Bankhead - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Brooks

WPatton78 — 2012-04-16 01:17:45Z

My mother's family are the Brooks in Killen and Florence, Alabama. Armistead Brooks was the father and was married to Dora Brooks. They had sons: Will and Earlie Brooks. I believe they also had a daughter named Cora who is my grandmother. Her daughter's name was Willie who lived with Peter and Annie Tapp in Florence, Ala she was their grand-neice. However, when I bring up my family's history there are other names: Mary Bathune, Fee Jones, Wiley Miner, Joe Rainey, Will Houston, M L Monroe, Henry Reeder, Bamma E Morgan, Fayette Howell. If any of these names ring a bell please let me know. I would sure like to know the connection to my family. Thanks.

Re: Bankheads - The black side of the Bankheads

tdcole07 — 2011-11-21 21:27:47Z

I'm also looking for Bankheads. Currently I have an Ada (1894) and her daughter Ida Mae (1914). Ida was married to a Clarence McCary. My Bankheads are from Mississippi though.

Re: Cecil Gibson Bankhead

1_jbankhead — 2011-10-25 01:53:05Z

I am Cecil Gibson Bankheads grandson. I saw your inquiry and am responding if you are still Interested. my email is jbankhead@rodzoo.com

Trying to find Ary Bankhead or Mary Bankhead Muskogee,OK

sunshinejonz — 2011-09-07 02:19:24Z

New at geneology research. Trying to locate a possible great, great, great-grandmother. I believe she was Indian (Cherokee), black and white (mulatto). She may have had an Indian preference card in 1907. I believe she had ties to the Bankhead family/plantation in Sulligent, AL (Lamar County). She appears to be on 1910 census with a daughter & son-in-law (McDowel). I lose her trail after that. I can't tell when she died or where she was buried or have enough info to confirm her Indian preference/heritage.
Any thoughts or info you can provide is appreciated.

Re: Bankheads - The black side of the Bankheads

cordamda — 2011-08-11 18:32:50Z

i'm looking for bankheads in Alabama right now i have Henry bankhead as being the father of Hiram

Re: Bankhead, Leggroan in UT

kaios18691 — 2011-07-17 19:44:12Z

hi im kevin marquice leggroan, i am the son of lenney leggroan and my grandfather keith leggroan passed away couple years ago and and im just looking for my relatives because i heard i have alot that stay in salt lake city and i want to at least say hi...im 23yrs old and i have two kids zaeden and maliyah leggroan.

Re: Bankheads - The black side of the Bankheads

hookman236 — 2011-07-01 07:11:17Z

I two am from the Black side of the Bankhead and it is very hard to get information on the white plantation owner and the records of their childern born in slavery Good luck if i get some infor i will send it your way
W.Dee

Re: William Bankhead

donnamwf09 — 2011-04-13 21:29:36Z

Hi - just saw your post, and wondered if you knew who Hugh's parents were? You mentioned that someone had posted their names? I was in Glasgow last year and found one small reference to a Hugh Bankhead, who was still in Glasgow after the time that the family emigrated to Nova Scotia (British America). There is a record of the 26 members of the family as they came into Boston in 1837, and I was trying to trace them back, but without a 'parish' name, it is really really difficult - they do not have anything that old indexed, and I spent a whole day just to find one reference... I think the ship they arrived on was the Milly... I have the copy of the passenger list...
maybe someday I will go back, and will try Ayrshire. I just happened to stay in Glasgow for a few days, and Jennet was married in Glasgow High Kirk, so thought maybe there would be something there. (to James Spiers)
I hope you get this - - - know it has been a long time, but just saw it!!!
many thanks for any info!
Donna Foote

Re: TX birth 1884, Isaac Bankhead, Died 1965 Victoria Co., TX

banknone — 2011-01-28 20:07:18Z

I am the grand daughter of Fletcher Armstead Bankhead, Sr. who is the son of George Bankhead and grandson of Armstead Bankhead and Henrietta Cole. It is a possibility that Isaac Ike Bankhead is a relative of mine.

Re: Bankhead, Leggroan in UT

walterm168 — 2010-10-19 15:56:27Z

Hi
I was Beverly Marie Leggroan (Dickerson)who was married to "Little" Jack Kenneth Leggroan. I have two daughters,Sandra Kay (Barnes) Leggroan and oldest daughter Cynthia Ann Leggroan that live in Salt Lake City, Utah. My father in law was Jack Leggroan Sr who worked at the Hotel Utah

Re: Bankhead Family Ancestors from Empire, Alabama

michaelsbrrhs — 2010-08-29 01:28:08Z

Hi cousin Sandra ?,for the rest of the readers: Sandras father and my father, were brothers.
Love.

Re: Bankhead Family Ancestors from Empire, Alabama

michaelsbrrhs — 2010-08-29 01:23:56Z

Hi, Im one of the sons of Dan Robert Bankhead from Alabama(he was a professional baseball player) My grandmothers name was Ara Armstrong (Bankhead) and I am also related to Tallulah Bankhead (distant cousins). If you need more info email me michaelsbr_rhs@hotmail.com

James Bankhead & Martha J Webster (1800s in Mississippi)

amyschuh_1 — 2010-08-18 22:09:36Z

***Attn: this is *not* the James Bankhead (1814-1887) who was married to Elizabeth!***

According to censuses from 1850, 1870 and 1880:
James was born about 1817.
He and his parents were born in South Carolina.

Martha was born about 1825 in Alabama; her father in Mississippi and her mother in North Carolina.
She had at least two brothers, William (1850 census) and James (1880 census), who lived with them for a while.

They were possibly married in Tennessee on 06Feb1845.

They had the following children with approx birthdates:
1849 - Francis Ann (m. Benjamin "BJ" Carpenter)
1852 - Thomas M
1854 - Josephine
1856 - Nancy J
1858 - Johon William (Willie)
1860 - Robert

Beyond their definite existence during the mid to late 1800s, I cannot find any reliable information regarding their birth families. Most good info seems to involve the "other" James Bankhead (1814-1887).

Re: Bankheads - The black side of the Bankheads

cordamda — 2010-08-16 00:15:08Z

I'm also looking up bankheads from cape girardeau,mo. But my grandfather was either born in Louisiana or alabama

Re: Bankheads - The black side of the Bankheads

jjblonigen — 2010-05-26 20:55:40Z

It can be from either the mother or father. Mulatto also can mean that both parents are of mixed race (both parents half black/white). During my own research, I have found that sometimes the census taker writes the whole household down as mulatto based on the head of household. So really, it seems to depend on the cenus taker. The surname Bankhead could have just been taken on by the exslave after Emancipatiuon, which was very common. BTW, I am also researching black Bankheads, but from Macon, MS. I think that W.G. Bankhead was the slave holder for one of my ancestors.

Bankheads - The black side of the Bankheads

preachaofthegospel — 2010-05-17 20:48:03Z

As you may already know many of the slaves took on the names of their Plantation owners and also had children from the owners or their sons. I have a line of Bankheads from out of the Alabama area that begins with (this being the earliest information that I can find) Joe Bankhead born in Vernon, Alabama in 1854. I do not know who his father is or was and just trying to dig up some information. The thing that doesn't clarify in some areas of research is whether the individual was white or black (except in the census) and if they are mulatoo is from the white part contributed from the father or mother?

Anyone run across any information, please feel free to email me personally at:
preachaofthegospel@yahoo.com

Death of Fannie Bankhead 1881

maryachtrh — 2010-04-13 17:55:55Z

Taken from the Dallas Weekly Herald, 28 April 1881

Mortuary report for the week ending April 22, 1881

Fannie Bankhead, white, age three years and six months, female; cause of death, typho-malarial fever.

Children of John Hollis Bankhead

sellis29_1 — 2010-03-25 18:52:30Z

Hello,

Does anyone know if John Hollis Bankhead (b. 1842) had any step children outside of his marriage to Tallulah James Brockman? I am researching Andrew Bankhead who I have reason to believe is his son. Thank you!

Stephanie

TX birth 1884, ISAAC Bankhead, Died 1965 Victoria Co., TX

907016 — 2009-09-09 22:32:09Z

Afro-American fmaily. ISAAC (IKE) BANKHEAD was born in 1884 in Texas to ARMSTEAD BANKHEAD who was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, and to HENRIETTA COLE in Virginia. . .

ISAAC (Ike) BANKHEAD's siblings are:
1) Cornelia Bankhead b. 1876
2) GEORGE BANKHEAD 1892-1967 Jackson County (death)
3) Oceola Bankhead (brother) 1885-1976 . . .

ISAAC (Ike) BANKHEAD also had a Sister named MYRTIA BANKHEAD. She was also called MYRTLE. MYRTLE was born 1891 and died in 1967. . .

MYRTLE BANKHEAD's First-Marriage was to CURTIS DICKERSON. They had 2 daughters, who are:
1) CORNELIA DICKERSON who married ORIAN BASS.
2) BETTY W. DICKERSON . . .

I am not positively sure, but I think BETTY W. DICKERSON married into the BUSH family. I think she signed her name as MRS. WILLIE B. BUSH. . .

MYRTLE BANKHEAD's Second-Marriage was into the MUMPHORD family. She died in 1967 and was buried at the Evergreen Cemetery of Inez, Texas. . .

Please contact me if you are related to the families I have listed. Thank you.

BANKHEAD Charles E and Ruby I

t42MountOlivet — 2009-09-07 17:05:35Z

BANKHEAD Charles E and Ruby I

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Re: William Bankhead

koosatheroo — 2009-09-03 05:54:59Z

error to fix: Her name was Margaret Lilly Bankhead, not Mary. sorry. it's late. :)

Re: William Bankhead

koosatheroo — 2009-09-03 05:40:25Z

I am a descendant of William Bankhead. His wife was Isobel or Isabella Hopkirk. The Bankheads came from Ayrshire, Scotland...someone else posted his parents' names I believe.

His father, Hugh Bankhead (born in Ayrshire) and wife Jean/Jane McLean (we think Ayrshire or close by) settled a time in Weston, West Virginia, and William moved up to farm in Lockridge, Iowa. I believe that is where he married Isobel Hopkirk. They eventually moved to Placer County, California, and established themselves in a town called Loomis. He was my great great grandfather. His daughter Mary Lilly married H.H. Caldwell, and my grandmother was one of their daughters. She married Harold Thornburg and they resided in Tacoma, Washington. I don't have my list of his siblings and other children handy, so Marian was probably his sister. I do not recall that name as one of his children. I might be wrong.

Elizabeth G. 'Betty' Bankhead

JIWelsch — 2009-06-19 15:14:56Z

Muscatine, Iowa - Elizabeth G. 'Betty' Bankhead, 86, of 1117 Wier Street, died Friday, May 9, 2003, at Unity Hospital.

Services at St. Mathias Church. The Rev. John P. Gallagher will officiate. Pallbearers will be T.J. Bankhead, Todd Bankhead, Simon Hoopes, Fred Hoopes, Nick Hoopes and John Kiwala. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery.

Visitation at the Ralph J. Wittich-Riley-Freers Funeral Home, with a rosary to be prayed. Memorials may be made to Ss. Mary and Mathias Parish.

Mrs. Bankhead was born on December 12, 1916, in Dodgeville, the daughter of John and Anna Panther Vorwerk. She married Ben Nelson Bankhead on November 16, 1935 in Muscatine.

She was a member of St. Mathias Church.

She was the bookkeeper for the Muscatine Coca Cola Bottling Works.

Survivors include one son, Thomas R. Bankhead and his wife Kathleen of Muscatine, one daughter, Mary Beth Hoopes and her husband John of Muscatine, six grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren, one brother, Steven Vorwerk and his wife Betty of Muscatine, three sisters, Rachel Manjoine and her husband Michael of Pittsburg, PA, Bea Griffith and her husband Howard of Columbus Junction and Anna Ziegenhorn of Muscatine.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, two daughters, Judy and Carol Jean Bankhead, and two brothers, Frank and Danny Vorwerk.

Re: Tallulah Bankhead

mrgnspecial — 2009-03-25 17:57:59Z

Ok well Tallulah is my 3rd cousin on my moms side of the fam. So I wonder is some way we are related??

Re: George Bankhead

Cynthia2125 — 2009-02-09 17:31:46Z

Celcia leggraon was my great grandmother Her Father was Jack leggroan SR.Who had a son Jack K Leggroan.A good way to find out more is to purchase the Negro Piooneers .It Mormon book it has all the settlers of blacks which came to utah during Bringham Young days..I do Believe Ben was my great grandfather..get the book it will help greatly..Cynthia Leggraon

BANKHEAD B Jeanne 1924-1987

t42Moore — 2009-01-20 12:50:44Z

BANKHEAD B Jeanne 1924-1987

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BANKHEAD James Thomas 1925-2001

t42Moore — 2009-01-20 12:50:32Z

BANKHEAD James Thomas 1925-2001

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Re: Bankhead Family Ancestors from Empire, Alabama

Eugenia3_1 — 2008-12-12 19:00:40Z

I am related to you but I have another cousin who has Ara's maiden name because that was her grandmother also. Please contact me by email and I will gather information for you. Ezella1972@yahoo.com

Re: Tallulah Bankhead

Eugenia3_1 — 2008-12-12 18:58:25Z

Where was her auntliving when this happened. Is her family still in Alabama or from there.

Re: Tallulah Bankhead

txcatladymm — 2008-08-23 01:20:49Z

My grandmother was a Moore from West Point,Texas and her family came there from Alabama. I understood that her Dad was Talullah's cousin but I never knew the connection whether through the Brockmans or the Bankheads or another surname. Many of her relatives are buried in the Woods Prairie Cemetary. We don't know much about her family. My Burleson, Yelvington, and Hanks relatives are much easier to track. I believe that her Dad's name was William Early Moore.

Re: Tallulah Bankhead

LJoeSmith — 2008-07-05 20:56:41Z

My wife is also related to Tallulah Bankhead through her great grandfather, She only found out after the death of her aunt in May of this year.

Re: American vs. Canadian Bankheads

luhickey148 — 2008-01-11 03:41:43Z

Lewis Jame Bankhead b. 1813 in Scotland came via Canada to America. He married Mary Williams in 1826 in Braxton WV.. Flora Jane Banhead was born 1858 in Braxton and died 1911 in Webster. she married Cornelius Hurley Williams b. 1856 in Webster Springs ...their second child was my father, Russell Sage Williams b. 1887-d 1965.

The Bankheads and Williams were both from Scotland. They were not related to Dr. Joh Bankhead.

Re: Bankhead Family Ancestors from Empire, Alabama

Eugenia3_1 — 2007-12-25 04:35:40Z

I am related to the Bankhead family also and if I am not mistaken Ara's maiden name might have been Armstrong. I am not sure but can search that for you. Some are in Carbin Hill, AL and Gee's Bin, AL.

Re: Tallulah Bankhead

Eugenia3_1 — 2007-12-25 04:30:54Z

I am related to her also and you will find her on census records in Alabama. That is where the Bankhead side is from. Hopes this helps.

FLETCHER Bankhead & BESSIE JOHNSON - San Antonio, TEXAS

907016 — 2007-12-04 21:51:56Z

Fletcher Bankhead was born in Texas to George & Waddie Bankhead. Fletcher Bankhead was born about 1904. . . .

Fletcher Bankhead died in 1983 in Bexar County, Texas. He was married to BESSIE JOHNSON. She was also born in Texas, she was born in 1908, and died in 1982. . . .

Fletcher Bankhead's father, GEORGE BANKHEAD was the brother of IKE BANKHEAD who died in 1965 in Victoria County, Texas. . . .

Does anyone know if the Bankhead family were related to the GAYLE family of Victoria County, Texas?

Re: Marinda Bankhead daughter of Thomas Bankhead

LelaHunt — 2007-10-10 16:28:59Z

I recently began looking into my husbands family line of Bankhead. According to the info I obtained from mother-in-law Lola Hunt, His line is of the son Thomas Bankhead 1786-son Robert 1829- George Mitchell 1857 -Dora Ellen-1896 married Jessie James Hunt - son Earl Stacy Hunt 1923 my husband Donald Stacy Hunt 1948.

Lela and Don Hunt/ leladonhunt @ suddenlink.net
Midland TX 79706

Re: Janet Bankhead

lfleming185 — 2007-05-19 22:18:39Z

Dear Joe and Donna....There are so many James...My James::

Born in Scotland about 1813. His first wife is unknown. His second wife was Mary Williams..Mary wa borni in A about 1826 and died in Braxton Co., ca 1860-1870. James apparently came from Scotland to Canada to PA then to WV.

First family:

Mary b 1835
James b 1838

Second family with my Mary Williams::

Hugh b 1850
Jennie B 1851
William b 1852
Margaret b. 1854
Malcolm b. 1856
Flora b. 1858 ((my grandmother_ married CH Williams
George b. 1860

I really need the arrival informaton on James from Scotland if any of you have immigration records..I will help with the Williams as much as I can..

My father was Russell Sage my mother,,,Rosa Jane Howell,,,

Thanks
Lu Hickey
luhickey@Austin.rr.com
Kyle Texas

Re: American vs. Canadian Bankheads

lfleming185 — 2007-05-17 03:17:22Z

My James Bankhead was an unknow probably Irish to Scotland to America ....PA....he had a daughter, Flora Jane Bankhead who married my great grand father, Cornelius Hurley Williams...

He could be from Northern England...He is not related to The Doctor or Tallulah..

Tallulah Bankhead

maciemoore — 2007-03-16 18:52:29Z

I was told that Tallulah Bankhead was related to me through my grandfather's side of the family. The only information on her that I have heard is that she was an actress who resided in Chester, South Carolina. If you have any information about her, please let me know.

Macie Moore

Robert A. Bankhead - Water Valley, Mississippi

RODBANKHEAD — 2007-02-01 02:35:38Z

I'm looking for any information about my GGGrandfather & GGGrandmother:

Dr. Robert Adolphus Bankhead (b- 1838 South Carolina)
and his wife:
Victoria [Avant/Avent] Bankhead (b- abt 1838).

Dr. Robert A. Bankhead was born 1838, and served as Captain and Surgeon in the Mississippi Fifteenth Regiment (Water Valley Rifles) of the Confederate Army during the Civil War. He was killed in Kentucky, during the Battle of Mill Springs (Fishing Creek), on January 19, 1862. Robert's name is the first name on the Confederate Monument in Oak Hill Cemetery at his home town of Water Valley, Yalobusha County, Mississippi.

I'm also looking for information about Robert's wife, Victoria [Avant/Avent] Bankhead (b- abt 1838).

Robert A. Bankhead married Victoria Avant [Avent?] in Water Valley, MS on June 24, 1858. They had one son, Roland L. Bankhead (b- August 10, 1861), who is my GGrandfather. Robert was killed in battle before he ever saw his son Roland.

Three years after Robert A. was killed in the Civil War, his wife Victoria married M.W. Williamson on February 14, 1865, in Water Valley, Yalobusha County, MS. M. W. Williamson was appointed Guardian of Robert & Victoria's son Roland on January 5, 1870.

For some reason (according to my family letters written years later by Roland's wife Dena) Roland was mostly raised by his Grandparents, James Thomas and Cynthia [Moorhead] Bankhead.

If you have any information/research about Robert A. and Victoria [Avant/Avent] Bankhead, please share it with me.

Thank you,
Rod Bankhead
rodbankhead@cox.net

Re: James Bankhead

RODBANKHEAD — 2007-02-01 01:39:10Z

Hi -

Would you be willing to send/mail me a copy of the will that you mentioned?

Thanks,
Rod Bankhead
rodbankhead@cox.net

Re: Dr. James Bankhead of VA and wife Elinor Monroe

2006-10-09 14:22:41Z

I don't think it is a proven fact that the James Bankhead who married Elizabeth Black was a son of a brother to this Dr. James Bankhead (wife Eleanor Monroe).
I am not familiar enough with any brothers of Dr. James Bankhead. You did not mention any dates for either Dr. James Bankhead, William "Hugh" Bankhead or your John Bankhead.
My ancestor, James Bankhead, was born bet 1738-1742 and died abt 1798 in South Carolina and is buried at Bullock Creek Presbyterian Church in York, SC as is his wife Elizabeth Black born abt 1746 and died 25 Dec 1837. While we believe him to be a son of a Hugh Bankhead married to a Mary Ann (possibly Meek), we have no proof.
I have my records online with the most recent up-date on Rootsweb.com.
I suggest you may still wish to contact Carey Bankhead about Dr. James Bankhead and wife Elinor Monroe as he is most knowledgeable about that family and descendants.

Re: Dr. James Bankhead of VA and wife Elinor Monroe

2006-10-08 23:07:19Z

Thank you for the info about Dr. James Bankhead I want to tell you that the James Bankhead who married Elizabeth Black descends from William "Hugh" Bankhead, who is the brother of Dr. James Bankhead . So they are both in the same family tree. So any info that you may have would be helpful being that we are related some where down the line. I descend from there brother John Bankhead.
Thank you Glenda.

Re: Dr. James Bankhead of VA and wife Elinor Monroe

2006-10-08 18:17:01Z

I believe you will find more help to contact Carey Bankhead and his email and information is on this same board.
He is a direct descendant of this James Bankhead of Va and his wife Elinor Monroe.
I descend from another James Bankhead and his wife Elizabeth Black of South Carolina.
Good luck. Joanne

Re: Dr. James Bankhead of VA and wife Elinor Monroe

2006-10-08 05:41:24Z

Can you tell me who Dr. James Bankhead's father and mother are and when his father was born, I believe he is in my family line, but I have been unable to prove all the facts. Thank you for your time.

Re: American vs. Canadian Bankheads

2006-09-04 13:09:58Z

Hi Carey

Sorry, I think it's me mixing up my Doctors - I'm abroad at moment and doing it largely from memory. There are two Bankheads recorded as graduating in Medicine in Scotland:- Charles, Edinburgh, 1790 and Joseph, Glasgow, 1835. These were brothers and there was a third brother John, allegedly also graduated MD but from where I know not. They are all sons of Rev John Bankhead.

I have copies back home of various articles listing American Bankheads who studied medicine at Edinburgh University but can't remember the details and I assume your John is one of these. So sorry again for confusion ! If I remember correctly, the records show attendance at various classes but not actual graduation (I may be wrong (again))

Earlier researchers had supposed to me that that the good Dr James of Westmoreland Co was a physician in British Army/Navy but I have never found anything to support this in many years of searching.

Shame we didn't hook up in Edinburgh (my home town) but I was probably in the back of beyond as usual. This is coming from Ukraine.

Cheers

Matt

Re: American vs. Canadian Bankheads

2006-09-04 12:41:09Z

Are you saying that my Dr. John Bankhead wasn't a son of the immigrant Dr. Jas. Bankhead of Westmoreland Co, VA?

Re: American vs. Canadian Bankheads

mattbankhead1 — 2006-09-02 10:27:47Z

Hi.

The Dr John Bankhead who you rightly found graduated MD at Edinburgh was the son of Rev J Bankhead Ballycarry, who became mildly famous in his day. He has no connection in his immediate ancestry to the other (US) Bankheads who studied at Edinburgh.

Regards

Matt Bankhead

Re: Cecil Gibson Bankhead - Lewis Co WV James Bankhead

2006-06-03 01:42:22Z

My interest in Cecil Bankhead is in regards to his professional sports career, as he was the manager of a professional baseball team in Lyons, Kansas about 1910 or so. He was listed in the 1910 Federal Census as living on First Street in Lyons, Kansas. I am always interested in people in general and in professional sports people in particular. He will be featured in my upcoming mega-volume of Baseball players, managers, and executives.

Re: Cecil Gibson Bankhead - Lewis Co WV James Bankhead

2006-06-02 13:26:14Z

Hello Jerry,
We may be on the same trail . . . I am descended from Mary Bankhead, d/o James Bankhead. Mary is buried in Napier, WV, which is in the northern part of Braxton Co. She married a Lockard with family in Lewis Co & Gilmer Co. This line of the Bankhead family came from Scotland between 1830 & 1832, arriving in Nova Scotia. The 8 men old enough to work were listed as 'miners' and there were 26 family members traveling together. In May 1837 they came into Boston and over some few years they travelled down through NY, PA, and finally to that area of WV. The census records show the birth place for the children, so you can easily follow their progress! The Bankhead families in Virginia are not the same line - they were here much earlier, and I am not sure about the families in AL or SC, have not really checked any dates for them, although their children have many common names, which could just be from their Scottish roots.
I do not have information on a Cecil, but he most probably is from this line of Bankheads . . . My Mary was born in 1835 and died in 1869 of typhoid. I did not go 'forward' from her with the Bankhead line but will look and see what I can find - I could have something in all the notes I took on my last trip to the courthouse in Lewis County! I have the death certificates for James and for his father James, one Lewis Co and one was Braxton Co . . . and for miners they lived a long time - one lived to almost 83 and the other I think was 81.
with best regards,
Donna Foote