The Bowie/Redriver Whaleys came from William Durant Green Whaley who came there in the early 1900's from North Carolina. He married his second wife, Ida Spencer, and later moved to Ocala, Fl. ----- Original Message ----- From: MARY l BARNES <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 27, 1999 12:23 PM Subject: Whaley, Texas > The Whaleys in Marshall ,Texas were descendants of Thomas Jefferson > Whaley,son of Eli Whaley, son of William Whaley and Hannah of Ga. Two of > T.J. 's sons went to Texas and settled in the Marshall and Longview area. > Mary Lee Barnes Would be interested to know which one had descendants in > Bowie Co. >