County went to Texas after the war, helped by the building of a railroad. I need to find out more about that railroad - did it go through Calhoun County, Mississippi? Why did the Williams stop there for several years? Why did they continue on to Texas? Of course, many families in the south moved to Texas after the war .. . . Much more on the Williams family if anyone is interested! Martha in California On Apr 5, 2009, at 3:33:03 PM, "Frank Martin" <fmartin@zeecon.com> wrote: Hello list: Could the Guinn Williams (1922) be the Guinn "Big Boy" Williams of the old western movies? I have heard he was from the Decatur area. Frank -- Martha Genealogy - So many ancestors...so little time!
I live fairly close to Cottonwood Cemetery if headstone photographs are not available on-line for those listed. Let me know if you would like them. Kathy Nobles Phipps P.O. Box 1704 Decatur, TX 76234 > From: LCPHIL@charter.net > To: txwise@rootsweb.com > Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2009 20:55:23 -0500 > Subject: Re: [TXWISE] Phillips In Cottonwood Cemetery? > > Yes, I have extensive information about the Phillips line back to 1803. I > tried to send you an email but the email you supplied was rejected. > > Craig Phillips > LCPHIL@CHARTER.NET > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Richard Foster" <richardfostersemail@yahoo.com> > To: <txwise@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2009 3:08 PM > Subject: [TXWISE] Phillips In Cottonwood Cemetery? > > > > > > > > Does anybody know > anything about these people? > > > > > > > > Cottonwood Cemetery > > > > > > > > 164 > > > Phillips > > > Bailey Ross > > > June 27, 1959 > > > June 30, 1959 > > > > > > > > 161 > > > Phillips > > > Billie Harmening > > > Sept 21, 1930 > > > > > > Wed > Apr 10, 1952 > > > > > 162 > > > Phillips > > > Guinn Williams > > > Nov 23, 1922 > > > Jan 17, 1999 > > > Wed Apr > 10, 1952 - PVT US Army WWII > > > > > 163 > > > Phillips > > > Infant > > > Aug 22, 1960 > > > > > > Son of Guinn & Billie > > > > > 166 > > > Phillips > > > Laura C. > > > Mar 29, 1891 > > > Mar 20, 1927 > > > Headstone with Ross C. > > > > > 165 > > > Phillips > > > Ross C. > > > Jan 29, 1884 > > > Oct 14, 1951 > > > Headstone with Laura C. > > > > > > > > > > > > > LINK==> > > http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~drycreek/cottonwood.htm > > > > Note: > > Cottonwood is a few miles North of Decatur. > > ............................................................................................. > > > > Thanks: > > Richard Fosterrichardfostersemail@yahoo.com > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TXWISE-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 TXWISE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Yes, I have extensive information about the Phillips line back to 1803. I tried to send you an email but the email you supplied was rejected. Craig Phillips LCPHIL@CHARTER.NET ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Foster" <richardfostersemail@yahoo.com> To: <txwise@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2009 3:08 PM Subject: [TXWISE] Phillips In Cottonwood Cemetery? Does anybody know anything about these people? Cottonwood Cemetery 164 Phillips Bailey Ross June 27, 1959 June 30, 1959 161 Phillips Billie Harmening Sept 21, 1930 Wed Apr 10, 1952 162 Phillips Guinn Williams Nov 23, 1922 Jan 17, 1999 Wed Apr 10, 1952 - PVT US Army WWII 163 Phillips Infant Aug 22, 1960 Son of Guinn & Billie 166 Phillips Laura C. Mar 29, 1891 Mar 20, 1927 Headstone with Ross C. 165 Phillips Ross C. Jan 29, 1884 Oct 14, 1951 Headstone with Laura C. LINK==> http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~drycreek/cottonwood.htm Note: Cottonwood is a few miles North of Decatur. ............................................................................................. Thanks: Richard Fosterrichardfostersemail@yahoo.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXWISE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Richard, why don't you search for them here pilot.familysearch.org and see if you can find them. I searched for one of them and found the info below. But you could search them yourself and maybe it will answer your questions. Julie Name: Bailey Ross Phillips Death date: 30 Jun 1959 Death place: Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas Gender: Male Race or color (on document): white Age at death: 3 days Estimated birth year: Birth date: 27 Jun 1959 Birth place: Fort Worth, Texas Marital status: Single Spouse name: Father name: Travis Phillips Father birth place: Mother name: Helen Wolfe Mother birth place: Occupation: Child Residence: Haltom City, Tarrant, Texas Cemetery name: Decatur, Texas Burial place: Decatur, Texas Burial date: 01 Jul 1959 Additional relatives: X Film number: 2115901 Digital GS number: 4165925 Image number: 1062 Reference number: cn 35027 Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 **************Hurry! April 15th is almost here. File your Federal taxes FREE with TaxACT. (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1220239440x1201335902/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.taxact.com%2F08tax.asp%3Fsc%3D084102950001%26p%3D82)
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Does anybody know anything about these people? Cottonwood Cemetery 164 Phillips Bailey Ross June 27, 1959 June 30, 1959 161 Phillips Billie Harmening Sept 21, 1930 Wed Apr 10, 1952 162 Phillips Guinn Williams Nov 23, 1922 Jan 17, 1999 Wed Apr 10, 1952 - PVT US Army WWII 163 Phillips Infant Aug 22, 1960 Son of Guinn & Billie 166 Phillips Laura C. Mar 29, 1891 Mar 20, 1927 Headstone with Ross C. 165 Phillips Ross C. Jan 29, 1884 Oct 14, 1951 Headstone with Laura C. LINK==> http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~drycreek/cottonwood.htm Note: Cottonwood is a few miles North of Decatur. ............................................................................................. Thanks: Richard Fosterrichardfostersemail@yahoo.com
Thank You- The main name is Mecaskey/McCaskey- Eugenia Mary Mecaskey- b bef 1852 I think this is the one that married a Tucker- and had a daughter named Cassie? Lucy Ann Mecaskey 1856 Their father was Andrew Hamilton Mecaskey/Mc b 1815- d 29 Oct 1877 Pilot Point, Texas (Denton) mother was Martha Elizabeth Hicklin b 13 may 1837 d. 23 Dec 1910-Pilot Point She died in Decatur, but buried in Pilot Point- can't find her death cert or anything- I would certainly appreciate any and all information about the Mecaskeys you can find Thank You- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gene Phillips" <okienms@telepath.com> To: <txwise@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 8:20 PM Subject: Re: [TXWISE] Information Please > There is a copy of the death certificate online here. They have him as S W > Cox, but all the other info matches. > I'm sure the link will wrap around and not work, so make sure you copy and > past the entire URL > > http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#deathPlaceId=26;givenName=w;searchId=74700833459340500000;surname=cox;searchType=standard;p=recordResults;deathPlace=Texas,%20United%20States;deathYear=1903 > > or go to http://pilot.familysearch.org and search for your self. > > Gene > > At 07:08 PM 3/29/2009, Wanda haines wrote: >>Hello, I was looking in the older death files and found one of my >>ancestors >>listed there. Can you please tell me how, or where to get a copy of this >>death certificate? >> >>Here is the information listed : >> >> >> >>Wise County Death Index, Abstracted by: Richard L. Gibbs >> >> >> >>COX, W.S. Gibtown m w age 77 DOD 7/25/1903 Cert # 13 >> >> >> >>I was searching for another ancestor, Levi COX who was listed in the 1920 >>census in Weatherford, Parker County. He was in his 80s and Lizzie, his >>wife >>was i75 >> >>Then Lizzie died Mar 26, 1925, and was listed as a widow for 2 years, but >>there is no record of him, at all. Nothing. >> >>So I was told to check in Wise County, see if she had him taken there for >>buriel. Here is the info on him, please check. >> >> >> >>Levi Cox b. 2/12/1838 IN, (Prob died 1923) m. 1st to Louisa Caldwell (she >>died and is buried in Gibtown 4/10/1908 >> >>2nd time to Elizabeth (Lizzie) McDonough in 1911 Parker County. >> >> >> >>Please tell me how to get the certificate on WS COX, and anything you >>might >>offer on Levi COX, would be more than welcome. >> >> >> >> >> >>Sincerely, >> >> >> >>Wanda Haines >> >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>TXWISE-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 > TXWISE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message
Wanda, I'm sending you a copy of that death certificate off list. David Pitts Houston TX On Mar 29, 2009, at 7:08 PM, Wanda haines wrote: > Hello, I was looking in the older death files and found one of my > ancestors > listed there. Can you please tell me how, or where to get a copy of > this > death certificate? > > Here is the information listed : > > > > Wise County Death Index, Abstracted by: Richard L. Gibbs > > > > COX, W.S. Gibtown m w age 77 DOD 7/25/1903 Cert # 13 > > > > I was searching for another ancestor, Levi COX who was listed in > the 1920 > census in Weatherford, Parker County. He was in his 80s and Lizzie, > his wife > was i75 > > Then Lizzie died Mar 26, 1925, and was listed as a widow for 2 > years, but > there is no record of him, at all. Nothing. > > So I was told to check in Wise County, see if she had him taken > there for > buriel. Here is the info on him, please check. > > > > Levi Cox b. 2/12/1838 IN, (Prob died 1923) m. 1st to Louisa > Caldwell (she > died and is buried in Gibtown 4/10/1908 > > 2nd time to Elizabeth (Lizzie) McDonough in 1911 Parker County. > > > > Please tell me how to get the certificate on WS COX, and anything > you might > offer on Levi COX, would be more than welcome. > > > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Wanda Haines > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXWISE- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message
There is a copy of the death certificate online here. They have him as S W Cox, but all the other info matches. I'm sure the link will wrap around and not work, so make sure you copy and past the entire URL http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#deathPlaceId=26;givenName=w;searchId=74700833459340500000;surname=cox;searchType=standard;p=recordResults;deathPlace=Texas,%20United%20States;deathYear=1903 or go to http://pilot.familysearch.org and search for your self. Gene At 07:08 PM 3/29/2009, Wanda haines wrote: >Hello, I was looking in the older death files and found one of my ancestors >listed there. Can you please tell me how, or where to get a copy of this >death certificate? > >Here is the information listed : > > > >Wise County Death Index, Abstracted by: Richard L. Gibbs > > > >COX, W.S. Gibtown m w age 77 DOD 7/25/1903 Cert # 13 > > > >I was searching for another ancestor, Levi COX who was listed in the 1920 >census in Weatherford, Parker County. He was in his 80s and Lizzie, his wife >was i75 > >Then Lizzie died Mar 26, 1925, and was listed as a widow for 2 years, but >there is no record of him, at all. Nothing. > >So I was told to check in Wise County, see if she had him taken there for >buriel. Here is the info on him, please check. > > > >Levi Cox b. 2/12/1838 IN, (Prob died 1923) m. 1st to Louisa Caldwell (she >died and is buried in Gibtown 4/10/1908 > >2nd time to Elizabeth (Lizzie) McDonough in 1911 Parker County. > > > >Please tell me how to get the certificate on WS COX, and anything you might >offer on Levi COX, would be more than welcome. > > > > > >Sincerely, > > > >Wanda Haines > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXWISE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message