John Harris wrote: > Subject: Whitaker ancestors (8jul98) > Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 22:33:27 -0400 > Looking for any information on the following Whitaker families: > > 1. Mary Ellen Whitaker, b.11Sep1854,d.17Dec1927, > Naylor,Ripley,MO. > m.9Oct1882,Miller Co MO: > William Thomas Denton, b.25Mar1856;d.30Sep1917, > Hemingway,Ripley,MO /snip/ Two people with ancestors that lived in Hemingway, MO must be related John. I only have a couple of names. My paternal great uncle was Clarence Spawr. He married Pearl Whitaker in Ripley Co about 1910-12. His sister Louella Spawr married 'Jim' Whitaker in Ripley Co. about the same time. I don't know if Pearl and Jim Whitaker were related, but I suspect so. Do you have these two Whitakers, by the wildest chance? Dennis West in Knoxville, TN