What a story! If anyone responds to this, would they PLEASE do so on list, as this is a very unusual and intriguing story? I recall a story from an elderly cousin, lingering in a hospital after a bout of pneumonia, and all he worried about what the arthritis in his hands and fingers, which caused his fingers to curl tightly. He complained that his little finger on his one hand wasn't worth a damn, as he couldn't even hold berries when he went berry picking. He asked the doctors to cut the damned thing off, but they wouldn't do it. He said, and I recall him telling my dad this, "If they'd give me a sharp knife I'd do it myself, but they won't give me no knife!" We are shaped by the times and conditions in which we live, and by the people we're priviliged to get to know, if only briefly. jim Ernie Buckley wrote: > > Hello list. I've been hitting my head against the wall and I'm now > writing to you in hope that someone can help me. > > I as searching for Thomas BAYLESS (BAYLES, BAYLIS, BAYLISS) who was > born in Virginia betweem 1815 and 1822. He married Eliza HUGGINS > born 1823 in Tyler/Wetzel County and died in 1919. I don't have > their marriage date. (They are listed in the 1850 and 1860 census of > Marshall County that's why I'm writing here.) > > Their children are Jonathon b1846, Mary b1848, James b1849, Amanda > b1851, DeClifford b1852, Lunetta b1855 and Indiana b1858. > > Jonathon moved to California and I have information on him. Amanda > was my gg Grandmother. And I have just found information on > DeClifford. > > Thomas had to die before 1870. He's not in the census with Eliza. > > Grand Pap Bayless (I'm thinking Thomas' dad or grandfather) lived to > be over 100. He said one day that he was tired of living and went > out to Grape Island and slit the back of his knees and killed > himself. > > I'm looking for any informaiton on Thomas or Pap Bayless or the story > on Grape Island? Can anyone help? Or could someone tell me where > Thomas or Eliza is buried at? Anything would be helpful? > > Thanks so very much. > Grace Buckley > > _______________________________________________________________ > Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com -- = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = James Wiley, AKA: [email protected]