William Henry Phears

My genealogical research, as always, is a “work in progress”, and especially so in the case of William Henry Phears and his ancestors. I will be doing much more research in Texas, Missouri, Virginia and other places and will be updating this information on a regular basis. So far – here is what I have…..

William Henry Phears, (my great-grandfather) was born June 12th, 1856 in Washington County, TX. His mother, Mary C. York married his father, Pleasant Phears on June 13th, 1855.

The 1860 census of the Pleasant Phears household in the community of Union Hill (where the Phears family lived) in Washington County, TX. holds several mysteries – first of all, the last name Phears is mis-spelled as “Pheaers”, age 36 years, his wife’s name is shown as “Jane or June”, age 34 years, and the children in the household (all carrying the name Phears) are: Mary, age 10, Elizabeth, age 8, “Julian” (male) age 4 (this would be the correct age of William Henry Phears at this time), Albert, age 2 and “Jane or June”, age 6 months. Pleasant shows his place of birth as Alabama and “Jane or June” shows her birthplace as Kentucky. It is interesting that Pleasant’s birthplace is shown as Alabama, when he was in fact, born in Missouri.

Also interesting are the two older children Mary & Elizabeth. It is not known whether these girls are Pleasant or Mary’s sisters or nieces, or if they were they Mary’s children from a previous marriage. It is doubtful they are the sisters of Pleasant, as his parents show up on the 1860 census in the same area with many of their children still living at home.

A brief history of the Pleasant Phears’ family, (I have much more research to do on this branch): Pleasant’s parents were Absalom Fears (he changed the spelling of his last name when he moved his family from Missouri to Texas) and his mother was Sarah Jane Blankenship Fears. I will rely a bit on research done by other family members, as I have not done extensive research into the Fears/Phears family yet, but this comes from a very reliable source with some research into census records on my part.

Absalom Fears/Phears was the son of Pleasant & Isabell Childress Fears and we believe, but have not verified, that he was born August 9th, 1797, in Prince Edward County, Virginia. Absalom and Pleasant, as well as the names Thomas, Mc Donald and William, were Fears/Phears family names and it can be very confusing figuring out whom was the father of whom when you go back to the late 1700's/early 1800's. We do know that the Fears/Phears family lived in Virginia (that I know of, in Pittsylvania, Prince Edward and Lunenburg counties) from the 1600's to present day.

In the early 1800’s Absalom (either with our without his family) moved to Missouri, where he met and married Sarah Jane Blankenship. Absalom and Jane had 11 children: William, born 1825, Pleasant, born 1828, Thomas, born 1830, Nancy, born 1833, McDonald, born 1835, Absalom H., born 1837, James, born 1838, Sallie Emma, born 1841, Virginia, born 1843, Valera, born 1846 and Mary Elizabeth, born 1850.

At some point during the 1840’s, the Absalom Fears family changed the spelling of their last name to Phears and moved to Washington County, TX. Their household is listed in the 1850 & 1860 Washington County, TX census. Absalom died in 1869, and in the 1870 Washington County, TX census, his widow Jane is living in his son, Absalom’s household. In the 1880 census, Jane is listed as a member of son Thomas’ household – Thomas being widowed by that time. Jane died some time after 1880 and is buried at the Mount Zion Hill Cemetery in Washington County, TX.

Pleasant Phears died of a measles epidemic on July 4th, 1862 at Waul’s Camp (a Civil War camp of Waul’s Legion in Washington County, TX). Family sources say that Pleasant was buried at the old Union Hill Cemetery in Washington County, TX, which was on land that was later purchased by a farmer who decimated the cemetery to plant additional crops.

Mary C. York Phears married William M. Walden on June 29th, 1865.

I am unable to find an absolute match for Mary C. and William Henry and his siblings in the 1870 census. The nearest I have come is finding a Mary Walden (which matches the name of her marriage certificate to William Walden in 1865) living in the household of J.W. Milligan and wife Mary, age 20, (which would be the exact same age of the Mary that was a member of Pleasant’s household in the 1860 Washington County, TX census as noted above) and their children in Precinct 4, Dallas County, TX. However, Mary Walden’s age is shown to be 38, where she stated (if she was Jane or June of Pleasant’s household) her age to have been 32 in the 1860 Washington County, TX census. Also shown as a member of this household is “William Walden”, age 16. This could be William Henry Phears, who would have actually been 14 years old at this time. There are no others listed in this household that would have been possible siblings of William Henry Phears. This is a mystery that requires further investigation!

In 1880, we find William Henry Phears as a member of his aunt, Nancy Phears Turner Bulls household in the Lee County, TX census. William Henry Phears is listed as age 24 “nephew”, and also listed are Sallie A Phears, age 21, niece, and William T. Phears, age 26 nephew.

On December 28th, 1887, William Henry Phears married my great-grandmother, Mary Ann Wood. To their union were born the following children: Ada, born 1889, William, born 1891, Pleasant, born 1892, Emily, born 1894, Claude, born 1895, Callie, born 1896, Mary Ann, born 1898 and my grandmother, Katie West Phears, born August 24th, 1899.

The 1900 census of Precinct 6, Dime Box, Lee County, TX enumerates the William Henry Phears household with all of the aforementioned children present, and with two others living in the household listed as “Ollie Wood”, age 21 and “Oliver Blackman”, age 30. “Ollie Wood” is listed as “nephew”, so would have been a relative of Mary Ann’s, and “Oliver Blackman” is listed as “hired farm hand”.

In 1901, a pneumonia epidemic swept the area and Mary Ann Wood was nursing her elderly father, William F. Wood, and succumbed to pneumonia herself, dying a few days after her father on April 1st, 1901, at the young age of 30 years.

In 1903, William Henry Phears married Calpurnia (Callie) Tennessee Dement. To their union were born: Lula M. Phears, born 1904, Henry “Elmer” Phears, born 1906, Don Lural Phears, born 1907 and Gerald Phears, born 1908.

William Henry Phears died of bladder cancer on May 17th, 1918 and is buried in the Scott Cemetery in the community of Old Dime Box in Lee County, TX, next to his first wife – Mary Ann Wood Phears and her father, William Francis Wood.

As previously mentioned, I will be doing a lot more research on William Henry Phears, his father & mother, grandparents and other ancestors. The Fears/Phears family has been widely researched and fairly well documented, so it promises to be interesting and fun!

Notes:
My research thus far is based on census records, marriage certificates, a death certificate for William Henry Phears from the Lee County courthouse in Giddings, TX. Other information, as mentioned above, has been gathered from distant cousins that are descended from Pleasant Phears or his siblings. If you have any documented information about or photos of William Henry Phears, his father, Pleasant Phears, his mother, Mary C. York Phears Walden, or any of their ancestors, I would love to hear from you – please contact me!

William Francis Wood

William Francis Wood was born July 4th, 1828 in Tennessee, (he maintains on all census records that his place of birth was TN). I have never been able to find out who William F. Wood’s parents were. I did locate a William and Nancy Wood in the household of William J. Wilson in Austin County, TX on the 1850 census. This William Wood could be the correct age to be William F. Wood’s father, he is aged 50 years and what is even more interesting is that he maintains he was born in S. Carolina – which matches what William Francis Wood always maintained – that his parents were born in South Carolina. Nancy is shown as being 34 years old, which is a little young to be William F. Wood’s mother, but could have been his sister or step-mother. There is absolutely no proof that these folks are related to William F. Wood, but it is possible….

I first find William F. Wood by name in that same 1850 census, in the household of Samuel P. Shelburne in the community of Pecan Grove in Austin County, TX, aged 22 years. It has long been speculated by other family researchers (distant cousins) I have met over the years that William F. Wood migrated to Texas with the Shelburne family. He is the same exact age of their son, Henry, who could have been his best friend. Indeed he and Henry both served in the 20 Texas Infantry, Elmore’s Regiment (W.F. Wood was the Drummer for the regiment) in the Civil War. Samuel Shelburne was born in Virginia and lived for some time in Lauderdale County, AL, where most, if not all of his children were born, (I am not descended from the marriage of WF Wood to Mary Ann Shelburne, so have not done extensive research on that family). It is believed that even though WF Wood was born in TN, his family may have migrated to Alabama shortly thereafter and been neighbors of the Shelburnes, if not related to them by marriage. There are several Wood and Woods families living in Lauderdale County, AL in 1820, 1830 & 1840 census’.

On December 19th, 1850 William F. Wood married Samuel’s daughter, Mary Ann Shelburne. To their union were born Samuel Thomas in 1852, Robert M. in 1853, Francis Marion in 1856, Nancy Lucinda in 1858 and William Henry in 1862. Their family shows up in the 1860 census still living in the Pecan Grove community with their respective children at that point in Austin County, TX.

Mary Ann Wood died at the young age of 30 years in October of 1865, it is assumed, at the birth of another of their children, but that is not known. It is possible that Mary Ann could have been ill – many were suffering from the effects of the Civil War.

On November 28th, 1869, William F. Wood married Sarah L. Armstrong in Washington County. The 1870 census shows the William F. Wood & Sarah L. Armstrong Wood household in the community of Industry (I believe that is the same as the previous Pecan Grove community, but am not sure).

William F. Wood & Sarah L. Wood had the following children: my great-grandmother, Mary Ann, born September 18th, 1870, James Gideon born 1871, Martha Delilah, born 1874 and Alex Levi, born 1879. Sarah L. Wood passed away giving birth to Alex Levi Wood. She died at the same young age of WF Wood’s first wife – 30 years…..

Little is known about my great-great grandmother Sarah L. Wood, but one thing all researchers, including myself have been told that she was a full-blood Cherokee. I was shown a photo of my great-grandmother, her daughter, Mary Ann Wood Phears with her husband, William Henry Phears by my grandmother, Katie West Phears. Mary Ann Wood could have passed for a full-blood Cherokee and my grandmother and father both had very strong Native American features.

One researcher, not descended from the 2nd marriage of WF Wood, took artistic license on a publication for the TX Genealogical Society and gave my g-g grandmother a very “Native American sounding” middle name – “Lucah”. In fact – there is no documentation anywhere, as this researcher later admitted, that shows proof of that. To date, the only documentation Sarah L. Armstrong Wood shows up on is her marriage license to WF Wood where she is shown as “Sarah L. Armstrong” and the 1870 Austin County census.

Being Native American back in those days was akin to being a person of color – a white person marrying a Native American was akin to marrying a person of color back then, so it is probable that Sarah and her family did not own property and steered clear of governmental officials.

She is a great mystery to all researchers as neither she nor any person that could be a member of her family can be found prior to her marriage to WF Wood in 1869, or afterward.

Soon after Sarah’s death, WF Wood sold his property in Austin County and listed himself on the deed of sale as a “Widower”. He packed up all but two of his oldest children and moved to the community of Dime Box in Lee County, TX. He purchased 640 acres from G. Bryan that was a part of a grant of the Stephen F. Austin League, situated near the Old San Antonio Road & Yequa Creek. He lived there until his death in 1901.

The 1880 Lee County, TX census enumerates his household as WF Wood as the head of the household with Francis M., age 25, Nancy L., age 21, William H., age 17, Mary A., age 11, James G., age 9, Martha D., age 6 and Alex L., age 1.

In 1881, WF Wood sold 56 acres of his land to his oldest son, Samuel Thomas Wood for the sum of $1.

The 1890 census is unavailable to genealogists, so we move on to the 1900 census, where we find that Samuel Thomas and his family now live on the land his father sold him, and we find WF Wood, still as head of his household, with daughter Martha and her husband Frank Ramsey and their 3 children.

In 1901, a terrible pneumonia epidemic ravaged the area and William Francis Wood was one of its casualties – he died March 27th, 1901 and was quickly followed by his caretaker – his daughter, my great-grandmother Mary Ann Wood Phears, who died on April 1st, 1901. Guess how old she was? 30 years……..

William F. Wood’s Last Will & Testament was a source of much dissension amongst his children and their descendants. My g-grandfather, William Henry Phears and Nancy Lucinda Wood Whitsel's, husband, Archie were the executors of his will. The first legal document was in April of 1901 and has them demanding an inventory of WF Wood's estate, as it said all of his property real and personal was seized and possessed and was in the approximate amount of $10,000 (a great deal of $'s back then). It does not clarify to whom he was seized and possessed.....

Then in June of 1901 they have the inventory (which lists livestock, farm equipment, buggies, a watch, a clock, furniture, etc.) and they probated the will, which includes the land, house and furnishings, livestock, etc.).

Here is where the other children and some of their descendants were stunned… W.F. Wood left everything in an undivided interest between the following children ONLY: Nancy Lucinda, Mary Ann, Martha Delilah and Alex Levi. He is VERY explicit that no one but those 4 children are to receive anything, and that if those 4 children did not survive him, only the natural children of those 4 children could inherit their portion.

It is a mystery as to why he stipulated this, but I can only assume that these children were the closest to him and had cared for him during his last few years.

William Francis Wood is buried in the Scott Cemetery in the community of Old Dime Box, TX in Lee County, TX, next to my great-grandmother, Mary Ann Wood Phears and my great-grandfather, William Henry Phears in a lovely, ornate privately fenced family plot of the cemetery. I tend their graves when I am in that area at my family farm just a few miles south of Dime Box, TX.

Notes:
My research of William Francis Wood is based on marriage licenses, census records as cited, land deeds and his Last Will & Testament, as found in the Austin County courthouse in Bellville, TX and the Lee County courthouse in Giddings, TX. I have copies of all of these documents.

I have no photos of William F. Wood, Mary Ann Shelburne Wood, Sarah L. Armstrong Wood or Mary Ann Wood Phears. The photograph of Mary Ann Wood Phears and William Henry Phears that my grandmother showed me when I was a little girl was lost when she died and her property was divvied up by local family and sold at an estate auction. If anyone who reads this has any additional documents, whether legal, letters, from family Bibles or photographs, I would be thrilled if you could contact me and share what you have!

John Pickney Black, Sr.

John Pickney Black, Sr. was my great-great grandfather. He always maintained that he was born in Pickens County, AL on July 30th, 1819. Unfortunately, no one really knows who J.P. Black, Sr.'s parents were - at least no one I have been in contact with or that has published or posted anything about him that is based on fact. There is a lot of speculation. Some fellow researchers were either told by family members or "heard" that JP Black, Sr. ran away from home and his name wasn't even JP Black, Sr. I don't believe that. On each and every census we find him on, he maintains that he was born in Alabama, his father was born in Scotland and his mother was born in England. My speculation is that he was either born in Pickens County, AL (or thought he was) or lived there prior to coming to Texas. One published family "history" (which we have all found to have many errors) by his grand-daughter, Bess Black, says he was "orphaned while young". That is very possible - he may have grown up in the house of an older brother or sister or aunt or uncle. I have met one other researcher that has seen a letter that was written to JP Black, Sr. from his children, when he sent them on a visit to an aunt in Pickens County, AL. I have never seen this letter, but it would establish that JP Black, Sr. at least had relatives in Pickens County, AL that he stayed in touch with. There are several "head of households" named Black on the 1820/1830/1840 AL census' - some in that immediate area, but it is difficult to discern if any or all of them are members of his larger family. Many believe he was somehow related to the ancestors of Hugo Lafayette Black of Alabama. Indeed, Lafayette is a family name - my great-grandfather, grandfather and father all were named "Lafayette".

We first find record of JP Black, Sr. as a citizen of the Republic of Texas in the household of his mother-in-law, Sarah Wilhelm. He was married to her daughter, Amanda "MJ" (Mary Jane) Wilhelm on March 18th, 1843. In the 1850 census (Washington County, TX) we find JP Black, Sr. and his wife "Jane" and their three children, Mary, born in 1846, Sarah, born in 1848 and young James, born in 1849, but died at the age of 1 or 2 years old. At that time, JP Black, Sr.'s occupation is shown as "mechanic". (In Bess Black's account of his life, she tells that he made wagon wheels in Brenham, very near the Wilhelm Homestead with Wilburn Hackworth. My great-grandfather's middle name was "Wilburn").

In 1851, JP Black, Sr. and his wife Amanda Wilhelm Black sold her portion of the inheritance of her mother's estate, which was passed down to Sarah Wilhelm upon the death of Amanda's father, Richard Wilhelm, (Richard & Sarah Wilhelm were early TX settlers) to Amanda's brother. In 1853, JP Black, Sr. bought what would be the first of many tracts of land in what is now Lee County, TX near the confluence of Yequa and Nails Creek - just east of present day Lake Somerville. He lived on this tract of land for the rest of his life. (I own an undivided interest in another piece of property he owned just across the street from there, that he willed to my great-grandfather, and was kept in our family and passed down to us from Loddie Wilburn Black). I have many copies of the land deeds outlining the numerous acres (well into the thousands) of land that my great-great grandfather procured, and either sold to his neighbors or willed to his children.

On January 13th., 1856, at the birth of their second son, George W. Black, Amanda died. It is unknown where Amanda is buried - her grave could have been very near their farm in what is now Lee County, or near Brenham where her family's homestead was located.

On June 15th., 1856 JP Black, Sr. married the daughter of his neighbor and close friend, Enoch J. Moore and his wife, Keziah - Elizabeth Adeline Moore. Elizabeth was born September 12, 1835 in Georgia, USA (exact county unknown at this time).

JP Black, Sr. and Elizabeth Adeline Moore had 4 children to their union - John Pickney Black, Jr., born in 1859, William Enoch Black, born in 1862, my great-grandfather, Lafayette (Loddie - nickname) Wilburn Black, born in 1864 and Martha Harriet Black, born in 1868.

In 1864, it is also notable that JP Black, Sr. was elected to the office of Constable and Justice of the Peace in Washington County, TX.

Elizabeth Adeline Moore died July 10th., 1885 at the age of 49, and is buried next to JP Black, Sr. in the old Salem Cemetery in Lee County, TX. They were married for almost 30 years. I do not know at this time what the cause of death was for Elizabeth Adeline Moore.

In 1891, JP Black, Sr. married for a third and last time, to the widow Mary C. Phelps Jones.

JP Black, Sr. died on May 17, 1893 at the age of 73 years, and is buried next to Elizabeth Adeline Moore at the old Salem Cemetery in Lee County, TX.

In his will, JP Black, Sr. gave each and every one of his children, male and female, an equal amount of land in the area he owned at the time of his death, which was still sizable. He further left the land his homestead was located on in the Lawrence/Reel/Austin leagues in an undivided interest between his sons, and made an allowance that his third wife, Mary C. Phelps Jones Black live in his home until the time of her death. She died in 1911.

JP Black, Sr. was instrumental in starting "The Grange" in his area with his neighbors, he was also a Mason and donated land, along with his neighbors for the community of Salem where a cemetery, and community building that housed the area school and was a meeting place for the area members of The Grange. He also donated land for the African-Methodist-Episcopal church for a community of African-Americans in the area.

It is a matter of contention and noteworthy that Bess Black and her siblings, all descedants of William Enoch Black, came forth after the death of my great-grandfather in 1846, and put a "notice" in the newspaper that the land JP Black, Sr. had left as an undivided interest to all of his sons, be legally transferred to the ownership of the heirs of only William Enoch Black (themselves being those heirs) and sold all of that land and its mineral rights to Ray Jensen, a neighbor. Most, if not all, of the heirs of the other 3 brothers lived in Houston or neighboring cities, and were never notified, even though Bess Black and her siblings well knew where they lived. Bess Black and her siblings dishonored JP Black, Sr's wishes, legacy and themselves in this very unfortunate and underhanded action.

JP Black, Sr. was very well respected in his community and beloved of his family. He made sure his children received excellent educations and helped provide for other members in his community.

Notes:
My research is based on 1).census reports in Washington and Lee Counties - 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880. The 1890 census is only a partial census and largely unavailable to genealogists. 2). Marriage Certificates in Washington & Lee County, TX 3). All land deeds, will & probate and other legal documents obtained from the Washington County courthouse in Brenham, TX., the Lee County courthouse in Giddings, TX and the Burleson County courthouse in Caldwell, TX. 4). Two bills of sale to JP Black, Sr. for slaves and the 1860 Federal Slave Census indicated that JP Black, Sr. owned at least 3, if not 4 slaves. In 1860, he owned two female slaves, ages 45 & 25 and at least one male slave, age 14. Most, if not all, of the purchases JP Black, Sr. made were in gold. 5). Books - "Citizens of the Republic of Texas" (Arlington, TX Public Library) and "A History of Lee County, TX" (Lee County Historical Society).

JP Black, Sr. did not serve in the civil war, and "family lore" is that he "received a wound to his foot from a cannon ball during a Mexican skirmish that never healed and caused him trouble for the rest of his life". I have thus far not been able to find that JP Black, Sr. served in the Mexican American War, although, if this story is true, he need not have been in a war to be in a "Mexican skirmish" - there were plenty of skirmishes between Mexicans and Native Americans for the early Texas Settlers.

I will continue to modify and update this page as I find more information......

About Me.......

In 1995 - a couple of years after the birth of my youngest son, I suddenly had a yearning to learn more about my ancestors. Unfortunately, I waited until all of my grandparents were gone and was unable to get valuable information and insight they had about our ancestors. I guess it was a "generational thing", but my parents never were very interested in genealogy, so they were not able to help out much in the way of information passed down, so I was on my own.

For the past almost 15 years, I have done genealogical research on all of the sides of my family tree and have learned a lot, but still have many unanswered questions, too. Being an "at home mom" has allowed me much time to research and I have met many, many distant cousins on the same quest. I have put a good amount of information on ancestry.com, but not all researchers have the benefit of that membership, so I have also spent many hours typing e-mails and copying documents to share information with them. I decided to go ahead and put up a blog, so I can direct fellow researchers and distant cousins to this to share the information that I have thus far collected.

Please understand that I do not have the facilities to copy all of the documents I have and mail them to each "distant cousin" that contacts me. If you would like your own copies of the land deeds, wills & probates, marriage certificates, military records and so on, please contact the County Clerk's office at the courthouse of the county or counties where your ancestor(s) lived and give them the names and approximate dates and any other information that will be helpful to them, and they will find and copy each document for you - usually for 10 cents per page. They will mail them to you if you are unable to go there in person.

Census record copies can be obtained usually from your local library, or ancestry.com and other online resources (some of which are no charge and others will require a membership). If you live near a National Archives office, that is another great resource and one I have used on occasion. If you want to enjoy a nice vacation or live near there, a great "one-stop-shop" for Texas research is Austin, TX for all of the aforementioned records. A google search will reveal the libraries and state capitol resources in Austin that are available to genealogical researchers.

I have found many, many, many errors in postings to GenForum and World Connect, as well as on ancestry.com. One person will make a mistake or speculation about a date, place, name, etc. and publish, post or share this information in whatever format with others and 50 other people will copy it, post it, publish it or share it with others and suddenly it is widely accepted as "the truth". Please never rely on other people's posts, stories, e-mails, etc. - the best research is your own documented research. I have found marriage dates on ancestry.com that are completely different from an actual marriage certificate I have found at a courthouse. Transcribers, like census takers, make mistakes! Please be responsible and do not post information you cannot verify with documentation and always list your sources of your information. If it is from a family story - site it as such.

Also - always consider that your ancestor's name may have been misunderstood, mis-spelled or even changed by your ancestor. I have found "Black" listed as "Block", "Bluck", etc. Fears/Phears has always been interesting! It can be Feers, Faris, Fears, Feares, and so on, and you can take these variables and swap out a PH for an F!! It can be very frustrating, but that is part of the quest!

There are some online resources for cemeteries - "find a grave" is a pretty good site, but none I have found have ALL of the information about every grave in a cemetery and I have found glaring errors on many of these sites, as well. Again, it is information that was passed on, usually by folks that were only looking for their ancestors. So if you think your ancestor may be in a certain cemetery and don't find them listed on whatever forum - books or online - go to the cemetery yourself and look for their grave! It is much more rewarding and much information can be gathered from a grave marker/monument. Some will bear the name of a society our ancestor was a member of, or share their actual birth dates, which may have been incorrectly recorded elsewhere.

Don't be in a hurry! If you get frustrated, put your research away for a while and go back to it at some other time. When I do this I almost always quickly find what I was looking for and had overlooked or in a place I had not thought of before. Keep your research organized - I keep census records by name in one file, land deeds and other legal documents in their own legal sized binders by ancestor, by date.

Enjoy your quest! Genealogical research can be a fun and exciting hobby. I enjoy being able to pass this information down to my children and am glad they will be able to pass this down to their children and so on. We enjoy cultural festivals that let us and our children enjoy and explore a bit of the culture of their ancestors. My side of the family is VERY Scottish/Native American, and my youngest son is a Scottish Tenor Drummer for the Fort Worth Pipes & Drums group. They rehearse every week and march and perform at various festivals and other events. My husband's family is German/English, so we enjoy Oktoberfest or Wurstfest annually, as well. The more our kids have enjoyed learning about the culture of their ancestors, the more interested they have been in learning more about their ancestors.

Thanks for contacting me. I hope to learn more about you and your family. Meeting distant cousins is part of the fun and sometimes we come across a distant relative that has a photo, letter or some other information they can share that we do not have access to. If you have any information, photos, letters, family Bible entries or even a story or tid bit you could pass along to me, I would be very grateful!

Good luck and Best Wishes!!

Dee Ann