Mam-ma's Southern Family

This is the start of a new series on this blog. I have so many records of my grandparent’s southern ancestors and will highlight them as I answer genealogical research questions. Even though some of these records are not of people in my grandmother’s line (thus they are not all her southern ancestors), placing these small proofs or research reports here keeps them together in one place. Question: When did John Thomas, husband of Mary Ann Haley, of Rankin Co, Mississippi, die? Background. Mary Ann Haley married John B. Thomas on 23 October 1834 in Rankin County, Mississippi.[1]  She is the daughter of Thomas Haley and his wife, Elizabeth, though this has not yet been proven here. Thomas & Elizabeth Haley are my 4x-great-grandparents, my maternal grandfather’s 2x-great-grandparents.  John Thomas did not appear in the Simpson County household headed by Mary Ann Thomas in 1850. The children living with her were: Craft H, age 14,  Elizabeth A, age 11,  John B, age 8,...

It all started with scanning photographs and papers from the files of my grandmother, Pansy L. Johnston, who died in 2013. I’m trying to clean up the office and put away some of the records I have stored in boxes. Three photos were taken on 5 March 1994, I think in honor of William Hutson “Hutts” Loveless’ birthday, which was on March 1. He would have been 100 years old. I don’t know who sent the photos to my grandmother, but likely it was Dorothy Lamm, her double cousin. Dorothy was Hutts’ daughter. Her mother, Josephine Hazel Lancaster was the sister of my grandmother’s father. And Hutts was the brother of my grandmother’s mother. That made Dorothy and Pansy double cousins. Faye Moon (sitting) with Dorothy Lamm (standing) Another person in the photos was Faye Moon. She was another cousin, the daughter of Hutt’s brother, James Arthur Loveless.  My question: “Who was Faye Loveless Moon and what happened to her?” I have spent the past 12 hours researching Faye, he...