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Monday Madness no more! (or, “…another one bites the dust…”) Part 2

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

So who was “Copeland”, the 6th (or 7th) husband of my great grandmother, Dovie C McBurnett? To review, all I know about Copeland is that he was the last husband of Dovie, as evidenced by her death certificate, obituary and headstone: I don’t know when or where they were married or if she outlived him [...]

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Wordless Wednesday: 1867 Tuscaloosa County, Alabama Voter Registration

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

dated 16 Jul 1867 Please click on this image for a larger, readable view. In the red squares are J. M Stanley (Jesse Mercer Stanley, my 3rd great-grandfather) and John J Davis, another of my 3rd great-grandfathers, both from my Stanley line. If you have Alabama ancestors, check out the Alabama Department of Archives and [...]

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Tombstone Tuesday: Trilla Maryland (Davis) Stanley

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Trilla Maryland Stanley September 20, 1855 December 5, 1932 Grandview Cemetery Grandview, Johnson, Texas Trilla Maryland Stanley was my second great-grandmother and my Mom’s namesake. ©2006-2010 Ruth Stephens, Bluebonnet Country Genealogy. All rights reserved. 0 I like this!

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Tombstone Tuesday

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

These are the above-ground vaults of my second great-grandparents Miles Francis and Trilla Maryland Davis Stanley at Grandview Cemetery just outside of Grandview in Johnson County, Texas. Miles Stanley and wife Trilla Maryland (my Mom’s namesake) arrived in Hill County, Texas from Tuscaloosa County, Alabama in January 1875. There Miles became a successful farmer and [...]

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