MISSING LINKS of FEBRUARY 20,2000 Jean Belew

We buried one of Bartow Counties oldest former residents today Monday February 14,2000. Bessie Ryals Crawford Bishop was 102 years young. Bessie taught school for over 30 years. She loved those children very much. A few years ago Miss Bessie gave up her home here and moved to Christian City in Union City.

She never forgot where she came from and the love she had for this county. Miss Bessie had 1 ancestor she had traced back to the Revolutionary War and with the help of her great nephew Thomas Irwin of Raleigh NC and Jean Belew she acquired 7 supplementals on other ancestors. Miss Bessie was finding her Missing Links.

Thomas would send in the paper work and Jean would type up the applications. Miss Bessie would call on the night before her Etowah Chapter DAR meeting and tell Jean that she would be there in the very back, we just would not know it. She had a lot of humor to her and Miss Bessie will be missed by all that loved and knew her.

HIPP: AJRFH3@aol.com, Gus is still trying to find the wife's name of his ancestor. Joseph. Before coming to Cass/Bartow Co. they lived in Mecklenburg Co. NC. To Newberry Dist SC after 1790. Then Laurens Co. later Anderson Co. SC he was born ca 1756.

WILLIAMSON/ROPER. mac128@bellsouth.net Donna needs info on Lloyd Mayes Williamson and Edith Corrine Roper Williamson. He died in Bartow Co. she saysOct 4, 1964, the cemetery book has a man by the same name as dying April 21, 1988 and buried at Oak Hill. His wife died July 19, 1995. She was a Queen at time of her death. She was born Dec 15, 1926.

JENKINS/BROWN/MANN, Charles Lucas cslucas@cris.com Sandy is seeking her great great grandmother, Jane. Or maybe Dicey Jane. And she thinks her maiden name to be Brown, ca 1860-1864 she married a man named Jenkins, They had a son, James Tillman Jenkins, born Jul 3, 1865 in Cassville, GA. James T never knew his father, because he died on the way home from the war. Jane then married a man named William Mann. They are in the 1870 Census for Bartow Co. they then moved to Chester, Choctaw Co. MS.

DONALD: Frances P smith ftsmith@peop.tdsnet.com seeks info on Frank Donald, born ca 1785 Abbeville SC moved to Cass Co. GA his children listed are, Thomas Donald and William S Donald. Do not know Wife's name.

BAILEY, GRAVITT: gdbailey@mindspring.com Glenn seeks Daimon David Bailey and Kathryn Gravitt. And their ancestors.

` GAY: Charles at chaseve@RHTC.Net seeks info on Alexander Brooks mentioned in the will his wife Sarah was the child of David Gay

RABY, Ken at kbraby@gci.net seeks death of Peter Raby in Cass County 1850's

BROOKS: Loretta at ltstehle@up-link.net seeks info on Robert Jordan Brooks died 7 July 1945.

CROW/CLARDY/JOHNSON/HALL/NEWTON/ GOOSE@MAIL.HOTL.NET Jeanette is searching for Wm Crow b 1810 md. Nancy Harriet Clardy and had children, Samantha Jane md. James Pettit, John F md. Thursa Jones and possibly Martha Johnson, Margaret md. James Luther, Laura md KL or Ransom Griffin, Hassie md. JM Hall, Harriet md. A Newton, Linton C , Mary L , Adeline and Layman A. some of the children were by second wife Susan McEver.

BELL Sondra at Stbowl46@aol.com seeks the family of Frank Bell b & d. date unknown. He was a traveling preacher. Had 9 children, Addie, Lena, B.R., Arthur, Julie, Ruby, Maudie Ethel. Maudie born in Bartow Co. on 8.15.1900. There may have been other children.

BENNETT, SIMPSON, WATERHOUSE, MITCHELL, SMITH, MARSHALL, MOTT, PATTERSON: monnie2468@webtv.net This person writes that they are homebound and seek anything on these families. All they have is this article. The friends and family of William L Bennett, Mr. and Mrs. J Simpson Wells, Mr. and Mrs. Joel J Bennett., Mrs. Mary Lou Bennett, Mrs. W. B Waterhouse, the grandchildren nieces and nephews great grand children are invited to attend the funeral of William L Bennett Friday October 27, 1939 at 2:30 o'clock at the North Atlanta Baptist Church. Dr. J. D. Mitchell, Rev. Selwyn Smith and Rev. Marshall. Mott will afficiate. Interment, Hollywood Cem. The grandsons will serve as pallbearers, Mr. Gordon S Bennett, Mr. J Wiley Bennett, Rev Wm E Waterhouse, Mr. Roy R Bennett, Mr. Russell Waterhouse,. Members of Atlanta Camp No 159, Confederate Veterans and United Daughters of the Confederacy will serve as escort.