----- Original Message ----- From: carkeyt <carkeyt@lcc.net> To: <ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 16, 1999 11:58 PM Subject: John P CARR/WOOD/s,John W.> > Long time reader, Re- posting: > GGgrandpa--John Peter CARR--b.4-1811 in SC--m. Maranda Rhodus? in > AL. had several children, moved around Lawrence Co. MS, where rest of children were born. > Henry, James(Ggrandpa),Lewis,David,Mary M.A.,Mary > E.,Calvin,Margaret A.,Ann A.; I have a little info on all & alot on > some, BUT nothing on parents or siblings of John P. CARR... Any help of > any kind would be gratefully accepted. > Both of my paternal lines CARR & WOOD/s, must have dropped of the > the face of the earth!! Because> I can't even find my Ggranddaddy WOOD/s and he married > here in TX. & died in TX. You would think he would be easy to find I have searched for them for >10yrs. My Granny(Mattie Wood/s CARR) died in 1964BG(before genealogy) & my Dad's > brother 9yrs older than Dad died in 1963. My Dad was secnile for the last 8yrs, but he never > knew where Ggranddaddy WOOD/s was buried. All he knew was the story his Mother(my Granny) > told him. That John W. WOOD/s had taken some cattle to Waco to sell, he put the money > in the Waco Bank & headed home to Grimes Co. TX., somewhere along the way something > spooked his horse & he was thrown, hitting his head on a rock, he died a few hours later. > Hisyoungest 2 children(Granny & her brother, James) were raised by older sisters & brothers. > His death would have been between 1873 & 1889. He was possibly born between 1815 & 1840, > he 1st m. in 1850 Mary Vaughn( Madison CoTX) 2nd in 1856 Ann Edinburgh,also in Madison Co. > TX. > > Anyone with a Possible hint Please contact me, > >Thanks foor your time & help > > CC KEY > > >