Mam-ma's Southern Family

On 16 November 1847, Dempsey P. Welch and Ann Jemima Coor were married. [1]   Two days earlier, Dempsey, along with D.K. Coor, his surety, applied for the marriage bond. D.K. Coor was probably Daniel K. Coor, Ann’s older brother. Their ages were not listed, nor the part for parents to give permission was filled out, so the couple was of age to marry. The clerk probably filled out the complete form as the signature line for DP Welch and DK Coor looks alike. Dempsey’s name was listed as BP Welch all through the document. Bond. Copiah Co., Mississippi, Welch-Coor, 1847 On the next day, the marriage license was issued by the Probate Court Clerk. License.  Copiah Co., Mississippi, Welch-Coor, 1847 Finally on the 16th, the Justice of the Peace, James A. Sturgis, married the couple. Certificate of Marriage.  Copiah Co., Mississippi, Welch-Coor, 1847 Dempsey P. was born 11 May 1822 in Mississippi to Dempsey Welch and Elizabeth Rebecca Young. Ann Jemima was ...

This is a story of a short life. Thomas W. Jones was born probably in Hill County, Texas on 15 November 1883. [1] His parents were Thomas W. Jones and Nancy A. Huff. His grandparents were Benjamin W. Jones and Amanda A. Haley, my third great-grandparents. So that would make Thomas my first cousin three times removed. Thomas had a sister, Amanda E. Jones who was born just a few years earlier in March 1880. [2] The only record of little Thomas is a tombstone in Vaughan Cemetery in Hill County, Texas. [3] Vaughan Cemetery in Hill County, Texas, showing Thomas W. Jones, son of T.W. and N.A. Jones; Find-a-grave.com, photo taken by Doreen Morelli. This poor tombstone is broken and the death date cannot be made out clearly from the photo. However, on the Hill County, Texas webpage, someone had made a transcription of the cemetery and the death date was listed as 1 February 1885. [4] Perhaps the recording was done before the stone was broken. His mother, Nancy would...

Eliza Kirby was born in Faulkner County, Arkansas on 12 November 1876 to Robert R. Kirby and Sarah Cathrine Howard. [1] She had two brothers and four sisters; all four sisters died in infancy. In 1880, the family was living in Hardin Township in Faulkner County. [2] Their household included her grandmother, Francis Howard and an aunt, Eliza Hinsley. Is it possible she was named after this aunt? When Eliza was just seven years old, her father died in 1883. [3]   Her mother remarried 23 Oct 1887 to James J. Robinson. [4] Eliza married George Alonzo “Lon” Loveless on 20 Jan 1898. [5] They were both of 21 years of age and living in Linder, a community in Faulkner County. P.H. Glover, the minister at the Greenbrier Baptist Church married them. Faulkner County, Arkansas, marriage between GL Loveless and Eliza Kirby  Lon and Eliza had three children, all who grew to adulthood and married: Doyle Elbin Loveless Meda Orthal Lovelss Gladys Loveless Lon purcha...

This is my third year working on this year-long prompt, hosted by Amy Johnson Crow. I will write each week in one of my two blogs, either  Mam-ma’s Southern Family  or at  My Trails Into the Past . I have enjoyed writing about my children’s ancestors in new and exciting ways. This was previously published 5 Nov 2015 and is reposted to fit this week's theme. Daniel Matt Coor, oldest son of Rufus K. Coor and Mary J. Sones, died 17 Sep 1881, when the steam engine at his grinding mill blew up. [1] Daniel is not in my direct line. He is my first cousin four times removed. His grandfather, John Coor (1785-1838) was my fourth great-grandfather and his father, Rufus K. Coor (1825-1877) was the brother of my third great-grandfather, James Madison Coor (1833-1890). Rufus K. Coor’s family remained in Copiah County, Mississippi while Rufus’ brother, James Madison Coor took his family to Texas. So finding two newspaper articles about Rufus’ son, Daniel Matt Coor in the Daily...