Tishomingo County Queries


September 1, 1997 to October 16, 1997

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Query 165
Michael Welch
Date: Thu Oct 16, 1997
WELCH/HOUSTON
I am looking for any information on James Daniel WELCH. Born Feb.5,1850 in Tishomingo Co. Mississippi. His father was Jessie Welch from N. Carolina His mother was Marthie Houston .

Query 164
Reva Gist Bradford
Date: Wed Oct 15, 1997
GIST/HENSON
I am researching the family of Elijah Andrew GIST b. 4-4-1875, married Hettie Pearl HENSON 4-7-1898 in Franklin County Ala. (Hettie was the daughter of Ebb HENSON and Frances Rebecca ROBINSON). Elijah and Hettie moved to Iuka, Tishomingo County in the early 1900's with six children. Elijah (my grandfather) was the son of Elijah Andrew GIST, Sr. (born abt. 1850 - in Ky.) and Catherine (?) GIST (born abt.1843 - in Ala.)(this information was found in 1870 census - Franklin County, Ala.). Living with them was Aaron GIST (born abt. 1807 - in Ky.) and his wife Nancy (?) GIST (born abt. 1815 - in Ky.) My grandfather had a brother named James H. GIST b. 1862 in Ala. d. 1912. Are there any descendants of James out there? I would like to find: 1. parents of Aaron GIST, 2. maiden name and parents of Catherine, 3. maiden name and parents of Nancy. I am willing to share information with anyone researching the GIST surname.


Query 163
Susan Fullbright
Date: Tue Oct 14, 1997
CUNNINGHAM
I am looking for any info on James H. Cunningham (2nd wife - Sarah Gardner). James was born in TN in 1812 and died in Lee county, MS in 1883. Someone told me he was buried in Balstengar in Lee county. I cannot find this community. His first wife died before 1850. He is listed in the Tishamingo county MS 1850 census with Eldridge (11), Franklin (9), Henry (6), Misora (f-5) & Zachariah (3). I believe a daughter Mary Francis (b 1849) was given to Jacob FROST to raise. In 1860 he was in Tippah county. Any help will be greatly appreciated.


Query 162
Jan Berryman
Date: Sun Oct 12, 1997
BERRYMAN
Researching the BERRYMAN family of Tippah, Alcorn, Tishomingo counties of MS. My great grandfather, John M. BERRYMAN lived in these counties from sometime prior to 1850 til about 1880. He was born in TN and probably has family that lived near the Tn/Ms line during that time. He was first married to Ann ? then to Emma ?. He had sons that included J. Henry BERRYMAN, Hiram Louis BERRYMAN, and Joseph Benjamin BERRYMAN by wife Ann and Richard Culle Berryman by wife Emma. I have kown connections to the FRYAR, CRUM, WILBANKS, BOBO, MINCY, JONES, RENCHER families and probable connections to the BALLARD and BULLARD families. Most willing to share information.


Query 161
Onoldah Rone
Date: Sun Oct 12,1997
RONE/ANDERSON
Searching for information concerning Samuel RONE, b. about 1813 in NC. He married Susanna ANDERSON 1837 in Bedford Co., TN. The RONE family was listed on the Tishomingo County, MS 1860 census with RONE children:Margaret A., Catherine, Samuel, James H., Joseph, John David, and Landon Cabot. It is thought that Samuel RONE died in Tishomingo County, MS as his wife and several children appeared on the 1870 census for Prentiss Co., MS. Samuel RONE was not listed. Any information appreciated. Thanks.


Query 160
Allen Dunkin
Date: Thu Oct 9,1997
GATTIS/MCALISTER
Looking for information on Maude JOHNSON Gattis, she was married to George Washington GATTIS. Any information on who their parents were. Hazel GATTIS MCALISTER still lives in Tishomingo. Any information will be appreciated.


Query 159
Victor Earl White
Date: Oct. 9, 1997
ADAMS/SEAGO/DEFOOR
I am trying to find information on a Harvey W. Adams family. Harvey married Mattie Seago and they had one child a son named Earl Theodore Adams. They lived in Tishomingo county and Earl died in 197?. Earl and his wife Susan Defoor had several children and I would like to be able to contact one or more of them to help me complete this family group. They are decendants of a Martin F. Adams from Tennessee and I have most of this family outside of the Harvey W. Adams family group. I would appreciate any information regarding the family or a contact person I can communicate with on this family.


Query 158
Becky Wallace
Date: Tue Oct 7, 1997
BENNETT/STANFORD/WATTS/HOLLY
I have all of these surnames in Alcorn, Tishimingo, and Prentiss Co MS. There is much intermarriage between the families as follows: John BENNETT b. 1799 m. Margaret 'Peggy' STANFORD then m. 1852 Tishimingo Co. her neice Martha Jane STANFORD B. 1824 Amanda STANFORD b. 1836 m. 1857 James HOLLY Margaret STANFORD b. abt. 1823 m. 1856 Alexander HOLLY JP BENNETT m. 1857 Lina HOLLY James WATTS b. 1826 m. 1847 Tishimingo Co. Jane HOLLY Sarah WATTS b. 1833 m. 1852 William HOLLY I can tie all of these together and have the STanford line back to N. Ireland. Need info on the ancestors of the rest. The Bennetts and Stanfords lived near Iuka, MS but their marriage bonds were filed in Alcorn Co. The Watts may have lived in what is now Prentiss Co. and the Holly there or Itawamba Co. Other related families with multiple marriages into these surnames include: ALLMAN (3), KING (4), REID (2), LEATHERWOOD (2), and WEST (2). The Stanfords were in Giles Co. TN in 1820, Marion Co Al in the 1820s and 1830s along with John Bennett and in Tishimingo Co. in the 1840s and 1850s.
Sunday, March 15, 1998
HOLLY/WATTS/STANFORD/BENNETT
Looking for information on William HOLLY said to be the son of Absolem HOLLY of Anson Co. NC. William may have moved from NC to Giles Co. TN before living in Tishimingo Co. MS. His daughter Jane HOLLY b. 1825 m. James WATTS and they stayed in Tish Co. William Holly and his son William who m. Sarah WATTS moved on to Van Buren Co. Ark where they are buried. I am trying to find William's wife and confirm Absolem as his father and also identify his siblings and children. I believe he had at least the following children: Jane (my line), Nicholas, William m. Sarah WATTS, Alexander m. Margaret STANFORD, and James m. Amanda STANFORD, there could also be a Lina HOLLY m. J P BENNETT. I have related STANFORD and BENNETT lines too all from Tishimingo Co. MS


Query 157
Freda Wagner
Date: Mon Oct 6, 1997
WILLIS/TWITTY
Searching for information about Edward WILLIS. He lived in Tishomingo County in 1860. Edward was a blacksmith. I don't believe that he served in the War Between the States. His wife was Sarah Twitty. They had 4 children: Mary, John C., Nancy, and Robert. Robert was my g-grandfather -- born in 1850 in Tippah County. Searching for any information on the Willis family.


Query 156
J.R. Foster
Date: Mon Oct 6, 1997
FOSTER
I'm researching the following Surnames, FOSTER, CRIVER, ROGERS, ALDRIDGE, SWINNEY, GAHAGAN, JOHNSON, BEARDON, PITTS, CHRISTOPHER, CARTER, PEOPLES, Time period is 1830 to 1900, In Tishomingo, Prentiss, & Alcorn Co. MS.


Query 155
Jackie Perkins
Date:Sun Oct 5, 1997
LEE/MICHAEL/STONECKER
Looking for information on the parents of Mary Ellen Lee born in Tishimingo County Ms. March 20, 1866. Mary Ellen married Henry Clay Michael Jan. 14, 1882 in Prentiss County. Census records indicate that her father was born in Ireland and her mother was born in Ga. Mary Ellen's mother was part Indian and her maiden name was Stonecker or Stoneker. Any information would be helpful. Thanks Jackie


Query 154
Virginia Potter
Date: Fri Oct 3, 1997
HOLLEY/HONEYCUTT
Reuben C. Holley and Jency Emeline Honeycutt were married in Tishomingo Co. in Aug. 1848. They were on the census there in 1850 living near William and Winny Holley and other Holley families. About 1856 they moved to Van Buren Co. Arkansas. Is William the father of Reuben and Absolom Holley? Does anyone know anything about the family ofJency Honeycutt ?


Query 153
Leah F. Baker
Date: Thu Oct 2, 1997
DAVIS
Desire information about families / descendants of Alfred Washington DAVIS and Nancy Ann BRADY who married Feb 15, 1824 in Habersham County, Georgia. After Nancy died in 1856,... Alfred moved to Tishamingo County, Mississippi, where he died in 1884. Will share information.


Query 152
Annette (Carpenter) Womack
Date: Thu Oct 2, 1997
CARPENTER/MARLOR/HARDIN
Would like "research partners" to help find the ancestors of William CARPENTER b. 1805 KY, d. 1875 Prentiss co. MS, marr. 1826 Blount Co. AL to Elizabeth MARLOR b. 1813 KY. According to census, both of William's parents were from VA, Elizabeth's father was from TN and her mother from KY. I am desended from the oldest child Solomon CARPENTER b. 1829, d. 1910 in Winn Par. LA, marr. 1848 in (old) Tishomingo co. MS to Rhoda Caroline HARDIN, b. 1824 TN, d. bef. 1900 in Winn Par., LA d/o William HARDIN b. 1805 KY, d.?, marr. abt 1827 to Elizabeth Counce b. abt 1810 TN. I have a good bit of information on the descendents of (old) Tishomingo Co. MS CARPENTER and HARDIN families and need someone in living/working/accessing any of the above named places to help put it together. Annette (Carpenter) Womack Winnfield, LA 71483-1320


Query 151
Tom Jackson
Date: Mon Sept 29, 1997
LAMBERTH
I am searching for information on Billy LAMBERTH, who lived in Alcorn (and old Tishomingo) County, Mississippi. His given name may have been William. Family history says he was a Colonel in the CSA . Billy LAMBERTH had a son: Napoleon Bonaparte LAMBERTH who was born abt 1847 and died October 20, 1888 in Alcorn County, and who married Francis Elizabeth TUCKER March 9, 1869 in Corinth, Alcorn County, Mississippi. Francis Elizabeth TUCKER was the daughter of Pitser Miller TUCKER, the founder of Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee. Any information on any of the above mentioned folks would be appreciated. Thanks, Tom Jackson

Query 150

Mark Mann
Date: Sun Sept 28, 1997
MANN
I am presently searching for information about RICHARD MANN, formerly of Tishomingo county, Mississippi and Colbert county, Alabama. Richard Mann, c.1805 - c.1876, (also known as Colonel Mann) owned a plantation that spilled across the Mississippi-Alabama state line. Upon this plantation he erected a chapel, Mann Chapel. He married Mary Ann GALLIMORE and fathered William Austin Mann (my G,Grandfather), Asa Mann, Wiley Mann, and raised at least one adopted daughter, Mary Mann. In Colbert county, a road exists named "Mann Chapel Lane", and several surrounding residents recall the chapel before it fell in the 1960's. Specifically, I am searching for Richard MANN's burial site, and photo's of MANN Chapel . Thank you


Query 149
Jim Sawyer Fri Sep 26 1997
MOSER /DAVIS/SMITH/VINCENT/BROUGHTON
I would like to get information on Lorenzo Dow Moser, imigrated to USA from Austria or Germany, fought in the civil war, bore a son (John Wesley Moser, my grandfather), settled in Tishomingo county, MS, and drowned some years after the civil war. John Wesley Moser came to Navarro county, TX about the 1880s (along with the DAVIS, SMITH, VINCENT, BROUGHTON, and other families). I would greatly appreciate any information you could provide re him, his ancestestors, relatives, or descendents. Jim Sawyer


Query 148
John E. Cain
Date: Fri Sept 26, 1997
SMITH/WALKER
Would like to correspond with anyone interested in the family of Richard SMITH (1792-1865) and wife Mary WALKER. Among their children were: Wesley Brazier Smith, William Richard Smith, John D Smith, Lorenzo Benson Smith, Matilda Smith, Cinderella Smith, Elias Archibald Smith. The Smiths came to Tishomingo County from Cumberland County NC via Autauga co AL. Many of them moved on to Texas after the Civil War.


Query 147
Carolyn Kemp
Date: Fri Sep 26 1997
KEMP/TAYLOR
Lemuel G. KEMP, b. ca 1803 GA, his wife, Amy (TAYLOR), b. ca 1805, were on the 1850 Tishomingo Co., MS, census. Their children: Elijah W. b. ca 1827, (wife Martha C. ?); John C. b. ca 1832, m. 27 Aug 1865, Old Tishomingo Co.(wife Edna STRICTLIN); William A. b. ca 1836; George W. b. ca 1836; Mary E. b. ca 1838, m. 12 July 1877, John F. KEMP; Martha E. b. ca 1840, m. 13 Jul 1854, Martin STRUTMAN; Joseph E. b. ca 1845. Elijah is our line & his children were: Suzanne, m. Wm. Turner WALLIS; John F., m. Rachel C. WALLIS; Mary, m. W.C.W. SISK; George B. m. Mary Cordilia GULLETT; William Ed, m. Sarah C. Johnson?. Would like correspond with any descendants.


Query 145
Date: Thu Sep 25, 1997
Name:Marie Harvey
HARVEY/WYATT/MARTIN
Elizabeth HARVEY married A.J. WYATT in Tishomingo County on 17 Jan 1840. Also, it is believed Jesse HARVEY married Mary C. WYATT in Tishomingo County about 1841. Need confirmation on the Mary C. WYATT marriage and any information I can find on the WYATT family.Only other thing I have is Ephraim WYATT was a surety in relation to the marriage of Obadiah WYATT to Rhoda V. MARTIN in 1831. Need some help on this family , Thanks.


Query 144
Date:Tue Sep 23,1997
Name:Wayne Barker
BARKER/SHORT
Milo W. Barker appears in the 1840 Tishomingo Census. His father may be Lewis Barker. Milo married Fannie PHILLIPS prior to 1838. May be brother to Young SHORT's wife Roda.


Query 143
Date:Mon Sep. 22,1997
Name:Patti Ashcraft
ASHCRAFT
Need information on Ephriam ASHCRAFT. He died in Tishomingo Co., in 1870. Trying to find his parents. He married Mary (Polly) last name is either Strickland or Long. Would love to hear from you. Will share on what I have.


Query 142
Date:Sat.Sep 20,1997
Name:Trevia Ramzy Smith
LEWALLEN
William LEWALLEN, b S.C. and wife Anna left Tennessee ca 1849 and settled in Tishomingo Co. They were parents of Lucinda who m. Thos ALDRIDGE; Samuel; Andrew "Andy" who m. Martha CRANFORD; John who m. R. V. MCDONALD; Carroll, b. ca 1842 TN, who m. Jane M. RICKETTS; William who m. Caroline MORRISON; Elizabeth; Rutha G.; and Lewis. Of these children, Carrol LEWALLEN is our ancestor. He remained in Tishomingo Co. until 1892 and then migrated to Hill Co. TX. Where in Tennessee did family live before coming to Tishomingo, and did other members of LEWALLEN family migrate at the same time? Will exchange information.


Query 141
Date: Sept 19, 1997
Name: Bobbie Brewer Wilson
BREWER/CRAFT
I am researching A.M. Brewer who came to Tishomingo County in the 1880s ( late ) he was born in Ala 1854 died in Iuka 1919, his wife Sarah Craft/Kraft was born in Ga.1857, died in Alcorn County around 1933
Children of A.M. BREWER and Sarah CRAFT are:
Albert Monroe BREWER, b. December/07/1882, Ala ?; d. April/13/1957, Iuka,Ms. Tishomingo,Co. m. Bertha E. FARRIS, Mary Jane BREWER, b. April/1883, Ala.; m. J.E. MILLER, January/19/1905, Iuka,Ms. Tishomingo,Co.. ,Joseph M. BREWER, b. October/1887, AL.; m. Eunice. (twins) Ruben Elmer BREWER m. Lettie SHALTON , & Rutha Velma BREWER m.Robert DAVENPORT, b. July/15/1891, Iuka Mississippi.Tishomingo Co. (twins) Cleaven BREWER, & Grover Larkin BREWER m.Virda RINEHART, b. February/17/1892, Tishomingo County,Mississippi.; d. July/1974, Hornsby Tn.. (twins) Pearl BREWER(1) J.L.BONDS(2) Joe MORGAN, & Earl BREWER, b. February/18/1896, Tishomingo County,Mississippi any help on this family sure would be appreciated.


Query 140
Date: Sept 18 1997
Name: Jean Duncan
ADAMS/BOYD
Vincent (Vinsont) ADAMS m Dorothy BOYD lived in Tishomongo Co Ms 1850. Children were "Sis" McQuerta, Martha, William, Asiley C., Caroline, Barnett, Mary Elizabeth, Amanda, and John Quincy. Would like information about this family. Thanks


Query 139
Date: 12 September 1997
Name: Donna Moore
GIST
Interested in GIST surname, Tishomingo, MS; Colbert, Lauderdale and Lawrence, AL; Wayne, Lawrence Counties, TN


Query 138
Date: 11 Sep 1997
Name: Gerald Witt
REEVES, GRAHAM
JOHN REEVES, born in S.C. in 1787, and moved to Tishomingo Co. Ms. in 1836. He was the first Circuit Court Clerk of Old Tishomingo County. He left Mississippi and moved to Grayson Co. Texas in 1854. His wife was believed to be Charlotte GRAHAM. His children were: Emily, Fedora, Robert Perry (b.1837) and Thomas (b. 1840). Can anyone help me with family? Thanks in advance. Geral


Query 137
Date:Wed Sep 10,1997
Name:Mary Ann McTee
PEEL/BUGG
Researching William PEEL b 1801 m #1 Sarah Moss and #2 Louisa J Bugg Moore, b 1826, daughter of Thomas Jefferson BUGG. William Peel was in Tishomingo Co in 1850 before coming to Texas. Will share info. This query is posted under a new email address.


Query 136
Date: 10 September1997
Name: Charlotte Williams
LOWRY/LOWREY
CALVIN A LOWRY b/1820-22/NC d/1882/Looxhoma, Tate Co, MS married Betsy Ann Unknown 3 known children: 1) Cordelia Benton LOWRY b/1851 married Wilbur Fisk Harris/1869 Desoto Co, MS (now Tate Co) 2) Irene Jenny LOWRY b/1856 and 3) William Green LOWRY b/1864 Is this the Calvin A LOWRY listed on the 1860 Tishomingo CO, MS census???Location: Kossuth PO Appreciate any help on this family Charlott


Query 135
Date: 10 September 1997
Name: Sam Shouse
DOTSON
Would appreciate any info on Will DOTSON (b. abt 1869, Colbert Co., AL)or wife Josephine Manley DOTSON of Dennis, Tishomingo Co., MS. Both Mr./Mrs. DOTSON died Dec./Jan. of 1945/46 and buried in Allen-Line Cemetery near Burton (unmarked). Need any verification of death or advise of newspapers reporting in the area in the 1940's. Thanks in Advance Sam Shouse


Query 134
Date: 9/9/97
Name: Carolyn Rozelle
BUMPASS
Would like to hear from anyone, who can verify E. L. Bumpass' father and mother. vii.-1. E.L. Bumpass b. 12 Mar. 1801, S.C. d. 19 Sept. 1852, Tish. Co., Ms., Bethel Baptist Church m. Elizabeth Henry b. 14 Jan. 1806, N.C. d. 10 Aug. 1898, Iuka, Tish. Co., Ms. w. 5 Aug. 1829, Lawrence Co., Tn. by John B. Morrow, Bapt. Min. children: viii.-1. Rebecca Adaline Bumpass b. 4 Jun. 1830, Tn. d. 28 May 1911, Tishomingo Co., Ms. never married viii.-2. Ethelinda Bumpass b. ca. 1832 m. Geo. A. Henson w. 8 Sept. 1858, Tish. Co., Ms., Job H. Scruggs, J.P.; Richard L. Clayton, surety viii.-3. Robert C. Bumpass b. 8 Jul. 1836, Tish. Co., Ms. d. 24 Nov. 1922 Bluegrove, Clay Co. Tx. m. Charlotte Donaher,or Donnaho b. 5 Apr. 1838, Tn. or Ms. d. 11 Jul., 1918, Bluegrove, Tx. w. 24 Aug. 1866, rec, at Alcorn Co., Ms. viii.-4. Catherine Bumpass b. 8 Feb. 1839, Tish.Co., Ms. d. 26 Dec. 1922, Tishomingo Co., Ms. never married viii.-5. Martha Elizabeth Bumpass b. 22 Apr. 1841 Tish. Co., Ms. d. 10 Apr. 1917, Tishomingo Co., Ms. viii.-6. William James Bumpass b. ca. 1842, Tish. Co., Ms. viii.-7. Camilla (Camely) Bumpass b. 10 May 1843, Tish. Co., Ms. d. 4 Jun. 1851, Tish. Co., Ms. viii.-8. John Bumpass b. 20 Aug. 1844, Tish Co., Ms. d. 20 Oct. 1865, Tish. Co., Ms. never married


Query 133
Date: 9/7/97
Name: Anita Sue Clark-Martin
CLARK
Does anyone have any information on the Clarks listed below? 1) Clark, Unknown had two sons (atleast) 2) Clark, Unknown assume he died between 1842 and 1846 assume his wife was Martha b. 1814 SC assume his wife remarried Reuben Scott b. 1829 AL They are listed in the 1850 Itawamba Co. Census (I know Martha and Unknown had sons Tom and Jerry and I know Tom's info is correct. Everything else isn't proven yet.) 3) William Clark b.1832 AL 3) Thomas David Clark b.12/1836 MS d.3/13/1861 Marion Co.,AL 3) Jefferson Clark b.1838 MS 3) Jeremiah Clark b.1840 MS (Wound up in Tishomingo Co.,Ms around Iuka) 3) Martha Clark b.1842 MS (I feel sure these children were born in either Itawamba or Tishomingo Co.,MS) 2) Clark, James Madison b.1813 AL d.after 1870 in Tishomingo Co.,MS to married about 1842 in, I assume, Marion Co.,AL Sarah Ann Brewer b.1824 TN d. after James M. in Tish. Their children were: 3) Mary Ann Clark 1844 AL-1899 3) Julius Taylor Clark 1847 AL-1865 3) William Thomas Clark 1849 AL-1923 3) Nancy Lee Clark 1850 Al-? 3) John Henry Clark 1851 AL-1924 3) James Courtney Clark 1853 AL-1936 3) Sarah Elizabeth 1855 AL-? 3) Gilliam Alexander Clark 1856 AL-1925


Query 132
Date: 6 Sept. 1997
Name: Ken Smith
MCCOY/BONDS(s)
Looking for any information about Calloway McCoy, m. Mary Akin (or Ann) Bond(s). Mary b. 8 March 1827 dau. of Eli Bonds of Tishimingo County. Need any history of both, and their parents, etc. Glad to share what I have, which isn't much. Thanks,


Query 131
Date: 09/06/97
Name: Brenda Ladner
PARSONS/JETER
Researching my ggGrandparents, M B PARSONS (b 6/14/1833) & Nancy R. JETER (b 6/14/1844) married in Tishomingo Co, MS 12/29/1868. Had 2 known children, Joseph Jackson PARSONS ( b 1/18/1871 in Iuka, my gGrandfather) & J M PARSONS. I have no information on M B's or Nancy's parents or siblings or if there were any other children. Any information will be appreciated


Query 130
Date: September 1, 1997
Name: Julia Don FANCHER STONE
STONE
My husband's paternal great-grandfathers were brothers, Rev. John STONE and Dr. Thomas Calvin STONE. Rev. STONE married Sarah Elizabeth SMITH 12-29-1857 in Tishominto County, Ms and lived there until about 1865. Dr. STONE was a county officer of Tishomingo County in 1864, 1865 and 1867-1868. Sure would appreciate any information on either/both of these men.

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