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knoxcotn-digest Tuesday, December 7 1999 Volume 01 : Number 021
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 20:06:41 -0700 (MST) From: catsmeow@aztec.asu.edu (SABRINA K IDE) Subject: Wiley Blount PAUL Hi! Thanks for posting that Wylie PAUL information, Billie, you never know when something will jog my memory. I checked my database and I have a Wiley Blount Paul marrying (first name unknown) Robinson but no dates at all. Wiley was the son of John Paul and Rebecca Ferguson, John was bon 1807, and married to Rebecca 4 Mar 1830, Knox Co., TN, so it looks as if there could be a connection. John is the son of my ancestor, James Paul and Mary McKnight so if anyone can tie into this Paul family, I'll be glad to share anything I can. I noticed there are a lot of Paul/Walker family names in that listing, John had a brother named William,and aunts named Catherine and Margaret but those names are pretty common and so can't go too much by that. However, Wylie Paul is uncommon enough so that although they can't be the same person due to the age difference they could definitely be connected in some way. Hope this adds a piece to the puzzle for someone! Dusti (catsmeow@aztec.asu.edu) - -- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 07 Dec 1999 00:42:47 -0800 From: "Billie R. McNamara" <knox@tngenweb.org> Subject: Re: Wiley Blount PAUL Thanks, Dusti! I just forwarded your informative response to Gloria Burris, who posted the original query to the TNRoots list.
At 08:06 PM 12/6/99 -0700, SABRINA K IDE wrote: >Thanks for posting that Wylie PAUL information, Billie, you never >know when something will jog my memory. <snipped> ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 07 Dec 1999 00:45:43 -0800 From: "Billie R. McNamara" <knox@tngenweb.org> Subject: French, Lawrence, Elder, Cate, Manard Al Baumbach just posted a lengthy and informative message about his interest in these families to the DumplinTN list. Since I know we have some subscribers here researching these surnames, I thought I'd forward it. Please contact him for full details. From: ABaumbach@aol.com : :: :
:: : Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 22:03:06 EST I am researching the MANARD-CATE & related families of Jefferson County, Tennesse. Below is the first generation of the family of Gibson Manard & Delilah Cate (my 4 great-grandparents). I have over 4,000 direct descendants from the 11 children cited here, 10 of which had issue. I also research ALL the CATE families of Jefferson County. FRENCH, LAWRENCE & ELDER are other surnames that I am interested in. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 07 Dec 1999 10:57:05 -0800 From: "Billie R. McNamara" <knox@tngenweb.org> Subject: Sad fire in Knoxville Those of you who have Southern RR employee ancestors will want to read this article on today's Knoxville News-Sentinel website at http://www.knoxnews.com/ For the second time in just over a month arsonists set fire to Norfolk Southern's vacant Coster Yard facilities, this time burning a historic train shop the city of Knoxville was negotiating to buy, authorities said Monday. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 07 Dec 1999 11:03:26 -0800 From: "Billie R. McNamara" <knox@tngenweb.org> Subject: Top 10 East TN news stories of the century The Knoxville News-Sentinel is taking a poll. They've listed several big news stories of the 20th century, and they're wanting readers to vote. The poll is at http://www.knoxnews.com/news/vote-storyofcentury.shtml Write-in recommendations are acceptable. Please spread this to other lists you're on that have an East Tennessee focus. Let's give them the benefit of our "professional" opinions! ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 07 Dec 1999 11:19:34 -0800 From: "Billie R. McNamara" <knox@tngenweb.org> Subject: Great article on photography This is written with a holiday slant, but it's great information for any time of year! http://www.knoxnews.com/homefamily/lights.shtml ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 07 Dec 1999 11:37:02 -0800 From: "Billie R. McNamara" <knox@tngenweb.org> Subject: Fwd: Twas The Day Before Yesterday REAL genealogists and historians will appreciate this...and the rest of the world might understand our glassy-eyed faces a little better after reading it! Thanks to Edgar Byler for sharing.
Twas The Day Before Yesterday TWAS the day before yesterday and all through the branches, NOT a name to be found, none of my ancestors. THE Journals and Bibles were dusty and worn, WHY should we care, these kinfolk are gone. THE pictures of children and family, long ago dead, ARE scattered, crinkled, and crammed under beds. DAD in his chair, and I with a book, HAD just settled back to give the TV a look. WHEN out on the street there arose such a clatter, I sprang to my feet to see what was the matter. ON the way to the window I tripped with a crash, I tore open the curtains and looked through the glass. THE sun in the sky was nowhere in sight, THE clouds were so gray, it could have been night. WHEN what to my wondering eyes should appear, THE Mailman with packages, letters and cards of good cheer. THE driver was grumbling while sorting his letters, I knew in a moment, things had to get better. THE size of one letter stood out from them all, A distant cousin was asking about family, one and all. THE names of Grandpa and Grandma, Great Grandparents all, NEXT came my Father, my Brother, and Uncle Paul. FROM cousins and uncles to aunts and nephews, NIECES and in-laws, just to name a few. SO through the many journals and photos, and stuff I possessed, MY search for my ancestors slowly progressed. WHILE up the family tree I gradually climbed, MY ancestors names, I was seeking to find. UPON that tree I have carved many a name, THE branches of which, will never be the same. THE tree is now filled with many I've found, BUT in the search for others, now I am bound. THE ancestors whose names, I have written with love, THE Lord has gathered to take to His Father above. WITH so many names yet to be carved on that tree, I have little time to waste on games and TV. GATHERING names, photos, histories and places, REQUIRES a lot of love, patience, and God's good graces. SOME were Farmers, Soldiers and such, Mothers and Fathers who struggled much. SOME were Settlers, who traveled far, some Adventures, who followed the stars. SOME were rich but most were poor, they came by ship, seeking more. SOME died young, others old, many their stories yet untold. I cried when I thought of those brothers and sisters, FOR I am who I am, thanks to my ancestors. MY family is but one branch on the Tree of Life, A tree that grew strong through toil and strife. ALONE, I'm just a bare twig or a stub, TOGETHER we build a Family Tree of Love
(Written by Linnie Vanderford Poyneer one night after a long day of research) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 07 Dec 1999 12:09:03 -0800 From: "Billie R. McNamara" <knox@tngenweb.org> Subject: Books by Nannie Lee Hicks Forwarded from: "J. C. Tumblin, OD" <sleepy6@mailhub.icx.net> Please respond to him personally. ============================================================================ ======= Dear Ms. McNamara: This is my first day on the Knox County GenWeb site, but I understand that Ms. Nannie Lee Hicks' books have been discussed. As a student of hers in 1944 at Central High School, I have had a long time appreciation for her work and give her credit for interesting me in history at the ripe old age of 18. She "invented" the Foxfire Method about a half century before anyone ever heard of North Georgia and Wigginton (for which he earned National Teacher of the Year). However, since "there is nothing new under the sun" we may find that Socrates used the same method with his students. I. The Fountain City Town Hall plans to have a new edition of "The John Adair Section of Knox County Tennessee" available in time for Fountain City Day in the Park (Memorial Day Weekend 2000). For the first time it will include a Biographical Sketch of Ms. Hicks, her picture and description of her Monroe County and Jefferson County roots. She was a descendant of Samuel McSpadden (her DAR "patriot") who furnished the black powder for Andrew Jackson's victory at New Orleans in the War of 1812 and was related to the many Hicks attorneys in Madisonville, including Johnny Cash's "A Boy Named Sue (Hicks)." The book has been published in these editions: 1968 (Nocture Garden Club) 1976 (Bicentennial Edition) 1986 (Knoxville Homecoming '86 Edition, Fountain City Town Hall) The last edition (1986) has been sold out for several years, but we have the page proofs. However, we need a "sacrifice" copy for the use of the printer to supplement the page proofs. A $20 reward is offered for a "mint" copy of the 1986 Edition only (call 698-1948, Knoxville). The question is: How much interest is there? Do we need to print 500, 1000, etc.? Have you any indication of the interest? II. Ms. Hicks' other book was "Historic Treasure Spots of Knox County, Tennessee," 1964, Sponsored and Published by the Simon Harris Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution. The first two editions of "The John Adair Section" and the lone "Historic Treasure Spots" are available as reference books at the McClung Historical Collection. Several branch libraries of Knox County have loan copies. There have been only minor editorial changes from Edition 1 to Edition 3. J. C. Tumblin, O.D., Member Fountain City Town Hall Heritage Committee ------------------------------ End of knoxcotn-digest V1 #21 ***************************** |