Always when you see Polly it is Mary, I do not know why either. Like Margaret is Peggy, or Sarah is Sally. Country thing. I heard that song too. K ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 9:39 AM Subject: Re: [WVLOGAN] John Henry Mead RE K > Hi, > Usually you can bet a cookie when you see a "Polly" that her real or given > name is "Mary". I do not have the answer as to why but the southern folks > nicked Mary as Polly. > If you are a listener of bluegrass music you might recall Ralph Stanley's > "Pretty Polly" song. I am sure he was singing of a Mary. > Some who know more than me like Shelby taught me this. > Happy Holidays, > Judi > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "dkb" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 12:45 AM > Subject: Re: [WVLOGAN] John Henry Mead > > > Joel > William did marry twice, and her name was Minerva. They were together in > 1870 census with Susan as 3. I do believe that Chloe was the last child > him > and Polly had together. He is 55 and Minerva is 35 in 1870. I had it in > my > old database but I have no marriage record for them. I wrote that Polly's > name was Minerva and it was actually Mary, my mistake. John is listed > with > his parents though in 1860 and not just with his mother. Thanks for > catching that and thanks for sending the death certificate site. > > K > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Hager, Joel G Mr CIV USA USAMC" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 8:08 PM > Subject: Re: [WVLOGAN] John Henry Mead > > >> K, >> >> I have William Mead m. 2nd Manerva Tiller bef. 1865. D/o William Mead >> and >> Manerva Tiller was Susan Meade. Susan Meade's death certificate. Her >> mother is listed as Manerva Evans. >> >> http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1256612&Type=Death >> >> Joel >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >> On >> Behalf Of dkb >> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 12:15 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [WVLOGAN] John Henry Mead >> >> John Henry Meade was the son of William Meade and Minerva "Polly" Clark. >> >> Are you sure that you have the right John Henry Meade in that census >> year. >> William and Polly had children together until at least 1867. >> >> >> K >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2007 12:41 PM >> Subject: [WVLOGAN] John Henry Mead >> >> >>> Hello Logan County, >>> >>> I have a question for you. Does anyone know who the parents of John >>> Henry >>> Meade that married Pricilla Sturgell was? John was born in Logan County >>> in >>> about 1852 and is listed in the 1860 census with his mother, Mary and no >>> husband. >>> Was Mary a widow or did she have John out of wedlock? >>> >>> Please help if you can. >>> >>> Anita </HTML> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >