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From: billie adams <>
Subject: Re: [OKLEFLORE] Statham / Old Bokoshe Cemetery
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 12:25:56 -0500
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THANK you so much Roy, anxious to hear from you!!

wrote:

> The Statham line is very hard to follow because the Stathams living in the
> Spiro/Bokoshe area do not appear to be related to the Stathams living a few
> miles away "across the line" in Sebastian County, Arkansas. Both groups of
> Stathams spent time living in the same areas of Oklahoma and Arkansas. If they have
> a common Statham ancestor in America, the person is probably from Virginia or
> Georgia and lived in the late 1700's, early 1800's.
>
> My ancestor was Richard D. Statham who migrated from Virginia in the early
> 1830's, spent time in Tennessee, Texas, and then settled near Hartford,
> Arkansas. His siblings migrated to Georgia. He is buried in the Unity Cemetary just
> South of Hartford, AR.
>
> I tried to find a "common ancestor" between the Sebastian County and LeFlore
> County Stathams, but never could find one. The facial appearance of both
> groups make it hard to believe that they're not related. Some of the old
> photographs of the Spiro/Bokoshe Stathams look very much like my family members.
>
> As soon as I get my Family Tree Maker software reloaded and working again,
> I'll see if I can find a Mary Statham or any Martindales and report back.
>
> Roy Statham
>
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