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From: "Becky Selva" <>
Subject: Fw: {not a subscriber} Re: [KYJACKSO] Forbis/Etc ... Lear/Lair .... Metcalf ... Elkins ... McCammon ... Henson ... Cathers
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 09:55:57 -0800
----- Original Message -----
From: ROBERT FORBUS
To: ROATEN E HINSON, JR. ; Doug & Melissa Simmons
Cc: ; ; ; ; Pat Forbis ; Pat Saupe ; Sharon Faubis ; ROBERT FORBUS ; Ray Hinson ; Myrna Henson - Russ ; Ronald Earl Hinson
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 9:43 AM
Subject: {not a subscriber} Re: [KYJACKSO] Forbis/Etc ... Lear/Lair .... Metcalf ... Elkins ... McCammon ... Henson ... Cathers
Hay, I don't know if this will help...........but here is a try:
1. Thomas Lair jr. full name i believe is John Thomas Lair, b. about 1835 s/of Thomas and Drucilla (Forbes) Lair, in Kentucky, married Deborah Summers June 1854 in Laurel Co., Ky,.Roten..........I think Thomas Lair jr is the same person ar John Thomas Lair, and also think Debohah Summers is also the same person as Mary Summers
2. Question; Is Sarah Forbis a daughter os William and Sarah (Sallie McCommon) Forbes?
"ROATEN E HINSON, JR." <> wrote:
I am showing in my data-base of family research a Mary Summers married abt
1854 Laurel Co Ky to a Thomas Lear JR. I am showing this Thomas Lear JR as
a son of Thomas Lear and Druscilla Forbis-Lear. I am showing Mary Summers
as the daughter of Allen Summers and Sarah Forbis ... (Sarah b abt 1812 ) as
a sister to my gggrandmother Anna Forbis who married George W Henson of
Laurel Co KY. Also showing a Doborah Summers married to John T. Lear June
1854 Laurel Co KY. Do you know who this 'Deborah Summers' is a daughter
of? John T Lear is a brother of Thomas Lear JR, both sons of Thomas Lear
and Druscilla Forbis of Laurel Co KY. Hope anybody reading this info can
help out on the Lear-Forbis marriages, especially Thomas Lear to Druscilla
Forbis on April 06, 1834 Laurel Co KY. Thanks for sharing. 'R.E.'
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug & Melissa Simmons"
To: "'ROATEN E HINSON, JR.'"
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 12:53 PM
Subject: RE: [KYJACKSO] Forbis/Etc ... Lear/Lair .... Metcalf ... Elkins ...
McCammon ... Henson ... Cathers
> I have a Thomas Lear (my ggrandfather) in my family who in his second
> marriage, married Mary L. Summers.
> He was born about 1820 in Kentucky. Our families have lived in Indian
Creek,
> Jackson County since before this time. Many still live on the Laurel
County
> side (Casteels, etc.)
> I do not know his previous wife's name or the name of their children, even
> though I know they had some. He left my ggrandmother Mary L. Summers long
> after they married. He died December 13, 1921 and was buried in Bear
Wallow
> Road, off Gravel Lick off Red Lick Road at the foot of Big Hill, Madison
> County, Kentucky
> His son's name was William David Lear who married Roda Elizabeth Cole.
They
> had my grandfather Stanley Lear and 10 others.
>
> The names you mentioned all sound familiar, but I'll need to share this
> information with my grandfather to see what he knows.
>
>
> Surnames to mention:
> LEAR COLE SUMMERS CASTEEL ROBERTS HELLARD METCALF CLAYPOOL MOORE CUNIGIM
> MORRIS WARD
> WILLIAMS GABBARD SEXTON DURHAM CARPENTER TAYLOR JOHNSON
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ROATEN E HINSON, JR. [mailto:]
> Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 3:32 PM
> To:
> Subject: [KYJACKSO] Forbis/Etc ... Lear/Lair .... Metcalf ... Elkins ...
> McCammon ... Henson ... Cathers
>
> I have my gggrandmother Anna Forbis, married to George W Henson of Laurel
Co
> KY, had a sister Drucilla Forbis who married Thomas Lear/Lair on April 06,
> '1834' Laurel Co KY (witness William Metcalf) .... Interested in anything
on
> Thomas Lear/Lair. Anna and Druscilla Forbis were daughters of William
> Forbis and Sarah McCammon-Forbis who married Dec 02, '1808' Clay Co KY.
> William Forbis is a son of Rev War Vet John Forbis who lived out his life
in
> Laurel Co KY. One of Rev War Vet John Forbis's wives was named Druscilla,
> who was probably the mother of William and that is why he named one of his
> daughters Druscilla (Anna Forbis was named after her grandmother Anna
> Cathers who married William McCammon (Anna Cathers was a sister of Rev War
> Vet Edward 'Ned' Cathers of Clay/Laurel Co KY). Now back to the William
> Metcalf, mentioned above as a witness to the marriage of Druscilla Forbis
> and Thomas Lear/Lair .... this William Metcalf (William Henry Metcalf)
> married Elizabeth Elkins o!
> n February 16, '1829' Laurel Co KY. William later moved to
> Livingston/Grundy Co MO and became a Judge. Elizabeth Elkins-Metcalf had
> brothers W.R.D. 'Dillard' Elkins and Jackson Elkins who married daugthers,
> Sarah and Lucinda, of George W Henson and Anna Forbis-Henson while the
> families were living in Grundy Co MO along with 'many other Laurel Co KY
> families' who had moved to Livingston/Grundy Co MO in the late 1830's (the
> Hensons and Elkins returned to Laurel Co KY mid 1840). Brother-in-laws
> 'Dillard' Elkins and Elisha Henson (Elisha was a son of George and Anna
> Forbis-Henson) both served as Constables in the 2nd District of Laurel Co
> KY. An Isaac Jackson Forbis posted bond for the Sept 1853 appointment of
> 'Dillard' Elkins so he could serve as Constable. Please share any
> additional information on Thomas Lear/Lair and any of the many KY
relatives
> of mine mentioned above. 'R.E.'
>
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