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From: "Rex Bertram" <>
Subject: Re: Who are you?
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 12:40:03 -0700


Hi all. My interests in Rhea County is only that I am looking for any
GIST's/GUEST/GUESS/GISS that were there. I believe them to be very closely
connected to my GIST's that were in Bledsoe and Cumberland County. I would
appreciate any correspondence from anyone with knowledge of any of these
folks.

Rex Bertram

Researching, BERTRAM, BUTRAM, CROSS, GIST, BRANNUM, FLOWERS, PIERCE, PAGE,
YORK, CATRON, PARSON, STOCKTON, FERGUSON, GUFFEY, YOUNGS, PARMLEY, KEMMER
-----Original Message-----
From: Nancy Cole <>
To: <>
Date: Friday, August 21, 1998 10:57 PM
Subject: Who are you?

>Hi folks,
>
>We have about 50 subscribers to this list now. I think it would be nice
>if we would share a little about our Rhea County ancestors and see how
>many "cuzzins" we can find in the group. So I will begin.
>
>I am the great great grandaughter of Thomas Newton Locke CUNNINGHAM, the
>illustrious and notorious first and third mayor of Dayton and his 1st
>wife, Lorinda Jane SMITH. His parent's were Wylie and Elvina LOCKE
>Cunningham. Her parent's were William and Margaret Ann AULT Smith.
>
>My Smith's end with Lorinda's grandfather Albion R. Smith.
>Ault's were previously from Knox County and the line goes back to
>Pennsylvania and to the German immigrant.
>Locke's and Cunningham's go back to VA
>
>Two of TNL Cunningham's daughters married into my ACUFF line. These boys
>moved from Bledsoe to Rhea in the late 1800s.
>
>Some of the allied families include: Broyles, Russell, Tucker, Ledford,
>Myers, Housley, Higdon, Fike, Darwin, Blevins, Gardenhire, and Newman.
>
>There are more, but that is a start.
>
>Now y'al tell us about your families.
>
>Nancy
>
>

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