Tishomingo County Queries


September 13, 2000 to October 15, 2000

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Query 892
Surnames: HOLMES DANIEL
Submitter: larry larsen (res00cun@gte.net)
Date: 15 Oct 2000

LOOKING FOR ANY INFORMATION ON A JOHN AND NANCY DANIEL. THEY WERE IN TISHOMINGO ON THE 1850 AND 1860 CENSUS IN THE SOUTHEREN DIVISION OF THE COUNTY. THEY HAD SEVERAL KIDS LIVING WITH THEM. CALVEN, NANCY L, ELISA C, WILLIAM, JAMES M, MARY, LUCINDA, AND BURKLEY. JOHN DANIEL WAS ABT 40 IN 1850 CENSUS AND NANCY 36 IN 1850. THIS FAMILY WAS FROM TENN. I BELIEVE WAYNE CO TENN. ALSO ANY INFORMATION ON NANCY'S FAMILY. HER LAST NAME IS HOLMES.


Query 891
Surnames: PERRY CAMPBELL BROWNING NEAL
Submitter: Shirley Murphy (jsmurphy@infoave.net)
Date: 17 Oct 2000

Interested in information on Richard Perry and family who moved to Tishomingo County from Florida in approx. 1860. Prior to that family resided in Lancaster County, SC. Extended families include Campbell, Browning and Neal all of Tishomingo County. Any information will be appreciated.


Query 890
Surnames: MURPHY DUMAS
Submitter: Shirley Murphy (jsmurphy@infoave.net)
Date: 17 Oct 2000

Am seeking information on Eli Murphy believed to have lived in Tishomingo county as a child and then family moved to Arkansas. He married Sarah Elizabeth Dumas in Arkansas. Any information is appreciated.


Query 889
Surnames: HICKS DAVIS MCCARLEY SEARCY CRAWLEY CRUSE
Submitter: Annie (angelapounders@hotmail.com)
Date: 15 Oct 2000

I am looking for info on James Ahas Hicks m. Nancy Lambert/Martha McCarley Davis &/or Rachel. Lorenzo Dow Crawley m. Dollie Rion Searcy. Vada Hicks m. Bonnie Cruse. These people go back to the mid to early 1800's to late 1990's. Any help locating more info would be greatly appreciated. All of these people died in Tish. Co. MS. I have seen some of the grave markers in the Joel Cemetery in Dennis, MS.


Query 888
Surnames: BLAKNEY UTLEY HAWKINS FLATT
Submitter: Alvis L. Utley (alu1113@aol.com)
Date: 15 Oct 2000

Seeking census lookup (1870) for Edward Blakney. Looking for family members and any/all info related to this family. Edward was married to Delane Hawkins b McNairy County Tennessee. Also seeking info on John Henry (J.H. "Jack") Utley and family members. John Henry was born n McNairy County Tn, and married Martha Flatt also born in McNairy County, Tn. Both families (Utley and Blakney) lived in Tishomingo County for a time.


Query 887
Surnames: ADAMS WINTERS
Submitter: Norma Lee Mayben (Amronlee@aol.com)
Date: 12 Oct 2000

Info needed on NANCY ADAMS b. 15 Aug 1836 d. 2 Sept 1876 in Tx. Married WILLIAM CLIFT WINTERS in Tishamingo, Ms. on 26 Feb. 1856 Who were her parents, where was she born , siblings? anything. Do you have anything on WCF? I have quite abit and will share info. He lived in Tippah Co as well as Tishamingo. Contact me by email: Amronlee@aol.com


Query 886
Surnames: BYRAM
Submitter: Jerry Byram (byram@ipa.net)
Date: 11 Oct 2000

I am looking for information ot the following Byrams: Silas Condict Byram (1791-1882) wife Martha(Patsy) Blyth (1790-1858). They are buried in an old derilict cemetry in Tishomingo Co. Silas's son John(1818-?) and his wife Jane W. Hunt(1817-?) John was purported to be a Justice of the Peace in Tishomingo Co. in 1865, a Constable in 1866 and held public offices in 1867-1868. He was a wagon maker and a farmer. Any and all help will be appreciated. Jerry Byram


Query 885
Surnames: VOYLES SHELTON CRUM NICHOLS
Submitter: Judy (gladys@mvtel.net)
Date: 10 Oct 2000

Florence Essary Voyles married Andrew Prim Shelton June 29, 1901. They had one son Earl. Anyone know about the marriage or anything on children by his first marriage: Lona Shelton Nichols Crum, William M. Shelton, or Archie Shelton from Tishomingo County?


Query 884
Surnames: PATE BILLINGS CRUM
Submitter: JudyMount (judygailm@aol.com)
Date: 08 Oct 2000

Seeking information on Mary Jane Pate b aprox. 1840 MS. met and married a Mr. Billings in Tishomingo Co. Ms. between 1850-1860. She is the daughter of Jackson Pate and wife Mariah _____. Need the name of the Mr. Billings. Her children were RoseLee Billings who married J.A.W.Crum; John Booker Billings b 1862 in Tippah Co. Ms. and William Billings b. 1863 in Tippah Co. Ms. Any information is appreciated. judygailm@aol.com


Query 883
Surnames: HOLLEY YARBROUGH JOHNSON HALL
Submitter: Layne A. Holley (gunnerholley@hotmail.com)
Date: 09 Oct 2000

Looking for info on Thomas Lon HOLLEY, born March 22, 1879 in Tishomingo County, MS. Lon Holley was married to Callie YARBROUGH. Lon Holley's parents were Archie M. HOLLEY and "Belle" JOHNSON. Belle's parents were Robert JOHNSON and Berilay (Rilda) HALL.


Query 882
Surnames: ORR RAGSDALE MAXEY
Submitter: John Johnson (joju@datarecall.net)
Date: 08 Oct 2000

I have been researching a diary written by a Confederate soldier in the 9th Texas Infantry. An entry in his parents' family bible gave the following info: "Henry Clay Orr died in Julia, Tishomingo County, Mississippi on the 10th day of March, A.D. 1862, of typhoid pneumonia. Is buried about one mile a little East of South of Julia, and about 600 yards from the Memphis and Charleston railroad. Was a volunteer in the Capt. Ragsdale's company and Col. Maxey's regiment of the 9th Texas Infantry. Was buried by his commander with military honors." Records show that he was 1st Cpl. of B-company, 9th Texas Infantry Regiment. Would appreciate any information concerning this.


Query 881
Surnames: YARBROUGH WEST
Submitter: Glenn Yarbrough (glenn@pinn.net)
Date: 06 Oct 2000

I am looking for info on Lucian Raymond Yarbrough and his wife Ermie, whose maiden name was West. L.R was born in 1905, Ermie in 1910. They were married around 1923, and both lived in Tishomingo Co., MS for many years, until their deaths. They are my paternal grandparents. Any help appreciated!
I am searching for information on Dave, or David, West, who may have been born in Tishomingo County, MS around 1884. His wife's name was, I am told, Grace. He would have a daughter, named Ermie, around 1910. He is my paternal great-grandfather. Any information or help is appreciated!


Query 880
Surnames: BYRD
Submitter: Dane Byrd (abyrd2u@aol.com)
Date: 05 Oct 2000

1860 Tishomingo Co. Byrd I don't know the parents but the children are as follows. Byrd, Monroe Washinton b: 1845 Alabama Eli C b: 1852 Alabama Madison M b: 1858 Mississippi James L b: 1859


Query 879
Surnames: BAKER
Submitter: Dolores Ann Shuler (Dolorann22@hotmail.com)
Date: 05 Oct 2000

Abraham Baker, b. circa 1803 in Tenn., listed in 1840 and 1850 cenuses of Tishomingo County. Wife Mary. Received patent from Bureau of Land Management in 1843 and lived in Tishomingo Co. Had following children: Jessee M.,Hannah, Joseph H., Rebecca, Isham L., Malissa A., Patsy, andlast two Abraham and Hirum(twins) born in Miss. Searching for parents, his father possibly maybe Jessee who would have been born between 1780/90 in North Carolina.


Query 878
Surnames: WILHELMS STRICKLAND
Submitter: Sharon Anderson (sharander@home.com)
Date: 04 Oct 2000

I'm looking to find any clues to my g-gndmother's family. Her name is MARY LEVIA WILHELMS, born in Tishomingo County MS in 1842. After she married in 1861 to Levi Strickland, she raised 11 children in Booneville. A cousin thinks her parent's name could be Daniel and Elmira but we have no records or verification. Any help appreciated.


Query 877
Surnames: BARKER PHILLIPS MURRAY
Submitter: Reba Sue Barker Hall (reba@simplynet.net)
Date: 02 Oct 2000
URL: http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/h/a/l/Reba-S-Hall

Looking for information on Milo W. BARKER listed in the 1840 Tishomingo County, MS census living in the Northern District, age between 20-30. Married twice...first to Fannie PHILLIPS, and second to Lucinda MURRAY. Children of Milo BARKER were: William O. BARKER, Robert P. BARKER, Nancy A. BARKER, Benjamin M. BARKER, Riley A. BARKER, Augustus M. BARKER, Albert Charles BARKER, Franklin L. BARKER, and Samuel B. BARKER. In 1850 Milo and family had moved to Tippah Co., MS. This family moved around a lot and lived also in Alcorn Co., Prentiss Co., Lee Co., and Union County. Some of Milo's descendants moved west, but surely there are still some of his descendants living in MS. Please email me at reba@simplynet.net Reba Sue Barker Hall


Query 876
Surnames: WILLIAMS HOLLOWAY
Submitter: Carl R Williams (Windfeather-Wood@att.net)
Date: 29 Sep 2000

I am looking for information on Joseph "Pappy Joe" Williams and wife Letha May "Mammy Joe" Williams. These are my great grandparents and are burried in Chapel Hill Cemetary west of Burnsville. Other great grandparents burried at Chapel Hill are Fanny Holloway and husband. All I know is that Letha May was born in 1886 and died in 1986 just short of 100 years old.


Query 875
Surnames: ODOM AMMERSON
Submitter: Brenda Odom Williams (odom55@att.net)
Date: 29 Sep 2000

My parents moved from Burnsville to Louisiana in the 1940s. I would like information, stories on ancestors of Marion Odom and family. Also, any information on Ammerson families.


Query 874
Surnames: STRICKLEN BAILEY
Submitter: Mary Hudolin (mhudolin@prodigy.net)
Date: 30 Sep 2000

I'm looking for any information on Albert Howard Stricklen. He was born in either Tishomingo or Prentiss County in 1871. He married Amanda Bailey before 1900. He is buried in Little Brown cemetery in Prentiss County. Anything could be helpful. Mary Hudolin


Query 873
Surnames: RIGGS
Submitter: Peggy Riggs Kopp ( artnpeg@epix.net )
Date: 28 Sep 2000
URL: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~peggyriggskopp

Does anyone know the names of the parents of the following RIGGS children? They appear on the 1850 Census, Tishomingo Co., MS, along with a Melinda RIGGS, who may not have been their mother: 1. Henry RIGGS, b. abt 1826, AL 2. William George RIGGS, b. 11 Mar. 1828, Birmingham, AL 3. Thomas J. RIGGS, b. abt 1829, AL 4. Isaah Calvin RIGGS. b. Feb. 1834, AL 5. Mary J RIGGS, b. abt 1836, AL 6. Samuel W. RIGGS, b. abt 1838, AL 7. Sarah A. RIGGS, b. abt 1840, AL. Any help is most gratefully appreciated.


Query 872
Surnames: SIDES
Submitter: Fayn McMillan (fanefoster@aol.com)
Date: 26 Sep 2000
URL: http://rootsweb.com

Caroline Sides Tishimingo co.ms. maiden name


Query 871
Surnames: PATTERSON ENGLISH
Submitter: Naomi Johnson (billynaomi@aol.com)
Date: 26 Sep 2000

Charley Wesley Patterson was born 1852. His parents are unknown by the family. I am requesting info from Tishomingo because Prentiss co. was part of Old Tishomingo. He married a Mary Caroline (Molly) English who was also born in 1852. Her parents were John and Margaret English. about 1883 they moved to Texas. The marriage bond and 1880 census in Prentiss Co. is all the info I have for them. Any persons having info on these two people would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Naomi Johnson ( GGranddaughter of Charley and Mary)


Query 870
Surnames: NAIL TAYLOR
Submitter: Frieda (lilkev@mindspring.com)
Date: 23 Sep 2000

I'm looking for info on my Gr.gr. grandparents. William Henry Nail b.1838 in Tn and Mary Margaret Taylor b. 1845 in Tn. They were m. in 1865 in Tishomingo Co. I have there marriage cert. and there children. Would like to know who there parents were. Would appreciate any help.


Query 869
Surnames: BYRAM LEE
Submitter: Irma Roy (i.roy@worldnet.att.net)
Date: 21 Sep 2000

BYRAM, Ebenezier, Looking for any information on the family of Ebenizer BYRAM and Sarah LEE who are found on the 1850 Tisomingo Co, Miss Census on Pg 155, Line 912. Children listed are: M. Alden BYRAM, age 21; Mary BYRAM, age 20; Catherine BYRAM, age 17; Martha W. BYRAM, age 15; Maldon BYRAM, age 13; all these were born in Ala. Marion BYRAM, age 11; Silas BYRAM, age 10; Susan BYRAM, age 8 and William BYRAM, age 5; these last children are born in Miss. I would appreciate any information. Thank you. Irma J. Roy


Query 868
Surnames: KENNEDY
Submitter: terri (terriblalock@yahoo.com)
Date: 21 Sep 2000

I am looking for a Daniel Kennedy, said to burried around iuka,,also a kennedy mountian that is suppose to be in the Iuka area, we dont know much on daniel, only that he was from the area, any info would be helpful thanks


Query 867
Surnames: SMITH STRONG STOUT
Submitter: Bev (Bevearline@rootsweb.com)
Date: 18 Sep 2000

Seeking information on Benjamin (Ben) Smith and wife Mary possibly Strong or Stout. I beleive they may have lived at some time in Tishomingo. They are possibly buried there. Ben date of birth app. 1869, Mary date of birth appl 1871. Any information on this family would be appreciated.


Query 866
Surnames: EATON WILLIAMS
Submitter: Ruby Magers (magers@tsixroads.com)
Date: 15 Sep 2000

EATON FAMILY Looking for descendants of Samuel K. EATON and his wife, Judia WILLIAMS, of Georgia. Their son, William Aylor EATON, married Rutha LONG and lived in Alabama. Some of their descendants were in Tishomingo County in 1870. Would appreciate hearing from any Eaton descendants of these people. Thanks, Ruby


Query 865
Surnames: BENNETT
Submitter: Dorothy Perrault (Dperrault@juno.com)
Date: 14 Sep 2000

I am looking for Johnny Columbus Bennett born in 1863. He married Elviria Wood in 1883 and lived in Tishomingo Co. I need information on his parents, sibling, and his death date and burial place. He died around 1900. Johnny is my Great Grandfather, any information will be appreciated.Thankyou Dorothy


Query 864
Surnames: FORD PURSER NICHOLS
Submitter: Jimmie Nell Meadors (meadors@stonemedia.com)
Date: 13 Sep 2000

Looking for descendants of Joseph Ford who lived in Tishomingo County, MS, near Burnsville. Joseph was my g'grandmother Winnie Ford Nichols' brother. Joseph and Winnie were children of Elijah Walker Ford and Elvy Purser Ford of Marion County, AL, formerly of Henry County, GA


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