Yep, good old Confederacy. John Gordon was a member and apparently suffered something that caused him to die between 1860 and 1865 related to the war. "J.T. DeShong" <jdeshong@nctv.com> wrote: >Hi Sandra, >Thanks for the good information! I take it you are a Gordon descendant. I >got all excited for a sec, thinking you were a descendant of W.W.O >Stanfield, but then I reread your message. >I'm having a mind block at the moment--is CSA Confederate Army? >Thanks, >-Joanne > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <NtSsperry@netscape.net> >To: <TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 7:37 AM >Subject: Re: [TXWISE-L] Early Wise Co. > > >> Hi, Joanne: >> >> Milton Benjamin was the second husband of Elizabeth (nee?) Gordon (first >> husband was named John). Her two Gordon daughters were living in the >> household in the 1880 census. I would have to look up their children's >> names, but Elizabeth may have been one of them (I think Betty might have >> been the name in the 1880 census, can't remember today). As for John >> Gordon Stanfield: who knows? especially since Elizabeth's first husband's >> name was John Gordon. He was in the CSA; the family was shown in >> Cherokee, TX 1860 census and later on the Indigent list for CSA soldiers >> in that county. >> >> Thanks for the info on Sarah Elizabeth. >> >> Sandra Perry >> >> "J.T. DeShong" <jdeshong@nctv.com> wrote: >> >>>Hello Sandra, >>>Would you be refering to Milton Benjamin Stanfield ((1841-1897)? >>>The Elizabeth I have is Sarah Emma Elizabeth Stanfield (1867-1892), who >>>married W.S. Woodward and is buried at the Aurora cemetery. >>>Maybe John Gordon Stanfield was one of their children--I'd love to find >>>out >>>who the Stanfield children were--all i know about are Robert Wilshier >>>Stanfield's children and descendants. >>>-Joanne >>> >>> >>> >>>----- Original Message ----- >>>From: <NtSsperry@netscape.net> >>>To: <TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com> >>>Sent: Monday, September 06, 2004 8:15 AM >>>Subject: Re: [TXWISE-L] Early Wise Co. >>> >>> >>>> Noted you said you knew the Stanfields. I was wondering if you knew the >>>> children of M. B. Stanfield and Elizabeth (nee?, m/1, John Gordon) >>>> Stanfield? I think they had two daughters. >>>> >>>> Sandra Perry >>>> >>>> Billy G Albritton <bil.dot-alb1404@juno.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>>I went to school with your grandmother, I remember the Caraways. >>>>>I know Boy Kid, and his brother Jim, my brother Ted budded with them >>>>>some. >>>>> >>>>>Some of the people that I budded with was Bobby Starnes, Billy King, >>>>>(Willie Taylor he is still alive) >>>>>Jack McNiel, Willis McClary, and a bunch more, I can't remember all >>>>>their >>>>>name. Billy and Dusty >>>>>Jeter. Raymond Bird. All of those people are dead now, I don't know for >>>>>sure about Raymond Bird. >>>>> >>>>>Billy >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> __________________________________________________________________ >>>> Switch to Netscape Internet Service. >>>> As low as $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at >>>> http://isp.netscape.com/register >>>> >>>> Netscape. Just the Net You Need. >>>> >>>> New! Netscape Toolbar for Internet Explorer >>>> Search from anywhere on the Web and block those annoying pop-ups. >>>> Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> __________________________________________________________________ >> Switch to Netscape Internet Service. >> As low as $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at >> http://isp.netscape.com/register >> >> Netscape. Just the Net You Need. >> >> New! Netscape Toolbar for Internet Explorer >> Search from anywhere on the Web and block those annoying pop-ups. >> Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp >> >> >> > > > __________________________________________________________________ Switch to Netscape Internet Service. As low as $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Netscape. Just the Net You Need. New! Netscape Toolbar for Internet Explorer Search from anywhere on the Web and block those annoying pop-ups. Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp