(Formerly Barbara Craddock Pike)

I became interested in my family history quite by chance; in October 1999, a box containing old photos & obits fell off a shelf at my sister's. While picking them up, I decided to write down the names, & when I went home, I typed "genealogy" into a search engine. I was off! That first night I found an old query about a man with the same name as my great great grandfather. I responded, and the next day, I was contacted by my first "new-found cousin". I was hooked!

In the months since then, my "new cousin", Betty Wingo, and I have worked very hard, finding the descendants of our great great grandfather, Peyton Graves Parker. We have not yet found his parents or siblings or birthplace. My Parker line was the first line I started working on, and quickly started working on my Wood line. I expanded to my Lindsey's, then the Craddock's, and then my Baskin and Mann ancestors.

I am sure my work contains mistakes, as I have obtained a lot of information from the web, without verifying its accuracy. Whenever possible, I have followed up, and gotten more documentation.

Welcome to my family pages. If you recognize any of these people, please e-mail me. If you notice any mistakes, please send me the corrections. If you have any additional information, please let me know! I'm always looking for new cousins!

• Descendants of Peyton Graves Parker (201 KB)
  These are the first 5 generations of Peyton Parker's descendants. Information about living individuals has been withheld.
• John Learwood Descendants (242 KB)
  My earliest known "Wood" ancestor is John Learwood. He and Hannah Stovall May have had more children, but John Edmond, born about 1720, is the only one I have information on.
• William Baskin Descendants (7 generations) (93 KB)
  William & Mary Stuart Baskin hailed from Ireland. Their grandson, William C. Baskin, is the one responsible for the Baskin name in Harmony and Clarksville, Johnson Co., Arkansas. That is where my grandfather, Chester Davis Baskin, was born, and the bulk of my Baskin information is on the Arkansas Baskins.
• Cain Mann, father of Joel Mann (1773-1844) (68 KB)
  My Mann line is probably my "skimpiest". My Mother used to love to say "My Mother was a Mann before she got married"...(ha ha!).
• Edmund Craddock Descendants (358 KB)
  I believe that Edmund Craddock was the son of William Craddock (1714-1796) and his second wife, Hannah Harper, of Amelia Co., VA. William's first wife was Mary Cross, and he is reported to have had about 16 children with his 2 wives. There is much conflicting data out there about these Craddock's, and until I have been able to research them further, I have not included them.
• Descendants of David Lindsey (5 generations) (465 KB)
  David Lindsey was a Revolutionary War Soldier. The Montevallo, Alabama chapter of the DAR is named after him.

• Chester Davis Baskin (1882-1945) (9 KB)
  Chester Davis Baskin was my grandfather. He was born in Harmony, Johnson Co., AR. He married Ladybird Mann about 1913, probably in Little Rock. Their daughter, Geraldine, married Thomas P. Craddock in 1934 in Corpus Christi, TX; these were my parents. This is the only photo I have of Chester which is cropped out of a huge group wedding photo taken about 1898, when he was 16.
• Peyton Graves Parker (1840-1919) (34 KB)
  Peyton Graves Parker was my great great grandfather. His birthplace is unknown, but by 1860 he was in Leake Co., MS. He moved to Hill Co., TX about 1866. His son Columbus Campbell Parker married Ella Wood; these were my great grandparents.
• Ladybird Mann Baskin & Dudley Baskin (1918-1973) (46 KB)
  Ladybird was my grandmother, and her son, Dudley was my uncle. He was born in Arkansas. He married several times, and had several children. He died in Las Vegas, Nevada. This photo was most likely taken in Little Rock, AR about 1922.. look closely at the carving on this bench "For White People Only". It's hard for me to imagine those times!
• Charles Foster Wood (1847-1922) (47 KB)
  Charles was my great great grandfather. He was born in Winston Co., MS. He married Margaret Lindsey in 1866, and they moved to Texas, first to Hill Co., then moving across the river to Bosque Co. Their daughter, Ella Wood, married Columbus C. Parker; these were my great grandparents.
• Geraldine Baskin Craddock (1915-1997) (48 KB)
  Geraldine was my mother. She was born in Little Rock, AR., and moved to the Rio Grande Valley when she was about 8 years old. She married Thomas P. Craddock, Sr. in 1934 in Corpus Christi. They lived in Georgewest, TX till about 1939, then moved to Houston. This picture was taken when she was 18 years old.
• Margaret Lindsey Wragg Wood (1836-1919) (38 KB)
  Margaret was my great great grandmother. She was born in Alabama, but moved to Winston Co., MS when she was a child. She first married Sam Wragg, Jr. and had 4 children. After he died in the Civil War, she married Charles F. Wood & moved to Texas. Their daughter Ella Wood married Columbus C. Parker; these were my great grandparents.
• Thomas Parker Craddock, Sr. (1911-1965) (36 KB)
  T.P. was my father. He was born in Whitney, Hill Co., TX. and raised in Granbury, Hood Co., TX. He graduated from Tarleton Jr. College & University of Texas. He taught school in Georgewest, TX, where he met Geraldine Baskin. They married in 1934, and moved to Houston about 1939, where he started working for Standard Oil of NJ, which became Humble Oil & Refining, which became Exxon.
• Columbus Parker (1861-1904)& Ella Wood (1870-1958) (65 KB)
  Columbus & Ella were my great grandparents. Columbus was born in MS & moved to TX as a child. Ella was born in Bosque Co., TX. They married in 1888. Their daughter, Cora Dale Parker, was my grandmother.
• T. P. & Geraldine Craddock (63 KB)
  T. P. & Geraldine were my parents. They had 4 children: Adrienne Martella (1935), Carolynn Virginia (1940), Barbara Dale (1953) & Thomas Parker Craddock, Jr. (1956).
• Sarah Ellen Rainbolt Craddock (1861-1940) (70 KB)
  Sarah Ellen was my great grandmother. She was born in TX, & married John David Craddock in 1877 in Bosque Co., TX. Their son, Thomas Buckner Craddock married Cora Dale Parker; these were my grandparents. She is shown here with my sister, Adrienne, about 1937.
• Austin Mann (1858-1899) (69 KB)
  Austin Mann was my great grandfather. He was born in Tennessee. He married Virginia Williams in Lauderdale Co., TN in 1880. Their daughter, Caroline Virginia Mann, known as Ladybird, married Chester Davis Baskin (1882-1945) in AR about 1913; these were my grandparents.
• Virginia Williams Mann (abt 1860-abt 1899) (80 KB)
  Virginia Williams was my great grandmother. She married Austin Mann in Ripley, Lauderdale Co., TN. They lived in Brownsville, TN, where he founded the Brownsville Tribune. They both died at an early age, leaving 4 children to be raised by relatives. Their daughter, Caroline Virginia (Ladybird) was my grandmother.
• ThomasB.Craddock(1882-1958)&Cora Parker(1890-1971) (49 KB)
  Thomas Buckner & Cora Dale were my grandparents. T.B. was born in Bosque Co., TX, as was Cora Dale. They married in 1909 in Whitney, Hill Co., TX. Their son, Thomas Parker Craddock, Sr. married Geraldine Baskin in 1934 in Corpus Christi, Texas; these were my parents.
• Caroline Virginia(Ladybird) Mann Baskin(1885-1854) (73 KB)
  Caroline Mann was my grandmother. She first married Tom Melbert and had two children, then she married my grandfather, Chester Davis Baskin (1882-1945) in AR about 1913. Their daughter, Geraldine, married T.P. Craddock in 1934; these were my parents. Ladybird (in fur) is pictured here with her daughter (my mother) Geraldine.

• Ancestors of Barbara Craddock Shultz on GenCircles
• Barbara Craddock Shultz-The Whole Shebang
• Ancestors of Barbara Craddock Shultz (Family Tree Maker)
• My Photo Albums

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