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From: melody <>
Subject: Re: [GACOFFEE-L] Surname/Brick Wall
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1999 01:11:23 -0500


Cheryl,

Thanks and welcome to the list! It's been really slow, as I said over
the holidays, but We hope it picks back up very soon!

I had Elisha and Dicey M. Ricketson Jowers in my husbands file. I never
knew what the M. stood for, nor did I have a list of children.

I may certainly be confused here, since it's so late, but I think
Shirley Durden (who's on the list) had asked me about this family one
time.

If you'd care to post part of the Jowers family, I'd appreciate it.
There are a number of Jowers searchers here.

Take care,
Melody

Charles Gray wrote:
>
> I guess I've lurked long enough!
>
> I'm working on my husband's family from Georgia - of course I hit a brick wall.
>
> His grandfather's family was living in Willacoochee area - now Atkinson County
> I believe, but previously Coffee County.
> His grandmother's family was from Douglas as best I can tell.
>
> See if any of this rings any bells -
>
> John Warren Gray b. 27 Mar 1869 Berrien County, GA d. 02 Mar 1952
> Willacoochee, GA
> Katie Lou Carter b. 25 Mar 1904 d. 25
> Jun 1992 Orlando, FL
> they married 08 Jan 1923 and had 3 children - John Warren, Charles Caswell,
> and Evelyn Joyce
>
> John's parents -
> John C. Gray b. 12 Mar 1845 d. 11 Mar 1920 Berrien County
> Harriet Rowe b. 20 Dec 1844 d. 08 May 1901 Berrien County
> they married 25 Jan 1865 and had 4 children - John Warren, Nancy,
> Thomas W., Caroline
> John later married Charlotte Rowe 30 Sep 1902 and they had a daughter -
> Mary Annette - who later married a 4th(?) cousin John M. Gray (Mary died in the
> past year or so - was at the Shady Acres Rest Home in Douglas last I knew -
> unfortunately I never got to meet her)
>
> Katie's parents -
> John Everett Carter b. 1873 NC d. ??
> Lou Raney Jowers b. 1885 d. ??
> they married 19 Feb 1902 and had 6 girls - Dicey Mildred, Lilly Mae,
> Louise, Katie Lou, Rosalie, Maggie Ocalla
>
> Brick Walls -
> John C. Gray parents - he may or may not be descended from a Gipson
> (Gibson) Gray
> Gipson Gray aged 65 in 1850 Census with wife Levicy, Willis aged 30 (I assume
> his son), John C aged 6. (Irwin Cty)
> In 1860 Willis as head of household with wife & several kids; Gipson head of
> household with Levicy & John C. (Irwin Cty).
> In 1870 John C. head of household with Gipson living with him (Berrien Cty)
> Willis & family in Irwin Cty.
> Haven't been able to track down the relationship from Gipson to John C.
>
> Katie's parents -
> Jowers line pretty well documented (LouRaney's parents were Elisha Jowers and
> Dicey Mildred Ricketson)
> Granny's story was that her father accidentally killed her mother and that the
> Jowers family came after him to avenge her. All the girls were placed with
> relatives while her father went on the road to provide for them - he was a
> mason. Granny claimed he could build anything, including some of the finest
> brick buildings in the area with no plans. Granny was buried in Douglas -
> supposedly the same cemetery as her mother.
>
> Since it's not my family and I'm not in GA and I never heard many of the
> stories (just some of the wilder ones when Granny (Katie) was quite old and
> sick - she liked to embellish, but there seems to usually be a kernel of truth
> in there) - I've put these families on the back burner. If anything sounds
> vaguely familiar - give a holler - I have more, just put the highlights here.
> Sorry for the length - but you know how easy it is to keep it all straight!
>
> Cheryl M. Gray
>
>
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