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Introduction

Hi, I am Brenda Hearp Whitehead. I am trying to find my roots. The surnames I have researched are Harp/Earp/ Hearp,Brown,Payne,Ricketts,Saunders,Lynch, Carter,Ellis.Vaughan, and Whitehead.I also have information on Stowe, Davis, Elliot, Yates and many others to numerous to mention. There is always a lot to look foward to while digging up your roots. I hope I continue to find strong roots. Hope all who read enjoy! Any questions please email me at the address below. I'd be happy to share my resources and other information. Please read the story about my great grandfather. I will be adding other interesting stories as I continue to build my family tree and my web page. I have found in my research that my Dad's family is related to Wyatt Earp. So more stories to come as I get documentation of the facts. OH! I almost forgot, feel free to download any of the animations, they were free from the Animation Factory, the link is in the upper right of this page, enjoy! Also please note I have a link to a Genealogy Search Ring at the bottom of my page. Please use it freely.Also if you are a genealogist, you would be welcome to join. There are guidlines but that will be explained when you apply. Again Thank You for viewing my page.

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Current Research

These are some of the family lines that I'm currently researching:

Lucy Ricketts Hearp and her parents.
Blanche Rachel Vaughan Whitehead b.June 10,1929, her father Lee Roy Vaughan b. June 14,1889 d.August 03,1957 and her mother Fannie May Cooke b.March 27,1891 d.Febuary 20,1955. They were married December 21,1910 and had seven children. His parents were Robert Cobb Vaughan b.May 14,1860 d.October 12,1932,he married Linda Carter b.December 16,1866 d.October 20,1936, on June 19,1888. Fannie's parents are Samuel David Cooke, he married Ella Joyner April 13,1889.
James William Saunders and Nellie Jane Lynch and their parents.Her parents were Eldridge Lynch b.January10,1882 d.March1976 and Mary Clark Adams b.July 03,1884 d. June 1965. His parents remain a mystery at this time, but research continues.

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Past Research

The family lines I've researched the fullest are:

James Wesley Hearp1 b.1850 d.1924 married Lucy Ricketts b.1855 d.1948 to this union many children were born one being James Wesley Hearp2 b.05-06-1886 d.06-18-1948. He married Cora Etta Brown b.03-08-1888 d.09-14-1971. Her parents were Jack Wyatt Brown b.08-14-1853 d.11-27-1930. He married Laura Francis Payne b.01-30-1865 d.12-14-1911.
Jack Wyatt Brown1 b.about1832. He married Jemima Hatcher b.10-26-1835 their union produced many children one being Jack Wyatt Brown2. James Wesley Hearp2 and Cora Etta Brown had many children one being my father Wilson Thomas Hearp1 b.08-13-1926 d.05-25-1974 on 11-19-1949 he married Mabel Marie Saunders b.09-23-1931.

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GEDCOM Files

Because of size constraints the GEDCOM's are only being put up in HTML, if interested in a GEDCOM please E-MAIL.

James Wesley Hearp1 GEDCOM -- My great grandfather and descendants.
Laura Francis Payne GEDCOM -- My great grandmother and descendants.

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Family Stories

Along The Dry Fork Road
Strange men with picks and shovels moved into the Dry Fork community around 1905 and began to dig for gold on land leased to them by James "Jim" Wesley Hearp, a local farmer and blacksmith. He also made tombstones and his handiwork can still be seen in many of the cemeteries in the neighborhood.One of the gold mines was located near Dixon Creek. For more than sixty years one could see mounds of earth that had been excavated by the miners as they searched for gold.The mines were abandoned , the holes were left open, but little by little they were filled with debris. There was a small amount of gold gleaned from the mine but not enough to sustain a long time profitable business.My cousin informed me that those mines were later mined for mica.The demand for mica became less and less so the mines were closed. This story came from a book called Along The Dry Fork Road by S. Dail Yeatts.

The Devil's Fuss Box
When I was a child my grandmother visited our home often.My grandma would always sit in a straight back wooden chair that was painstakingly placed in a very strategic location. The location was in front of our television set. My grandma beleived that the T.V. was the "Devil's Fuss Box". Grandma kept us occupied with talk about future fishing trips and summer stays at her house. She always sat in that chair until bedtime, hers was about eight o'clock. Everyone was happy at bedtime. The next day when grandma would rise , always at dawn, no one was happy because we knew her visit would end. Many happy summers were spent with my grandma, fishing,quilting and baking.

My DAD
Everyone called my Dad "Tom" even his Mother.My Dad was a Veteran of WW2.He would never tell me stories of the war if they involved killing another human being. The stories my Dad told about the war were almost always humorous with slight inuendoes about the horror of war. One particular story I remember is about a young Phillapino boy his outfit adopted. Dad said the boy was about 8 years old. The outfit gave the boy food and clothes and played with him. Yet the boy would steal from them. Dad said the boy stole because he had been abandoned by his family and had gone hungry for so long. The boy continued to steal from my Dads outfit until they moved out of the area. Before moving out Dads company found the boy a place to live. I have pictures of the boy my Dad took.I also have pictures of members of his outfit. I hope to add a picture galery to my page in the near future,so all who read can see the faces that go with the stories.

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Genealogy Links

Family Treemakers Genealogy Site--This is online help with research. They have World Family Tree and links to other genealogy web pages.
The Genealogy Page at the National Archives and Records.
Caleb Johnson's Mayflower Web Pages.British Columbia Archives.
PE Gen Web Project (Prince Edward Island).
Genealogy Family History Research in Illinois.
Genealogy Resources on the Internet- Nebraska.

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Personal Links

One Web Avenue - Steve Callihan's web site.
3rdDoor--3rdDoor's Web Site.
--Grogg's Web Site. "Grogg: Prehistoric Answer Man With Neanderthal Perspective".
HORTON--The Horton Family Web Page. Also a link to the Pink Lady's Club.The Pink Lady's is a club concerning breast cancer awareness.

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Last Updated May 20,1999

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