I am reserching the following family names:ABLES, ADAMS, ANDREWS, BAIRD, BONNER, BRISTOW, BROWN, BUSHROD, COFFELT, COOK, DOWNS, FARIS, FOX, GILBERT, HEATH, LYONS, McALLISTER, McDOWL, MOORE, NEELEY, REAVES, SMITH, VESTAL, WHITE, WILLIS, WRIGHT. The regions in the United States I am looking for are in Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisana, Mississippi, Missouri, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. The regions outside the US I am looking in are Scotland (under the BAIRD family name) and Ireland (under the BAIRD and MOORE family names). On my mother's maternal side of the family, BONNER/FOX, I have quite a lot of information on HARMON FOX.He is my Great Great Grandfather.He was born February 1, 1860, in Kentucky and married two women.The first being SARAH JANE SMITH, she was known as JANIE.She was born in 1856, in Kentucky and died in Arkansas.They had 8 children, LOUCINDA FOX, ELVIN "DOC" FOX, MATTIE FOX, SALLY FOX, THOMAS GLENN, MINNIE (FOX) BONNER, RACHEL FOX, and MARY MAGDELINE FOX, HARMON'S second wife was FANNIE MASON.They married on May 19, 1893 in Johnson County Arkansas.They had 12 children, one of them died at birth.Their names were JAMES EDWARD FOX, ISSAC FOX, SAMUAL FOX, MAIMY FOX, MAUDY FOX, JOE FOX, LOTTIE FOX, WILLIAM FOX, FLORENCE FOX, ROSIE FOX, HASKELL FOX and HARRISON FOX. But as always you want more!! I have not been able to find any more information on SARAH JANE SMITH or her relatives (her father's name is RICHARD "DICK" SYLVESTER SMITH b.abt 1800-1830 d. ?, her mother's name is DICEY or NICEY JONES.Richard's brother's name is JEREMIAH SMITH b. 1794 d. 1880, he was married to ELIZABETH JONES b. 1797 d.1852.She was the daughter of WILLIAM JONES of Clay County, Kentucky.I am looking for any information that will help me find the parents of RICHARD "DICK" SYLVESTER SMITH and JEREMIAH SMITH I am also looking on my mother's paternal side of the family, NEELEY/WHITE, I have very little information.Any information would be greatly appreciated.My grandfather's name was ARTHUR MARION WHITE.His father's name was MARION JACKSON "JACK" WHITE.His mother's name was ROSSIE BELLE (NEELEY) WHITE.That is as far as I go.I need a lot of help on that side. On my father's, GORDON EDWARD COFFELT ADAMS, side of the family I am researching his mother's, MEDA JEANETTE (VESTAL) ADAMS paternal side of the family, VESTAL/BAIRD.In particular, I am researching ISHAMA H. BAIRD, pronounced ISOM.He was born around 1760-1775 in Derry County, Ireland and came to the United States when he was young.He was the son of CORNELIUS BAIRD of Scotland, who married SARAH MOORE in Ireland.They had several sons and daughters who migrated to South Carolina. ISHAMA settled in Virginia and married CLARISSA BUSHROD.CLARISSA BUSHROD is said to have been from "York State", this could be New York State, York County, Virginia or York County, South Carolina.They were married in Sumner County, Tennessee on Oct 21, 1795.They had 5 children, named JAMES ITHAMAR BAIRD (born in 1797 near Nashville, Tennessee), NANCY BAIRD SHUMAKE, ALVAN BAIRD, JOHN QUINCY BAIRD, AND BENJAMIN HARRISON BAIRD. I would like to find out more information on CORNELIUS BARID, SARAH MOORE, ISHAMA H. BAIRD and CLARISSA BUSHROD. I am also researching my father's paternal side of the family, both COFFELT and ADAMS/BROWN.On both the COFFELT side and theADAMS/BROWN side I have some information, but it does not go back very far. Any information would be greatly appreciated!! For you Vestal's out there:Be thinking about WHERE and WHEN you want next year's reunion!!!!
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