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Re: Marriage lookup ca 1920

goodenlake — 2013-05-23 04:44:31Z

not sure if this is the right party is the wife Mattie named Mattie Lee Ray?? Did not know Mattie's husband name but if this is the same party I have a picture of the pair with some of their children also know where Mattie Lee is buried Bobbie

Re: Marshall Family Information

goodenlake — 2013-05-22 17:37:40Z

Party I have some informaton on Homer Marshall out of Humphreys Co. He is the son of Jesse Walter Marshall

Juanita Barbara Jones Deener 1936-2013 b. Louise, MS

Contribution — 2013-05-15 12:27:00Z

LOUISE, MS: Juanita Barbara Deener entered this would September 3. 1936 in Louise, Miss.
She was the first of twelve children born to Malachi Jones and Persephone Marie Miller-Jones.

She was raised in Louise, MS.
On February, 1952 Juanita moved to Mansfield, Ohio.
She became a member of Temple of Faith Church of God in Christ under the leadership of the Elder L. G. Maddox; church now Maddox Memorial Church of God in Christ under the leadership of Elder Aaron Williams Sr.

She was a very active member in the radio choir directed the Junior Choir, member of Junior and Senior Mothers board. She was noted for her singing throughout the State of Ohio and was nicknamed "The Songbird of Temple of Faith".

She leaves to mourn and celebrate her home going and cherish her memories a son, Timothy (Vonte) Deener, of Mansfield, Ohio; seven sisters, LaDorothy Hunter, of Memphis, Tenn, Joyce (Elder Albert) Twyman, Annie Lucille Cannada, Esther (Robert) Clark, Sharon (Elder Louis) Blevins, all of Mansfield; Alexis Selmon Kennesaw, GA, and Thomasine Wallace, of Canton, Ohio; three brothers, Herman Earl (Terri) Jones, of Columbus, Ohio, Thomas L. Jones, of Kennesaw, GA, and Jerome Jones, of Canton, Ohio; an uncle, James Ferebee, of Mansfield, Ohio; two grandchildren, Jasmine Davis, of Memphis, Tenn and Terrance Deener, Emporia, KS; a great-grandson, Tremaine Coleman; a host of nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Malachi Jones and Persephone Marie Miller-Jones; brother, Malachi Jones Jr.

The services will be held Saturday, May 18, 2013, at 11 a.m., with one hour prior calling at Maddox Memorial COGIC, 1148 Walker Lake Rd., Mansfield, Ohio.
The burial will follow at Mansfield Memorial Park.

The family will be receiving relatives and friends at the home of her niece Marie Jones-Williams, 1010 Pearce Dr., Mansfield, Ohio, until the day of the services.

The family has entrusted Small's Funeral Services with the arrangements.

www.smallsfuneralservices.org.

Obituary Notice Needed For George Cooks (died 10-28-1997 in Silver City, Mississippi)

knort4 — 2013-02-13 16:02:43Z

2-13-2013

Can anyone please help me find an obituary notice for a Mr. George Cooks who died October 28, 1997 in Silver City, Mississippi? Would like to receive a printed copy if possible, but if not, you can send me the text of it in an e-mail message to keith345@hotmail.com. If an obit is not available, if there is a city directory at a local library that can tell me what his address was for any year, that would also be helpful. I'm trying to find any of his family members. Thanks for any assistance! keith345@hotmail.com (Genealogical Researcher)

Re: Jones Cemetary, Silver City, MS

pbphelps2 — 2012-04-03 00:37:10Z

Carolyn, it would help considerably to have a date to work from. That being said, consider the following:

Dora JONES b. Jun 1879 (she claimed to be older), dau. of Nancy JONES;
* enum. 1880 age 6/12 in household of Fannie FRASIER, who may be her grandmother, in Woolfolk & Gibbs Precinct, Beat 5, northern Yazoo Co. MS;
* m.abt. 1892 in MS to Robert MILLER Jr. (b. Dec 1872);
* enum. 1900 age 25 in Crump's Precinct, near present-day Carter, in northern Yazoo;
* enum. 1910 age 34 again in Crump's Precinct;
* enum. 1920 age 38 in Lake City Precinct, Beat 3, northern Yazoo;
* enum. 1930 age 44 again in Lake City.

1940 data not yet available. Robert and Dora had three children: Carrie (m. PERRY), b. Oct 1892; Wallace b. Aug 1894; Anna b. Jan 1897.

Contact me directly at pbphelps1 AT verizon.net for further assistance.

Paul B. Phelps, Alexandria VA

Re: Four Mile Cemetery at Four Corners on Four Mile Lake off Hwy 7

DSprechman — 2012-02-01 14:17:55Z

That is the family - I'm having trouble finding much information on them before that point. I'm also looking for more information on the son Jesse and his wife Mattie Maybelle Herring Marshall. It seems they owned a plantation and then lost it for some reason and I'm really hoping to flesh out that story.

Thanks for your help. Any other direction would be appreciated too.
Deb

Re: Four Mile Cemetery at Four Corners on Four Mile Lake off Hwy 7

86187 — 2012-02-01 03:18:23Z

Would you please send your message again?

Re: Four Mile Cemetery at Four Corners on Four Mile Lake off Hwy 7

86187 — 2012-02-01 03:15:22Z

I found Julie & Walter Upchurch with 4 children living in Sunflower County, MS, on the 1900 MS Sunflower Beat 1 Census Record. Next to the Upchurch family in the 1900 census is a Marshall family. Is this the family you are looking for? L Marshall was born in 1845 and Mary Marshall was born in 1848

Julie A Upchurch has a tombstone in the Four Mile Cemetery stating she died in 1903 (3 years after the 1900 census). She was about 32. Julie was born in June 1870.

Hope this helps.

Betsy

Re: Four Mile Cemetery at Four Corners on Four Mile Lake off Hwy 7

86187 — 2012-02-01 02:27:03Z

I am sorry, but he does not recall those names. He did leave the Belzoni area in 1958 and did not live there after that.

Re: Four Mile Cemetery at Four Corners on Four Mile Lake off Hwy 7

DSprechman — 2012-01-31 22:44:33Z

Got it! Sent you a return message.

Re: Four Mile Cemetery at Four Corners on Four Mile Lake off Hwy 7

rone21 — 2012-01-31 22:07:08Z

Deb--
I sent an email to your gmail address....did you get it or should I send to the bellsouth address?

Re: Marshall family of Humphreys County

DSprechman — 2012-01-31 21:30:40Z

Hi,
I have information on Julie Ann's family and would love whatever information and/or pictures you have. If you want to share information, please contact me deb.sprechman@gmail.com

Re: Four Mile Cemetery at Four Corners on Four Mile Lake off Hwy 7

DSprechman — 2012-01-31 21:28:28Z

Hi,
I am trying to track down information on the Jesse Walter and Mattie Maybelle Herring Marshall family and see that your g-grandmother was Julie Ann Marshall Upchurch.

I've heard stories that Jessie was apparently prosperous owning a plantation in the area but lost the home for some reason before the family moved to Florida.

Julie Ann was the sister of my Jessie Walter. Do you have family information you are willing to share with me? If so, please contact me de66ys@bellsouth.net. Thanks.

Re: Four Mile Cemetery at Four Corners on Four Mile Lake off Hwy 7

DSprechman — 2012-01-31 21:22:42Z

Hi,
I just found this conversation thread in an attempt to track down information of the Jesse Walter and Mattie Maybelle Herring Marshall family originally of the Belzoni/Four Mile area.

On a different note than the cemetery, do you or does your husband's friend from Belzoni know anything of this family or can you suggest anyone I can talk to who might have some information? Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.

Re: Samuel Amos Herring death 3/15/1916 in Isola, Mississippi

mullinsfam41 — 2012-01-09 21:25:45Z

information on Samuel Amos Herring. Would love to swap information on him.

Shackleford's

mckinzie3 — 2011-12-02 01:38:20Z

Seeking info on James and Ella Shackleford who were in Humphries County. Ella b:1870 father possibly from Jeruselum. Ella married James Mitchell

thanks

Savannah Body Murphy 1931-2011

Contribution — 2011-09-09 03:56:19Z

MURPHY Savannah Murphy, 79, passed away Monday, September 5, 2011.

Born in Belzoni, MS, October 23, 1931.

Preceded in death by husband Robert W. Murphy, parents Gully and Annie Body, son George Daniels Jr., brothers Walter, Willie and Coleman Body and sister Erdelle Body-Clayborn.
Survived by sons, Roy (Carla) Daniels, Charles (Rose) Daniels, Timothy Murphy and Jonathan Murphy; daughters, Shirley (Terry) Gilbert and Della (Scott) Williams; and a host of grandchildren, great-grandchildren, many relatives and friends.
Home going Celebration 9:30 a.m. Saturday, September 10, 2011 at Family Missionary Baptist Church, 996 Oakwood Avenue, where the family will receive friends from 8:30 a.m. until the start of the service.

Interment Green Lawn Cemetery.
Arrangements entrusted to DIEHL-WHITTAKER FUNERAL SERVICE, 720 E. Long Street. To sign the online guestbook, please visit www.diehl-whittaker.com/obits

Published in The Columbus Dispatch on September 9, 2011

Marshall Family Information

mgteaster — 2011-05-04 19:21:51Z

Seeking information on the Marshall Family in the area. My maternal grandfather was Jessie Walter Marshall, one of few of the family who survived the flu epidemic of 1918. I understand the family was very prosperous and prior to the northern invasion owned a plantation and an unknow number of slave families. My grandmother told me many of their decendants were share cropping on the land when she married my grandfather. Unfortunately, my grandfather lost the plantation soon after marrying my grandmother, Maybelle Herring. I would like to know exactly how it passed from family hands. Information is very limited and only passed down verbally. I know my great grandfather John Herring served in the 1st Mississippi Light Artillery and that several Marshalls are on muster rolls of the unit. I would like very much to know if I am related to those Marshalls. I would appreciate any information about the family and the plantation. Family lore places it on the shores of Four Mile Lake.

Research

famsearch3264 — 2010-12-13 04:20:44Z

I am looking for information about Joe Bardney who was born 3 February 1892 and married to L E Bell.

Re: Cemetery Lookup in Isola

shadurk1 — 2010-10-14 21:18:20Z

Daniel Newton Snyder or Snider. He was in his 60's in 1930. There may be another Snyder too, he lived with a relative, but I can't remember who.
Thank You so much!

Re: Cemetery Lookup in Isola

alainapate — 2010-10-14 12:10:35Z

give me the names and i can check. am currently living in isola and will gladly help any way i can.

Re: Belzoni, Humphreys County, Mississippi circa 1880-1910

blacky1912 — 2010-06-04 17:09:10Z

I have been trying to locate information on Belzoni for years. I will probably have to just go there to try and find what I need. Quite frankly, the people in that community are about 50 years behind the times and are some of the most uncivil and arrogant people I have ever encountered. They will not even provide the courtesy of a response most of the time. One of my relatives was murdered in Belzoni in 1954 along with a friend and my family was pretty much embedded in the history. I have decided to contact Americas Most Wanted and see if they can put a fire under them.

James C. Maxwell family

srwscott1 — 2009-12-11 17:36:08Z

Looking for information on James "Jim" Maxwell and wife Harriet. They were married in Yazoo county July 4,1880. A granddaughter of theirs told me that he was sheriff of Humphreys co. for many years. He also owned land at Cole Lake and James and Harriet were buried on the bank of the lake.3 known children: Cally,Isaac, and Harriet Minerva.

James Talmage Jones/Pauline Shackleford

mckinzie3 — 2009-08-04 23:12:08Z

Need info on James T. Jones B: 11/20/1876 lived Beat 5 Washington County married Pauline Shackleford, B: 7/29/1892
D: 3/21/1966. They went to Laurel, Ms/Jones County at some point and both are buried there.
Sandy

Re: Fuller, Twiner

kjric — 2009-07-19 16:31:26Z

Mandy,

I'm trying to locate someone in the Annie P. Fuller family. Annie, according to the census, was the daughter of George and Lillian.

Any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated.

Please reply to me at kjric@bellsouth.net.

Thank you,
Jan

Re: Four Mile Cemetery at Four Corners on Four Mile Lake off Hwy 7

86187 — 2009-03-25 00:37:18Z

Yes, I read the same thing. Last fall, we could not locate any gravestones along the river side of the road. Only three headstones were standing and several were laying on the ground. JW and Ella Meek are our relatives buried there. Their marker is still there.

While the cemetery is in terrible shape. A nearby landowner does keep the jungle out of the cemetery and grass mostly cut. It is possible to locate the cemetery and walk around in it.

It is a shame this cemetery is so abandoned. Perhaps the Baptist Association for Humphreys County could assume responsibility. It seems the cemetery is still listed on the tax rolls as a church. As church property, the cemetery is not taxed. The cemetery is located in Humphrey County, but was originally in Washington County before Humphreys County was formed in 1918.

I contacted the Baptist Historical Assn in Clinton. They did some research and found that a Four Mile Church was built on the property and on church rolls until the late 1940s.

Betsy

Re: Four Mile Cemetery at Four Corners on Four Mile Lake off Hwy 7

MartinBacon — 2009-03-24 20:45:21Z

My wife also has family buried in Four Mile. When I was researching several years ago another researcher told me that when the road was built the headstones were stacked along the water edge. I don't know if the remains were moved.

Henderson

clldcb — 2009-03-23 20:58:42Z

Does any one have any information on African Americans in Humphreys county with the surname Henderson or Reynolds?

Re: Four Mile Cemetery at Four Corners on Four Mile Lake off Hwy 7

clldcb — 2009-03-23 20:50:29Z

I was told while doing research for my Henderson line that a lot of them were buried there. Have not had a chance to come to Northern Mississippi to check it out thou.

Re: Weathers Family of Yazoo County and Humphreys County

antoinette64 — 2009-03-02 14:55:33Z

This is an email from one of my distance cusins, I think you guys might be related.

I stem from Winder Weathers, Virginia Weathers Jones, Allen Jones, Gus August Jones, Henrietta Jones Eubanks, William Eubanks, Joyce Eubanks Scott (my Mom). The name sin bold are the actual names highlighted in the family lineage pages.
What is your connection to the Vaughan family? I have several through Thomas Vaughan, Jr. and Susie Jenkins Vaughan, George Vaughan and Kesiah Jenkins Vaughan, Dallas and Ellen (Williams) Vaughan, Nelson Thomas and Missouri Vaughan Thomas, and Henry Vaughan and Nannie (Miles) Chinn Vaughan. I forget just how Uncle Reuben Vaughan (married to Winnie) fit into these branches, but I knew of them through family history and reunions.
Many of the Vaughans, Stuckeys, McGinnis, and Gray families are intertwined just as the Smith, Woolfolk, and Sallywhite (White) families. Sometimes it is all confusing, but I wanted to send the Weathers lineage showing the first three generations.
Take care and God Bless!!!
Dante M. Eubanks

Re: School Annual Search

stumpwater_1 — 2009-02-21 03:00:47Z

GREAT!! thanks for replying, when my family was growing up we could not afford to buy school pictures or annuals...Can you please look and see if you have any FORBES family.... such as Shirley Forbes, Betty Forbes, Herbert Forbes, Janice Forbes , I think me and my twin sister was to young to be in it if we were it would be kindergarten our name is Glenda and Brenda Forbes I do thank you looking forward to hearing from you again, my regular email address is stumpwater@cableone.net if you want to directly email me please in the subject area type school annual that way i will know its from you thank again

Re: School Annual Search

Jwwj2 — 2009-02-21 02:00:00Z

I have a 1962-63 Silver City year book...If I can help, let me know..

Brenda Kay Davis

critternbutterfly — 2009-02-13 05:37:35Z

I am in need of help, I am searching for my Only Blood Aunt. Her name is Brenda Kay Palubicki Davis. I know she was Married to a Milton Davis who dies in a car crash. Her Mothers name was Edna Adury Lofton Palubicki Nickerson, But Brenda was raised by her Uncle Rev. Lonnie L. Lofton. Brenda's last knowen location was in 1980 when her mother passed, at that time she was listed as living in Belzoni Mississippi, where her uncle raised her. If anyone has ever heard of her or the Rev. Lonnie Lofton i would love to know, she holds the key to me discovering the 1/2 of me i don't know. Thanks to everyone in advance!!!!!

Re: Four Mile Cemetery at Four Corners on Four Mile Lake off Hwy 7

86187 — 2008-11-18 21:02:40Z

Thanks for replying. I checked with the Baptist History Assn. in Clinton, MS. They confirmed that there one was a Baptist church called Four Mile Church at that location. They have records of minutes referring to the Four Mile Baptist Church up until 1946. They suggested we contact the local Baptist association to see if they have any records. I have not done that. If you are in the area, you could try that.

The township officials who sold the land to the Baptist church (according to deeds in the court house) were OM Cresswell (his wife was Mary Meek a brother to the Meek buried there), JA HEndricks, and JM Huffstickler. All owned land in the area too.

I assume that since the land has not been sold, the Baptist Association still owns the land. Obviously, the church is long gone. Perhaps a tornado or a fire destroyed it and it was never rebuilt. A Mr. Simmons owns the dog run house behind the cemetery. His family has been in the same area for generations and knows quite a bit about the history of the Four Mile Area.

Possibly tracing down what the state did at the cemetery (moved graves, plowed through graves etc) when they put the road through the middle of the cemetery in the 1930s might help. Tom Turner is a good friend of my husbands (he grew up in Belzoni) has been helping us with this search for answers to the Four Mile Cemetery puzzle. Tom did not even know the cemetery was there. We had to help him locate it. My husband's great uncle is the Meek buried in Four Mile Cemetery. He was born at Swiftown.

We have visited the cemetery three times and have photos also. Are you the one leaving the flowers? What a nice touch.

Someone in the area should know about the cemetery. It is just a matter of finding that person. Perhaps someone at the Baptist Association knows. I'll bet the Baptist Association does not know about the condition of the cemetery. They do keep their cemeteries in good shape. If you know Tom Turner, he would not mind your contacting him about the cemetery.

If you find out anything, would you please post it? This is such a curious dilemma.

Marshall family of Humphreys County

rone21 — 2008-11-18 19:05:03Z

My great grandfather, Walter Lane Upchurch, 1st married Jullie Ann MARSHALL in 1891 and they lived near 4-Mile. She was born in 1876 and died in 1903, having had 4 children- Ozzie Clinton, mary Edna, Walter Levi (my grandfather) and Vonnia Alma. Jullie Ann is buried in 4-mile Cemetery at the junction of 4-Mile Rd and Inverness Rd. I have visited this place and have photos. I hope someone can lead me to who her parents were and if she had siblings. Right now, I know nothing of her side of the family. Many thanks in advance.

Re: Four Mile Cemetery at Four Corners on Four Mile Lake off Hwy 7

rone21 — 2008-11-18 18:40:52Z

I have visited this cemetery- my great grandmother Jullie Ann MARSHALL Upchurch is buried there- I have pictures. I spoke with the county office and was referred to the Tax Collector's office to obtain information on who to contact to offer my assistance in cleaning it up. You are correct in that it is listed as church property. I have yet to speak with anyone who can give me further information. The road runs through it and some graves are on the "water" side of the road. When the water gets too high those graves are under water. I have not been able to find out if they moved any graves either. I plan to go back there and will be happy to look for the names mentioned in your inquiry and take photos if you need them. If you find out more, please let me know, too. There is also a Sky Bend Cemetery very close to 4-Mile that I have found Upchurch relatives buried in. There are some older graves there, too.

Four Mile Cemetery at Four Corners on Four Mile Lake off Hwy 7

bbrock7337 — 2008-11-15 21:01:21Z

If anyone has heard of or has any information about Four Mile Cemetery southeast of Inverness, MS, and northwest of Belzoni off Highway 7, I would appreciate it. Currently, Four Mile Cemetery is located in Humphreys County at the intersection of Four Mile Road and Inverness Road along Four Mile Lake, but used to be in Washington County before Humphreys County was formed in 1918.

I have done some deed work to find out that one acre of land was sold by township officials in 1896 to the Four Mile Baptist Church. It is on the tax rolls as a "church" and is not taxed. But, there is no church, only an abandoned cemetery in front of an abandoned dog trot home. The land the home is on is owned by the Simmons Family.

We also came across deed work stating that the state took land through the middle of the cemetery sometime in the 1930s to build the current Four Mile Road. Did they plow through the graves or were of the graves moved.

Some of the names of persons buried there on the few visible markers are:

SHIPP (related to Hufstetler and Meek)
MEEK (related to Shipp and Hufstetler)
HUFSTETLER (also the name of one of the men on the township board who sold the land to the church)
UPCHURCH
WILLEY

I am interested in

* who is / was buried there ( I have searched the cemetery listings and see the few listed - above.),
* when was the road was placed through the cemetery (1930's?),
* were any graves moved,
* was there a Four Mile Baptist Church there,
* any history of the cemetery or church
* any people involved with the church from the early part of the century
* any reason no one currently takes care of that cemetery, etc.

I am actually trying to locate the graves of Junius Berryman Baker and Eliza Elmira Robinson Baker who lived at Bellewood Plantation in 1920 and were buried in the area. Perhaps they are buried in Four Mile Cemetery since it is close to where Bellewood Plantation used to be.

Perhaps someone knows something - no matter how small. Any help or assistance would be appreciated.

Irene

Carpenter marriage in Humphreys Co.

Terry78258 — 2008-06-10 16:33:39Z

A fellow researcher sent me a marriage record for a Silas Carpenter to Emma Jones, 24 Dec 1919, Humphreys Co. MS, but does not know the source of the record. Have the marriage records for Humphreys Co. been published? Or are they available on-line? I'm hoping to see if there are other Carpenter marriages in the county. Thanks -- Terry

Re: Looking for info on old tavern -4mile Lake and Columbia Gulf Road

fannie20003 — 2008-05-19 15:51:38Z

well this place is not there any more but u can find your land thou. it is about 20 miles east out side of inverness ms .ask any one where macon lake is and they will direct u there.

Re: Looking for info on old tavern -4mile Lake and Columbia Gulf Road

pameej501 — 2008-05-18 17:57:31Z

Can you give me any more info on it, we have land right down the road from there and I was just curious.

Re: Pfund and Pfundt family in Bay County, Michigan

amidd67 — 2008-04-23 01:34:02Z

Thank you for clarifying for me that Lottie was Charlotte. I merged the two into one person in my family tree.

Re: Pfund and Pfundt family in Bay County, Michigan

katherine_not_kathy — 2008-04-22 13:26:42Z

I'm afraid I don't have much to share with you. My primary interest is in the Maudlin family, and because Charlotte Edna Pfundt (born 15 Feb 1897 in Bay City, Bay Co, MI; died 01 Jun 1992 in Clawson, Oakland Co, MI) married on 14 Nov 1919 in Detroit, Wayne Co, MI to Grant Daniel Maudlin, I also included Charlotte's parents, Michael Pfundt (born 24 Aug 1865 in Michigan) and Margaret Schmidt (born 14 May 1868 in Bremen, Germany), as well as Charlotte's brother, Henry Pfundt. What I've listed here is the extent of my knowledge of the Pfundt family - I have no other birth/death/marriage details. Sorry I can't be of more help. - Katherine

Pfund and Pfundt family in Bay County, Michigan

amidd67 — 2008-04-22 02:09:13Z

I noticed that you are also researching the Pfund and Pfundt families. Would you like to share information? I am a descendant from Bay City, Michigan.

Re: Looking for info on old tavern -4mile Lake and Columbia Gulf Road

fannie2003 — 2008-04-17 16:22:23Z

that was my aunt and uncles place her name is brazile jones his was george jones.

Blaylock Family

nkirkendall21 — 2008-02-27 01:42:56Z

I am desperately searching information on my Blaylock family. I'm hoping someone out there may have someone old enough in their family that may know something about them. My grandfather was Lester Blaylock and quite a character from what I hear. He was born in 1906 and died in 1971 and is buried at Gooden Lake Cemetery, his father's name was Eugene Augustus and died in Humphreys County. I think he may be buried in Silver City...If anyone knows anything...PLEASE email me at nancykirkendall@hotmail.com

Re: Bellewood Plantation and Junius Berryman Baker

bbrock7337 — 2008-02-01 04:10:15Z

Wow! Two people who know about the Bakers. Do you know anything about Bellewood Plantation?

Re: Bellewood Plantation and Junius Berryman Baker

restawyl — 2008-02-01 03:23:33Z

I will be of little or no help on this gentleman but know he was my grandfather and the father to John Baker that was raised in that area and moved and lived in Leland, MS until his death in 1947. His sister was married to Ben Brock and I recall they had two children and also lived in Leland.

Re: Bellewood Plantation and Junius Berryman Baker

DONeill3713 — 2008-02-01 01:10:32Z

My email is Djaneo@aol.com, and I will explain the connection. I am not a descendant, but a very close friend of a descendant.

We are delighted to make contact with a Baker!!

Dorothy in Jackson, MS

Re: Bellewood Plantation and Junius Berryman Baker

bbrock7337 — 2008-01-31 15:40:48Z

I am so excited to hear from you. My husband, Ben, is Dorothy Lucille Baker's son. Currently, we are in Tuscaloosa researching the Meeks (Amos B Baker's mother was a Meek) and will be in Mississippi next week.

As you probably have found, Humphreys County does not have a great deal of information available!

I am searching for the descendants and ancestors of Junius Berryman Baker. Information on Bellewood Plantation is very difficult to locate. There is a Bellewood road with three cemeteries and a church. I will visit there soon even though the plantation is long gone.

Junius B Baker managed Bellewood Plantation according to census records in 1900 and 1910. We have been unable to locate the graves of Junius or Eliza. Did you know Eliza was married to Elmore prior to Junius and had 3 other children? And, Junius and Eliza had five children? Both died in 1920 according to records at the Mississippi State Archives.

Still looking for other relatives of both. Are you related to them?

Would love to correspond with you.

Re: Bellewood Plantation and Junius Berryman Baker

DONeill3713 — 2008-01-31 14:44:19Z

I am presently researching Junius Baker, and would love to share information with you.
Descendants of J. B. "Junius" Baker

1 J. B. "Junius" Baker 1871 - aft.1920
.. +Eliza Unknown 1868 - aft.1920
......... 2 John George Baker 1901 - 1947
............. +Nona Wilsey 1904 - 1981
......... 2 Lelia May Baker 1908 -
............. +Paul Murphy
......... 2 Dorothy Lucille "Kitty" Baker 1910 - 1992
............. +Benjamin Davis Brock 1901 - 1996