At 06:22 PM 8/9/00 , Pat Raney wrote: >Hello Tom, > >I met the grandson of William Washington Whittington, back in July while >taking pictures of headstones at the Butter Cemetery, at Forest Hill, >Louisiana. > >Later that afternoon my husband and I visited with him at Pine Prairie. > >In late June there was a post at this website about the passing of Rebecca C. >Whittington. That was this man's mother. His father was Boyd Whittington, b. >17 Dec. 1904 d. 25 May 1979. Boyce was Boyd's twin brother. Boyce died 26 >Jul 1909 is buried at Science Hill Cemetery. The cemetery is about 6 miles >southeast of Glenmora. > >I saw the inscription by Thomas R. Carroll dated Oct. 10, 1871. It was in >purple ink. Thomas R. Carroll was the husband of Mercy Ann Whittington. They >married 1865. the stuff in purple italics are notes I'm thinking were made by W.W.'s wife .... perhaps I should indicate this in some other manner ??? >Tom, I'm curious as to how you came about the page in the family Bible. > >BTW, William W. Whittington was half brother to my gggrandfather, John G. >Whittington. > >Hope this helps. > >Pat Raney >Paradise, Texas Pat, the xerox copy of the page is in a batch of papers from my uncle, Richard Whittington. .... if anyone is interested, I can post a photo of the page. BTW .... I've just finished some major mods to my (our) Whittington Family History page ... suggestions requested http://genweb.net/~cloud/TX/Whitt-info.htm Tom Cloud <[email protected]>