Follow Friday - Tangled Roots and Trees

 

 

There are so many genealogy and DNA related blogs and

websites to keep up with that I get behind with my reading!

 

Keeping it short and sweet today, I want to share
with you one of my "lately" favorites:

 

Tangled Roots and Trees

  

It's also found on Facebook at:

Facebook - Tangled Roots and Trees

 

I think you'll like this blog a lot!

Happy Hunting!

Revis



Wordless Wednesday - Ruby Lee Blankenship

Rubie/Ruby Lee BLANKENSHIP

Oklahoma TEEL and BLANKENSHIP families

Happy Hunting,

Revis

Friday's Faces From The Past - The 4 Unknown Brothers!

While my Mother and I were 

sorting through her mother's (my Grandmomie,

Eva Nell [Stuart] Dennis) photos,

we came across this photo

of four (4) boys - most likely, brothers.

Don't you just love the expressions

on their faces?

There are no markings on the photo.

No hand-written notes on the back.

No photographer stamp with a location. 

My Grandmomie and her children

went through two (2) house fires before

all the kids were out of high school.

All photos, possessions, etc. were destroyed. 

She and her DENNIS 

husband divorced after 

my parents married.  Most 

pictures she then had in her possession 

were given to her by family members of 

her family after the last fire.

So this leads me to believe that 

this group of boys could be from these

families: the William Davis STUART and

Hannah [JONES] STUART 

descendants of Neshoba Co., 

MS and TX; or

the William TEEL and Virignia [PERRY] 

or [PEERY] Teel families of VA, MO, OK and TX;

or the Jordan HAM and Frances "Fanny" PARKER

family of AL, TX and OK.

If you recognize these boys, 

please contact me! 

Happy Hunting - 

and Happy Friday - 

Revis

Wedding Wednesday - Linnie Bean and James Harmon Kolb

James Harmon Kolb 

married

Linnie Ausy Bean

on 04 Oct 1899

at Oak Grove Church,  

Grapeland, Houston Co., Texas 

James Harmon Kolb was a

brother to my Great-grandfather,

Robert Franklin Kolb.

Happy Hunting,
Revis

Funeral Card Friday - Willie Elmo Kolb

Funeral Card for Willie Elmo Kolb,

one of my Grandmother's brothers.

I remember him and his wife, Nora Mae

Bristow Kolb, well. 

They lived at Sweetwater, Texas,

when I was young.

Uncle Elmo was the son of

Robert Franklin Kolb and

Laura Leola Brooks (who was a

cousin to her husband).  They

lived in the Grapeland, Texas area.

Willie Elmo and Nora Mae Bristow Kolb.

Picture taken in their yard or in the yard of

his sister, Luna Kolb at Sweetwater, Texas.

This picture brings back sweet

memories to me...all the old ones I knew

 have passed on. 

And for some reason, this scripture from

Numbers 6: 24-26 came to mind:

"The Lord bless you and keep you;

The Lord make His face shine upon you

And be gracious to you;

The Lord lift up His countenance upon you,

And give you peace."

May you have a blessed weekend,

and

Happy Hunting!

Revis



Those Places Thursday - Lower Skippack Mennonite Church, Skippack PA

My ancestor Johannes KOLB came to America

in 1707 with his brothers, Martin and Jacob.

They settled in Germantown, but by 1709 or so

had removed to Skippack, Montgomery Co., PA.

On December 15, 1709, Johannes bought land

in Skippack. 

The family worshipped at the Skippack Mennonite

Congregation which was established ca. 1702, 

the 2nd oldest Mennonite congregation in America. 

"Later known as the "Lower Skippack", 

this congregation would become the largest and most influential in young America. It would establish Mennonite policy and practice in the new world, as church elders had remained in Germany." [from Skippack Historical Society_The Hunsicker Family page

And yes, the Hunsicker's are kin!!

Lower Skippack Mennonite Church 

(the first church was built in 1719; this

one built in the 1800's)

When the denomination split in 1848:

 (the Mennonite Church [MC] and 

the General Conference Mennonite Church [GCMC]), 

the members that stayed with the MC split 

and started the Upper Skippack Mennonite Church, 

which is now known as the Wellspring Church of Skippack. 

 The Lower Skippack Mennonite Church became affiliated with the GCMC and that is where my Kolb family has held their family reunions for many years.  A few years ago the two Mennonite denominations joined together again.  But today the Lower Skippack Mennonite Church continues on and is not affiliated, as to my understanding, with any particular Mennonite

denomination; and on its website states: 

"A non affiliated Christian Church" 

The cemetery near the church is beautiful.  

Many of my kin are buried there: 

  We walked and talked among 

the graves for at least an hour when we

attended the 2007 reunion.

Christopher Dock, the school teacher:

Some of my family - and newly

found kin - enjoy visiting 

at the end of the 2007 "300th

Anniversary of the Kolb Brothers

Coming to America". 

I loved going to Skippack.  

And as the Terminator says, 

"I'll be back", you can count on that.

This place of my Johannes Kolb and 

his brothers and their families was a

place that touched my soul...

And, yes, I will go back!

Happy Hunting, 

Revis 

Wordless Wednesday - Boyd and Elmo Garrett

Boyd E. and James Elmo Garrett

sons of W.E. Garrett and

Mary Catherine "Polly" Smith

(AL and TX Garrett's)

 

 

 

Happy Hunting,

Revis

 



Talented Tuesday - my cousin Marty Stuart

Yes, he's still making music, and though

I have other talented folks in my

ancestry, today I wanted to feature

my very talented (what instrument does

he not play?) cousin, Marty Stuart.

 

We got to attend one of his concerts

at New Braunfels, Texas earlier this summer.

What a good time we had!

 

 

 

Me, my sister and my Mother with her

3rd cousin, Marty Stuart at New Braunfels, Texas

 

Catch Marty and the Fabulous Superlatives

if they come your way!  You won't be disappointed!

Marty Stuart website

 

His season finale of RFD-TV's "The Marty Stuart Show"

was taped in his hometown of Philadelphia

(Neshoba Co.) MS.

 

 Marty and my Mother share 2nd great-grandparents,

William Davis Stuart (a/k/a Stewart/Steward)

(b. 22 Feb 1832-AL, d. 20 Jul 1907-Neshoba Co. MS)

and Hannah Jones Stuart

(b. 03 Oct 1833-AL, d. May 1904-MS)

 

 

Mother's great-grandfather,

James Monroe Stuart, and

Marty's great-grandfather,

John Leroy Stuart,

were children numbers 10 and 11

out of a total of 13 for

Hannah and William D. Stuart.

 

William Davis Stuart is close kin

(probably a son) of

William Stewart (d. aft 1870) of Winston Co. MS 

and wife Polly.  Y-DNA testing of one of their

descendants and one of my MS Stuart male cousin's

confirms us as a match.

 

Happy Hunting,
Revis

 

 



Mystery Monday - Man in the "Bowler" Hat

Isn't he a gentleman?

While going through my Grandmomie's

old pictures, we found this photo of a

man.  No markings on the picture to note

who the photographer was.  Or what his name was.

Who is he? Where did he live?  I wondered

out loud to my Mother.

Being in the possession of Mother's mother, 

Eva Nell Stuart Dennis, I would tend to believe

that this man is a "Stuart" relations or friend.

Eva Nell's kin included these families: TEEL, HAM, 

PETELL, FRAZIER, JONES (Oklahoma),

PARKER, LAWRENCE, WHEELER (Alabama);

STUART, YATES, MUSGROVE, (Texas, Mississippi),

among others. 

I have taken this photo to many family reunions - 

hoping someone might know who this 

handsome fellow is in the hat (is it a "bowler" hat?)

Please contact me if you know who he is!

Happy Hunting,

Revis 

Those Places Thursday - Jeff Stuart Home at Roby, Texas

Mamie Teel and Jeff Davis Stuart 

(and some of their children)

at their home in 

Roby, Fisher County, Texas.

I saw this house often growing up.  

But I did not know at the time that

it had been their home. 

Mamie lived out in the country 

when I was a child.

As far as I know, the home still stands

today.  It was remodeled several years ago.

I hope to get an updated picture soon! 

Happy Hunting,
Revis