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Aout my operation on my hand; sob trying to patch it up, He hac ers on my left hand, They were ¢ 88 were cut something terrible. sv of the nerves crossed up,and t mand it much longer, so he ent into worked on some of the tendons,and sevepee dng. So now I hope it will be mich vet a stiff, that is mich better than to bavel lo During the time I am off from work, : been going to the library pretty dh will mean a lot to us,in our recor I am enclosing some data which some pleasure to you. . 90 VA I think va said she had told Y, No ess it tells all about Nl J a9, married a DENNY girl from Mercer p 1830, Henry H. Caither,and wife,were fo were listed in the same census. “| ¢ ‘ ee ved to Putnam Ce * »Tnd a bputt 18 30, nd the others were born in Nontgouery Pe,Gaither died in Ill] .July,20,1676, mele Hiram died at the home of one of So you can gee it is pretty conclusiv I brother Hirem,as well as Frank. low, pgertainly wi wish I could be over .there bords,and micro film, I just know reve my Ancestry on back, It is my B20. So if they did,then the 1620 I do not know if any of the name it is my belief that they camo t settled in the same localit So if you learn 2 i on DENNY GENEALOGY, third Gaithers in Index Violet Gaither Gaither gtte M, Gaither . Amice Gaither a Della Gaither Irm Jane Gaither by Gaither Hiram Gaither - Gei ther — eat Teaco vley Gaither Bde! 6 Ann p ther @ Henry Gaither 3¢ De Gaither De 38, W. Geither 15¢ Martha Gaither De 38, itta Mae Gaither De 287 Béilla C. Gaither pe 38 mve already sent you some informat i is some more data we have since sol ae @eeeeenmeene #8 oe @ @Be ae eee eas P he tow oo Me f WARREN GAITHER, son of Harvey Denny in Waldron, Kansas, He married Feb, ney, Kansas, Their son iss ROBERT MAX GALTHER, born Aug, Keelins, He was 2nd Lieutenant Mission to drop bombs on Japan. { BUGENE GALTHER, son of Harvey Lugene Gait in Waldron, Kansas, He married on Aug. Meppony, Kansas, A ay WEY DENNY GALTHER, son of John Demy Gaithe: died Dec. 13, 1943. -Married in Jan,, 1891 BR FAMILY BIBLE. che now lives in Anthony, he old bible, Mrs, Gaither is still living po send us all they can dig up. This heh I, and his widow took it. Hiram bein ip aeeumption is right, then we may very soon fthe proof of all his children.) Children DENNY IRMA GAITHER, born Jan, 1] ALICE VIOLET GAITHER, born Jul: JOHN WARREN GATT R, born Auge HIRAM WYLEY GAITHER, born lf | DELLA HOPE GAITHER, born Oct. il, Brobeck, Now (6) HARVEY EUGENE GAITHER, born Dec, 4 e ed -— «_ -— = = were both daughters of John dein 7 Gaither and Ma: CLARA A, GALTHER, born Dec. 27, 1872, married 1st, John Bone, She died May, 1947, ud CARA ANNIGE GAITHER, born Nov. 20, 1874 in Hillsboro Ang, 25, 1902, He was brother to her sisters’ husb July 20, 1949, There were six children, séenden County, 1860 — JEREMIAH GAITHER ‘ age 50 born Ala NANCY GAITHER age 50 born Tenn. MILLA GAITHER age 21 rn Tenn. William Gaither age 18 born Tenn, James Gaither age 14 born Tenri, Nancy I, Gaither age 11 Born Tenn, iaysen Cowrty, 1870 ’ JR. GALTHER age 36, mal born Kentu 0 L.A.GAILTHER age 35 female born Kentuc! Or? Bid sGALTHER - ‘age 11 female born Kentuck) born S GAL THER age 9 female born Kentuo rn J «Ry GAITHER age 8 male born Kentucky ( E .C,GALTHER age 8 female born Kentucky (bom WM, THOS, GAITHER age 1 mle. born Kentuck born se eeeeeaseeea#e w2eeegsea*" ss « County, 1820 OORNELIUS GATER: : lemale under 6 years @ lefemale 6-10 years 2-females 10-13 years : 3-females 13-1¢ Peewee 8 ew @ ewe we we ew PP eB 8 ee em tm ee le a ae ere ie gin Ohio County, 1850 David Westerfield age 38 born | rt alevy Gattaube Westerfield age 35 born Kentucky (7 children) HBNJAMIN GAITHER age 19 born Kentucky (born 183 ww eee new awaeawdapaneania nanan naan olan / County, 1850 Edward F, Gnith age 32 born Kentuck DAVID P, GAITHER age 32 born Kentuck SALLY GAITHER age 25 bern Kentucky NANCY GAITHER age 6 born Kentucky r MARY GAIL THER age 4 born Kentucky HULDA GAITHER age 3 born Kent "7 ee ee 0 we we we we ow ow ow we @ alee eee és m’t figure out who any of thesé were, One x p do know Cornelius's line down to present but are unable to ud f Born about 1860, ‘the Jeremiah, above, mst have spent | iP war od there and his children were 211 born there, ‘The enjamin @ettled in Wyatt, Mo. and whose descendants we have to o-a s oe § Gompletely puzzled. ePuctions to ke being arrived mmcil for that BrMARY'S ‘COUNT 4 awe OTN TY Wwisit dL ray 7 i. UND! r be du MARY PARISH (St. | ARY Me GORE -. ceicleces () ‘ PA TSH Yen “ghoaen.. . Cc re T , : ae RIV ih & (Loh Pymen chosen..... Mee NiCK PARISH Pe ‘i mrymnen chosen at iy .D PY ROK PARISH rmen ohosen pmen, taken hie oh f ane RUBY M, FLOYD EF EVA \ + on taemigearone ane went eRe eR Ae ye ONNEROSS o a am 649 SOUTIE ST7TH STREET e & es a Eas a Pree tae T. E. Svann Meatesville, N.C, Mr. Swann; fis doing mich better now peeaay morning before eae nd and was releasing the bolts th mpped : ind hit the starter button, Of er Clockwise. He was very lucky 8 since the hand was very painful . fed them they apparently tied tric Wires, and they just don't ~ @ ee } Are now trying to cet everrt! net a My whon something new comes in every d e Ther m others, a very little, I rn only finished the OS Who eens PRetween AE, I notice that in N orth varolina, there are so mapy instance, ANDERSON GAITHER, son - senberr i oh d, Mery. Then ASBURY GAITHER, son zac) my one child, Wiley. ~— nothang peo I have any dates We's and Beall's Met Wm Tyson, but wdates, No dates ely : my . * pes i # i 7 é iad ie ae # fume letter "0", I have meebam, or for Charles 2 id Burgess & Jundus, sons eeavid He, son of Ivey there is littl ‘ m S0ns were in the Conf facharish, or Enoch, a mow have copies of Gree int Wheir spinster daughter, + is know Who SARAH AN WY Might have beon? County? Then we have Apother for BURGESS A, GJ meimeke this very long, 1 BR any minute. x —W } oldie eet. |b \ thd ec LE. UD ay? | fe ene 5 on. Thies if 710 “On “acl f Lé Lb, IL, BAe f y oe \ " 7 \ ap t- Tae - Lied | ' Becta i) ‘ Ala 2 beth atc Lp by \ - te Rare dre c ue fe | / ( jn it -< ae 4 | Life \2. Mh “i | J i, TE. Swann mite 1, Box 147 preenaty NeCe ir. Swann; . bain, thank you for your swell notes. It seems that one f much to the records, We have not heard from irs, Xicve Peper about three weeks ago. weut to the New Albany Library last Saturday. They only have o pwas in use the two hours he spent there so he came on home, A * he went up to the Louisville Library and there he found the fol OKY, 1820, DAVID C, SWANN and WILLIAM SWANN, There was noth bes, This might not moan « thing to you, but possibly you knov tall £4 “are perfeetly convinced now that "Pioneer John" wos Joun VI, 8 Captain John, sou of Edward and Eleanor Whittle, In the fir Menor mrried in 1750, Their first son.wis born 1751, Greenbe 1p born im 1751 as well, but he was born in 1857. Since Green + gouléim’t possibly have had their second child before 1' » Johg Was born at this time, Jeremiah wis born in 1764 his father was only 12 years old. Pioneer John's wil! ‘aged and weak’, Surely, Capt. John at 57 yexrs old w ¥ was born about 1720 (the year after John IV and fliz John VI was born about 1740-45, which would be »bo “i r dak Ip Im 1809, John VI was about 69 years old. ‘hat do reenberry must have died here in Kentucky bout 1827. followings MRS. ANN GAITHER in Nelson Cogmty with; l-free white mile under 5 years old I-free white male 20-30 (mst have been Greend l-free white t#2e*femile under 5 years old 3-free white femles 20-30 l-free white femle 60-70 ( Ann) Slaves lemile under 10 years old 5-males 10-24 lemle 24-36 lemle 55-100 4-femles under 10 2=females 10-24 2-femiles 36-55 l-female 55-100 She sure hed the s] a Ses TS ee a ie Se ae carat Me are of the belief that Captain John came. to Jefferson County Ke ' 0 den County, Ind., where he died. We sre corresponding wi ‘Members of the D.A.R., with Johm Gaither as their sncestor. lo ##t is listed °s m 1752 (about right for Orpt. John) and died 1825, His wife wis Mery Perry. He bed as Lieutenant ukder General Gates »t the Battle of Camden nd uncer Lene at. the battles of Zutaw Springs when Cornw: 113 s had the grezt r-ce through » His son was James W, Gaither (1784-1869), borm in Lecvemvorth, Ind., sar eo a Mary Humter (1795-1857). It seems that Capt. John here woul 1a be in entice- } to Greenberry to come west. We have this John's descend:nts on t ‘asent, | for them, _ that Forrest Gaither, som of Burgess, had * son James ©, Sher rrried Wierids A. Townsend, ‘The som of James 1nd Florida wes Thoms Grither ' 1°o4-1°91, born “Detas, and married Sarah Harwell, ‘The daughter of Thoms and Sorch, “thel ther @ born in Chilton, Texas and married ¥,W, McCrory. "wer your records, we learned that the Prathers lived first in ly 5, .efore moving Watson, Ind, Here in Louisville, our min street, now named Br s before femed Prather Street. One block in our min business section wm ; ether who at that time became very werlthy. A Mrs. Briscoe in DePoum, te Mm to have & lot of history on the family, She might hove som 1 the Briscoe's well. I ee ae, ae eee eS @ noticed » name in the Sslibbury directory which really c i ISTHER PROBST, Some people seem to think thot my grest gr Wiley might 38 married a Probst insted of . Probus. Now we »re wonderin out Be we will probably write to him eventuclly. ® sorry that I do not know the name of Margaret Lovélaces’ er, le bloarm is that she was the mother of Isham and Nosh Gaither whose fytner wis Zacher ‘A, Son of Bonjemin II, We received this information from Mrs. J.:, er, Hormony, Pek. Carolina, a: br Pealize that the chances of proving Jeremiah I ~re very nt t vos ere before we give up. Dad sent 2 form to the U.S, nsus reeu for the mlitcry Seord of Wiley Gaither. They said that mst records for pensions or sty land Se where the man was born and who his porents were. Our problen is cokng to be thot died and kis widow had to file for these things. This being the cxs%, she mig shave known his mother or father's names, Also, The North Crrolim: 3 ent. sh yes and History informed us that they hive on file oll Mar a bon revi 54856, if we give them the county, We wrote to them yesterd y, but they give three ts for delivery for this mterial, “ pecei ved a copy of John Gaither's will of 1809 from ir4dell County. a atten at the advice of Mrs, Storey, to Rowrn County to see if there ; + tte : there such as *# a will, mrrisage bond, or sale of provert pare sorry to hear that more Gaither's arent interested in + rv. diced that almost everyone referred to us hod © different nome, to 1s, is very jp tteresting, Probably most of the people need 1 little boost to > rest. % was all we needed to get started this time. Thomas K, ” 2 ., sent pe some data, and we were off, ee Boe 841 close for now, so I can get this in the erly mil FES Re * 5 ‘ = _ . ro a . g aes By “ iy Fo Reh a CHARLES ROBY GAITHER: note says; born June 6, and Mary Ann Blaylock. Pritchard, who was born oe where we got this, but the THOMAS GAITHERs who wrote John J. Gaither, He mentions brothe: In Clark County, Indiana, 1840, were tvio between 40-50 and Benjamin 30-40, Do you from 1800-18107 Was Elam the only son of Jeremiah Washington County, Indiana, 16%03 sons WILLIS db GAT Lat NANCY E, (wife) MILLA tase) SUSSILDA (dau. ) GE RGE D. (son) ENOCH = (son) ISABELL (dau.) HAUDE C. (daue) CORA (dau. DALEM (son) JOHN GAITHEF MIKEL (brother ) MIKEL (nephew) Fairview Cemetery, lew A DESY s Indiana (1) PULASKI T. GAITHER, born 1841, died )LUCINDA GAITHER, born 1840, died 19 (3) JOHN W. GAITHER, born Dec. 6,/187 also buried in smae cemetery ares (4) THURSEY GAITHER, born » died (5) ROBERT GAITHER, born 1860, died Aug. (6) ELIZABETH GAITHER, born 1861. died J ALABAMA GAI 4 Lved avrorem ' t grand fath erJ AMES HREMIDTON GAL 1 Willis Gaither May 25, 1962 (my § 4. Chester Gaither, living in ABhland, Grand father JOHN HENRY GAITHER I. Abner Gaither, bo twice married, second wife; Harold, 2. Alma Gaither, livin 1904 (my father) 4, CARL-D. GAITHER married : 1, CARL D, GAITHER, Jre, t " b ie CAROLYN 3 ANE fl THE ly 3, WILLIAM FRANK GAITHER (myself), born Nov. 4, JAMES LAWSON GAITHER, born March 7, 193¢ 5, JOHN ROBERT GAITHER, born Nov. 11, 1940, has one Myself WILLIAM FRANK GAITHER married ‘fini fred 1, William James Gaither, born Oct. 2. CYNTHIA JANE GAITHER, born Sept. 3, RICHARD FRANK GAITHER rm Nov. Our family lived throughout the County of Clay, aE RR, very much, These soldiers I wae wondering which Thos, cote poorle in New Albany. on theie ie ae Infemle 20:t0 30 (wife) (I'm supe it is. Benj, im the 1840 Gemaus a9 follows Rete (the males total the the fomles don't, GLARK COUNTY, INDIANA 1870 PERRY GAI THER age 45 born: North (Carolina Jeabell Gaither age 35 Hew York John Gaither 19 Indiana Hoek Gaither 17 . Wiley Gaither 8 ° Laura Gaither 5 : Orra Gaither 1/12 " | the could this Perry be? ‘The son John was the John Perry I have told you about. Jom Perry's sen Joseph now lives in Jeffersonvalle. fie said his gran#father ae: ommed a very large farm in Jeffersonville, a little upstream toward Watsen, Ind. -7) .. Perhaps these Gaithers came here the same time as the Prathers and Jacobs, We ~ believe this next one might have been a brother te Perry (above). , ome f)° (same eonsus 48 above ) ISAAC GAL THER age 46 North Carolina Sarah Geither 46 Virginia Mary Gaither 20 Gerlinda Gaither 17 Gaither Rebeees Gaither See ie seus tee es ee gee lea Sie, Ry ¢ ae is . e ae mR . Mea Ree ae Ind. prior to 1850, sinee all of the ehiléren were bo If our assumption is correct, George a Gaither, son of Isaae, had a som named Lloyd and another son, Gail. George owned 7) @ large livery stable in Jeffersonville, Gail's son lives here in Louisville now, ets e “id Fat { Bey 7 (same Gensus 96 above) GHARLES GAITHER age 2821 born: Kentucky Mary Gaither 15 " " ‘Farley Frank 2? 10 " Dad still plans te go over te the library himself to leok at the censuses, He seid it is extremely aiffieult to get the use of the projector. “ I still haven't heard from Mrs, James Bird Gaither. I guess this nice warm weather sort of makes us forget our family tree for awhile so we can soak in that good warm sunshine. We are still going strong. Your idea that Benjamin, brother of Nicholas, returned to Maryland, makes 4 let of sense, Of all his sons, we have never got a lead as to who their de- cen, Wethan, son of this Benjamin, is said by Warfield to have come te » ‘Then Newman turns right around and says this Nethen was een of I am about to decide that both eame here, Newman is very spesifie te wifes’ family were from, History books here in Kentucky name We know the son of Benj. married Sue Magoffin and married Martha Morrison, 16 Newman claims. arened the books here om soldiers with the confederacy in the Civil haven't found the first Gaither, Gather, Gaiter, of Gater. ip.z. Swann 1, Box 1h? , fecville, N.C. Yur. Swann; FS a: a will try to answer your letter we received me YOu very mich for the article about Mr. eit returned, we will.cépy it and send it information you sent was most helpful. mWe received some more information today that I he -tO you. We became very interested in this a; Stain spot in North Carolina to do our searchi! pevaying with Jeremiah I at least until we prov like a good one to investigate, since he w know if Enos had any. brothers by his mother? a a next to last paragraph, it tells where “BL C weed) land next to Jeremiah Gaither. Assuming eo. it mist have been Jeremiah I. I believ ferried Eleanor Greenfie&d, was perhaps your » then we at least have an idea where he Greek in Iredell County? I see where part frie County. | Bok tO what we received today, (of which | me feel now that Wiley Summers Gaither was not porn in 1822. Our Wiley's plies son was born by, Was born .about 1615. We still think it is ia son of Jeremiah I by his second marriag mM in that time could be determined as to his aa. We. ‘find that Jeremiah didn't have any » B&O ‘Te have SO Many connections now, that it is almos Pepe Up With themshowever, we must commem you for b @punctual persons we have come across. Bie and Pnen We Tran across one or two things ra nfus iz atch out the one least convincing and ‘take your W -fecords seem so good. We don't want to "wear o ‘We are acting upon your advice and will Names you sent. Thank you very much for telling us of the m would be costly. We haven't ordered it. @ days ago to a book company in Maryland in wrote to Dietz Press in Richmond, a ie ‘Bin another address. t believe that referring to Benjamin as the 4th mi mee> We were once sent some material where his et now find most people refer to him as Ga @ the Goat of Agms, We don't know this for fact, but don't you think mwas, possidle that Libertius, son of Nicholas might have ten named fom the motto? i... For awhile we thought we had too many sons for Edward and Eleanor Saetce. NOW We’ seemed to have had too few. Apparently Capt. John @yed in Maryland, did'nt he? ® We are corresponding with Mr. 0.Gordon Gaither, Lexington, Ky. @ haven't quite figured out where his line comes in but he does know men they came to Ky. from Maryland. His great grandfather married a meh who could trace her family to England. He is searching now for he name of her husband, his great grandfather. It. seems that we have lost a lot of interest in the Maryland Gaithe now.and gpend our time concentrating on the ones from NOrth Carolina. ey Seem more like the family. im Inother records of Gaithers in North Caroline we have come across We names Silas Gaither, Amos Gaither, Sam Gaither and Peter Gaither. Do m know who they were? We saw where Peter fought in the Revolutionary ey Amos and Sem wero Witnesses of Basil Gaither's will. This Basil fe fon of Benjamin II. In andther placé We find where an {nquiry was me as to the location of where Silas Gaither lived in 1854, —~ Onoe in, let me thank you for your patience and generosity. SMe mow when we become a misance. I want to very short- Mace of our family tree. I hopeto be able to put us on ete We are going, that might never be, so at my earliest tence, I’ Will draW a chart for you. We have one in our den heré in basement, we aad, on to it every day and now needsto be replaced. It peches out about 15 feet and is about 3 feet hig. I will make you one, it up and mail it to you. We oan never repay you enough. ~* Very sincerely yours, x, fhe / {4 r. { ” 2 ? Pt fA. ‘Eva iM. Gaither (Fo I hopé you can make this out. I have done nothing but make mistakes typing today. I guess that could cover every day. ha ha. FLOYD 649 SOUTH 37TIL STREET . , LOUISVILLE Tl. KENTUCKA GAITHER SPRING 2-0441 August 1, 1962 ar Mr, Swann; ; a't mike this long, Just thought I would write and send you 4 little more be I was answering © letter to Mrs, Storey, which arrived yesterday, 80 while h into anewering it, : wade three copies of most data for her, you and Mrs. wr. That is whkt you call "killing three birds with one typewriter”. ha ha, B hope you can use ‘some of this. I want to send you anything new we get, also ‘Renner end Mrs, Storey. Miss Nicholson ia another one, but much of this came ther, s¢ she qouldn't be much interested in another oopy, The four of you are informed people we know on the Gaithers, and we want to share all we e to leam, 4 , Storey mentioned that you think Thomas Gaither, son of Benjamin of Kdward, @ eon Wiley. Do you think he ties in with my line? Joe Walker Gaither of Charlotte is supposed to go into Statesville this weck i, y as much data as possible, then he is coming to Louisville and will bring B copy. He is « descendant of Zacharish. iy Gaithers we have written to are becoming interested and some plan to drive iw miles te ¢opy from our records, There is one lady in Florida who plans to in Sept, and will come by. Then Mr, Nathan Elwood Gaither N.C. i8 sending a friend by to get some material. We mil out such know just which , . Covington, Kyey ae ifex, “Letters, but most are like us, want many lines and we don't P i. wand dad are on strike as of this morning 80 I have company with them home to- y That is another reason this letter won't be too long. Mom keeps me pretty ve a ML close for now. RWBY M. FLOYD E Sy act 649 SOUTH 7TH STREFT ISVILI 1} eg Dea: we see WIL! : self | bee! nam The mii to sell His brother. Of al) my putt ae ( a @ a a Swan. poe 1, Box oH. x reise, t | ; received: your Letter. ea wee to. thé post office early this ams io phek yp the mali. | nv hardly weit for the reguler delivery, = what, is ner onéhe a} nity "ree", Thank you so mth for the naw t wae @bpectally ¢ tnd to get straightened out on Darkus Gaiqne?. ohne Remier | also. had wondered which wos.the ma It had #eemed? $Ras Be been ephort fou. Genlliia, of Camelia. . o¢ in the RoWan County Mariage Reoords, dated Feb« 17, 1795, Wiemes ares marrieé Susannah Johnson. Surély thie must have deen either 4 pioneers or thoir son, It séems Lik ely that thie might hage te oak of Benjamin II.. Also found in C anmon County, Tennesase ie ‘Ggither, born 2602 in North Garo Lie and he had es daughter s Sy) De: you, think. dheat. John, son Be njamin tl, ld have gone GO cus ith-his two brothers; kdward nd Rozin nd this Johnson was his song eve: T told you #here: isa lum G,ither buried here in Louleville ins motiary Taylor National Cemetery, idan" I?? Do you think he wae the. 0: Fil: dam Tyson? I'M sorty, but we haven't checked the Cates On Tie. i +” Mhis ié the only Lum Gaither, i bave: on- file. oe nye come Wp with these far fetched’ theories, but inthe IndignacGoms % 50, we found Perry & Isaac’ Gaither} born in. North Carolina and who? eaiready given you. Now in addi tion to them, we find living in same Son a Nosh Gaither, born 1421, in Jerth Carolina, wife, Sarahs Ate” an's home i6 a Elizabeth G G4 thei ; born’ 1802 in North Oarolina. “This ; be his mother. Doeen't it,ceem that these names Noah, Wileg, O$6s mm. OelOn@tO Benjamin IT'. Line? m1 ann 888 to thege aboye we founds William @ his brother, John, born in Ind. 1832. iivingsin Washington O¢ (The ceneuergtates that their parents were born in forth Ourol nay : Teads mé fheht back tO Rein init) ner, we found there éearl ele that--thiad Villiam bad & 891 Enoékhy born 1679, which alec La: $86 f Benjatin I]. .Mre. Renner says Bhe has never found Rezin ‘tn the meoonde Of Tenhessec. ey 80D Sounty., Fengucky, we find two Gaither mthéer diving next to hin was, John Gaither. Mhaidren of Greenberry. In the “Old Munio! spt ogtt Kentucky" we find: +! RIETY GAITHTR, born 1778 “fer no Luby GATHER, porn Oot. 6, 0" ai ea Jan. 1 FRED GATTHER, born March 12, 1603, died 142 + ey ve wrong y and: I uegally am, but I etill believe: that Cap + John, ae ward and Eleanor, came to Kentuckyiamd Lived uere ‘ag Sa As LTE ‘ at 1% Was he, who drew Greenberry-Here. -I.also think thése mn ght ailate' bon, le The. women. might have been On ithe wives, Bet the aye been hie sons, What do you thial : oe - € | et fom Melson County. nite? 1 sute wouldTie tae received from lire, Magsig F. (Gaither) Bucklin, 624 so, Jackson St. . yo, 1962, (uaiker oP thant Fe er Oe OO HS We ow ec eee esc cenccwencce Gil i 4 € ’ My greet grandfather, John Caither, oame from England, where he wie lst. Lieutenant. 7 Me exes to Amorion with tvo brothers, George and Benjamin. John went back to England i married, There worse two ehildren, I think. (ne of our relatives, a retired stere 7) Mhoper went to England and saw the register of his wedding and the births of his ehilé- im the Ghureh, "oe ee aa eee q ee } +2 grendfather, JAMES GAITHER, (1784-1866) mpried lary EZ. ames), (he & the daugh- = eer of Patrick Humber, James was son of JOHN Re GATHER (175261875). (the date of John peas death iv all wrong, We show his death as 1825) the wife Tpieer ¥. Perry, who he married in 1780, John R. was the son of JOHN GAITHER, born 1713, eases? Soln was gon of BENJAMIN CALTHER, who was son of JO: IALTHE, born 1634, died 1702, eee Ruth. John and Auth mrried 1673, ‘thas John was son of JOIN GAITHER, born 1604, pe 1652, wife, Joans. I have no other record of her, the first John Gaither is the who assisted in establishing Ameriean Ykdepsndencd while asting inthe eapicity Johm R. Gaither was ae told we that lhry Porry was a gougin of Olivor Hazard Perry, who won the vietery Gover the British on Lake Iie Curing the Revolutionary War and she hid red hair, a My father, JOH! HR, GAITHER, mapried. Jan. 1, 1860, Sarah Welsh, their son was born Feb 3, 1861, named JOHN HAZEN GAITHER, My father then married Mary Z. Woolums ou Aug s > 1865, che died Feb, 23, 1866 of typhodd fever. lie married the third time, Almena vmley” Warphy on Sopt. 1 1867, che died Jan, 12, 1905. He died Nov, 29, 1906, He ee % eargent mustered into service, Aug, 19, 1862, by lajor Lew Walluee of New Albany, ine He served threo years, 7; ek grandfather, JAMES WILSON GAITHER, was one of the defenders of Fort leqde in Ohie ene Moume River, ‘There worse 60 mem in the garrison and only 8 survived of whieh he a Or a 19 . hildren of JOHN Hy R. CAITHER AND ALMENA MURPuY p MBLVILIE WILEY GATHER, born Sept. 17, 1868, died June 2, 1941, (She states that bee sil fore mrriage, his wife was Nansy Server 777777) PAIRS MINT GATTHER, born Doe. 6, 1870, diod Dee. 6, 1953, uarried Hottie Sad the. ie RK ELMER GATHER, born Jan, 4, 1873, died April 25, 1961, married dordelis Hogan. + Theiy son was LOREN ELMER GATTHER, a retired Col, lie has twe shildren; & daughter, whose name I do not know as ihe Marriod a soldier; and a son whe is in Korea now, Loren’s address is 129 Sehool Street, Wayland, Mase, IER, borm July 28, 1875, married e Buekline THER, born Aug, 28, pg died Way 13, 1879, (apparently died in bd H 4 y. { } ie infuney.) iss wes only qne now living, I will be 87 on July 28, 1962, My father was the P@ femily of 12, I havé 211 of their nos and they aro ridieulous, I think my father Meee My youngest brother and see what he got, sprantfather, JAMES GAITHER, was born in Virginia, thon later moved +o Indiana, om the ae Hiver, mar the town of Alton, ih 4: Hf ne ay it if Eva M. Gaither 649 So. 37th Street Louisvil le, Kye ll, 1962 is Hy ‘hey ae i T, 3, Swan : Box 147 Gy NLC. ™ .3 ; Metter arrived thie morning and I will try to answer it right away. We were terrbbly to hear about the death in your family. We realize you m't possivly right each Me do. You probably think by now that we never run down. This time J won't write fa long letter am I have several things enclosed that I have typed for you which we dived Lately. ¥ hee on HENRY HIRAM GAITHER was copied ¢oday by dad at the Filson Jlub here in Love jad d they are loaded on data on the Gakthers, He will go pack and get more, operated on yesterday, He was in surgeory for 2 hours and 20 minutes while they ibd the nerves in two of his fingers on the left hand and grafted skin from his arm hi hand. He will be home for six weeks. I'm sure he will want tov write you you r » he jien’t working. ' aoe ‘Nic solson has sent us much data lately. Today she sent many pages on her line. ap nk for the names of the other children of John born 1815, ‘The only one I knew danes. Aired, diss ive @ card file system with all the Gaither men in abphabetical order. Then another ¢ ‘or the ones we can't connect, We have a third file for last names of persons connect= h hn Gaithers either by marriage or children of Gaither girs. We have divided our e the the North Carolina group and the Maryland group. This is now becoming con- ie and we my have to start soon, putting them into different states a8 60 many have tt ede what you. think about this Henry Hiram and let me know, He seoms like he might be me Wileys brother. 1 close now, Hope you enjoy the data enclosed, You may keep it. I try to make you hey of everything we learn and also copies for Mrs. Storey, Miss Nicholson and Mrs, ier. By the way, Mrs, Remer was the first one to find a Hiram Gaither and he was in Bimois, He was no doubt the one I am sending, She said his name was Henry Hiram, we nad someone in every state who could get real interested, Thanks again for u have sent. Very truly yours, a atthe ta <i be IR PC dubiegWiaksed trom the Kentucky state Uibrary, Yrankfort, Ky., by Floyd and ~ re ieee and South Carolina Marriage Reoords" fe Goumty, MC., Oot. 29, 1799. \ ot Ae . “" Feb. 17, 1795. D Jam. 26, 1795. sort. 18, 1792, re yy ed - 7, 1913. 7, 1918 rae Bt C. Pitt, born Jas 18, 1870) inslidiios teiiada « Hardin County, KY." AY A, GATTRP 4 GAROLIME PERCEFULL, Nov, 25, 1822, ae «@ “ns @ « *Verteilies Genctery Records, Woodford Co., Ky." WALTHER, bern Got, 1, 1883, died May 7, 1912 - a = 3° ee = ee "Keuticky Roster ef Soldiers in War of 1812" i ty 4, JABS GAT THER MARY A, @ { §, Tomas GALTHER ‘ 7% ‘> * MLL “= “on = = Gen Seek? Milas of Ky., 1792-1811" ea Ma, 18th Regs., Dee. i, 1sii, ¥ re ae ~* *& @ “Mayyland Regerds® § Ped, Bowrty Land Grants issued Ney. 1, 1640 net shown) Be * mtr, vt so rains se. He married three time, " y Seeond wife, Jemim. Popper.) rie Margereh-Melticheal, June 27, 1809. (also lnson County, Kj.) i" =. fee 1) ms ty Wel. 1-2 ead | Martin County, Entries in 1836, 1837, 1849, 185}, a , rtd Gourbyy iat, Massie in 267. : . ' — ) Martin @ Ind. Euterlos in 1649, 1851, o- = © wet). | Suithville, Ind., married GEORGE GAIDIER, py 7 @hiléreny but did not give thelr name? we I believe 14 was th "Denny Book") : a CAeé¢ LO> f ( HED. yf j sda BST ROILCER CY, 2 YG wa fon mete 5 A Oe De oil Ns eam “2 A At (Le oo Me Fi f F } : } vy! ke u IE 7 Li Ae \ be.) p97 | | gt eS tik sa co dn y ish - ‘ a oy sd pone Berd PA | \. Sec Wile ne 9 ct co ¢ a AZ LAAS ca pele ope » at he o) Lm 7" f | Ae fun ae Ox ey as a ! oe Uke” a Hine 4 The. Ci oly. B A / o ~f- * Pay" Fe FAK eee nee ireen e e es a On... , Y os ape ena eigen: Fe Maleate he J SiR SEB NQPMRY PUBLIC ¢ FLOYD E., GAITHER GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH 1005 Chesley Drive Louisville, Kentucky 40219 Phone: 964-4671 May, 28, 1966 It has been so long since I last heard from you, I thought I would » you a few lines, Hoping this finds all well with you, this leaves us all in good health, a = For some time, I have been interested in several families, in various parts ‘Vet Worth Carolina, among which are the following families, that once resided in Bb and Rowan Counties - SAMUEL MIDDLETON - JOSIAH BLACK - OGLETHORPE - ReeRY MIDDLETON, WOSIAH BLACK married REBECCA OGLETHORPE, (Do not know just when/ or where) but they to Ky. from Rowan Co,, N.C. about 1800, or before, EL MIDDLETON was a Rev, soldier, in N.C. (Question) Did he leave a Will 7?) at is believed he had a son, SAMUEL, who came to Ky, at Samuel, the soldier, left a Will in Rowan Co,, perhaps it might reveal the s of his children, am anxious to get any material possible, on any of the above named families, I thought perhaps you might have some data on these families, in your notes, eS se families resided in Burke County before going to Rowan County, from whence “Bpey came to Kentucky, ie, On the Oglethorpe family, I am interested in establishing the Parents of ippPenes Oglethorpe, who married Josiah Black, Any information you can furnish me will be greatly appreciated, Hoping to see you, and your family again, I an, Very Sincerely Yours, he y Floyd E. Gaither oe a eee SEE SRR ROTE SG “4 “920 RR AN AR RI cI ROR MERE: LOTS o Member of National Genealogical Society — Kentucky Genealogist Filsor FLOYD E. LOUVISVILLE 11 GAITHER SPRING i 0441 August 6, 1962 ®&. T. E. Swam Route 1, Box 147 te i Bear Mr. Swann; | Received both of your letters today which is a big build up sfter Sunday when the Milman doesn't pass, We always look forward to him going by and all of the mil, | Your letters added so mich to our notes, I didn't have the names of Ephriam and ‘Merah Hall (Johnson) Gaither's daughters, I only knew that they had three. Also "Bidn't know who any of his sons married except Ephriam Lash. ‘ i have a oopy of Basil Gaither's will which Mrs, Storey sent to us, I notice he @idn t mention his son, Nicholas W, Gaither, I believe that was the only child he d leave out, | have somewhat of a problem, While indexing my material, I found that I have two a Wirajdaughter of Enos Gaither and Elvira, daughter of Burgess E, Gaither both as |. ther girls who married Marshall Turner, I know one mist be wrong, but I show Wife of Mr. Purner. Do you know which is correct? : oe sending you a new line we just received a couple of days ago which I typed at Phat time, It might not interest you, but it could throw some light on BRIGE GAITHE Ry ‘Whe only son of Edward and Eleanor that we can't account for, patter studying a mp of the United States in 1783, I am more puzzled. I notice what very large state North Carolina was and how it stretched into wh at is now Temn, on there is Virginia which covers almost as much territory as all of the other states together, Would a person in the 1850 census who was born in a part of Virginia “Which later became a part of Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana or any other state, say that he PSs born in Virginia or the one it was made into? This may account for the reason Ai nberry "Dockie" said he was born in Virginia, Do you have a map of the year 1783? " not, I will send you a small one, One thing it helps to do is confuse matters. H has to work through these first two weeks of August after all. He lost so mh Wark the first six months of this year, it comes in handy for him now, ‘Plant is shut down for two weoks except the machinist who are setting q want so very badly to cone to North Carolina. Any trip of size We got our first rain today that we have had of any speakable size in weeks, aby poured aml as I was hanging out the wash, Everything here was ieme flowers drying up. : The entire up new machinery. will be there, It liter- so dry and the grass You mentioned early land records, Once before you sent about 12 dating from 1783-1814, (pmeee wore for Basil; Jeromiah I; Rezin; Burgess and I think Zachariah, mave the complete list of John Martin Gaither's children, here were # 11 in all, » pillar j; , 2 a to GL we 1A BO Bile-on XK A nhl E ef. ss » | Chap ‘ ots ay abe ig. ~C 0 Ad bee a 0 408 uw A) /7 } OU Liar, WE> Kite, ac , Pah Xb a te Mes) « > (23/, tbe ho. ‘4 ee On - < f ; ets we ey Re har bas 1790, J TARA wal Le fae | a om ob Co - , f 7 hLé ms fi, ) Aas | Cc (hs va (Leer), De, y JS . . 3 ]k‘ , ‘ Lk ) HQ, ¢; Ke ed ie ¢ Ake ; ‘ fre ood Ait Lg : ~~ /, ( 4 f (A> Kk VPRO Yeh AKO bette Gy Pa a “as / 1 +f) a 4. g diet mg ‘ , ok : =. ee : ‘ ae Cee. . O72 9 oe | iad are, of iz : Sy WU Xf 0 flex) feds, > <5 LY, y r et OX i enc le OL | a sl Le te. or, tGO@e Eur Yep745 0c ae! | J : \ Ya LO. 1. Loree) . tr Rocetcbe ok ‘kat | 2 J AALS ICI Fu J / mmf ) Ot : eon Hk | re Khe Pye / Co x ; ‘ 7 Xe QR, 2 tf PLA — Ld = nf Rok Rj TW ry : o ey ) a ‘ mt S3 3 fost ibe th cm . like: oh. mri, ) Colhdeb, — fe Ao As [<4 LR27>k ¢ Li af foto Rou) wat Ft "DENNY GENEALOGY" Third Book 929.2 DAla » berm in Mereer County, Kentucky, November 13, 1308. On Sept. 3, 1829, she See HENRY HIRAM GAITHER, who was born Jan. 5, 1807, 1 pred to Indiana about 1830 and settled in Putnam County. lr, Gaither was a tanner i Me, Gaither was a skilled Tailor of mens suits. Her large home-mde - 3 wore kept many yoars by her grand-daughter, Molly Higbee. oa y Duskworth whe married Elisa's second cousin, Rachel Stone, was a frement visitor ar Roms, 46 told in his diary, Before all of their children were born, they moved ? County, Illinsis, near Hillsbero. p Red many years of {11 health and Priscilla, her miden daughter, cared for the i» Gaither died af the age of 70, July 20, 1378, Sho is buried near MeDaniels a ther died March 13, 1286, at the home of their son, John, in Anthony, Kansas, Ht G@xildren of HENRY HIRAM GAITHER & ELIZA DENNY GI THER MARTHA GAITHER, born Jan 17, 1831, in Putnam County, Ind, Sho married lst. Henry iy Hiekian and 2nd Walter Mikisson. He died near Fillmore, Ind, in - 1908, Mrs, Adkisson had died Dee. 17, 1876 and buried near Butler, ee Indiana, MIAEN GALTHER, borm March 31, 1835, in Greencastle, Indiana, She married on Jan, 279m . 1858, George Lowe Warren, She died Deo. 26, 1919. He died in 1937, mm Both are buried et Hillsbore, Illinois. a POF TENT GALTIMA, dorm June 19, 1837, Am Hillsboro, I11. le moved to Iowa where he was & neighber to the Duckworths and then to Kansas about 1882, He mr- ried Feb, 8, 1860, Margaret Ann Higboo, a sister of his brother in- lew, lilies father, HIRAM GAITHER, died in their home at Kansas, iM, John D, Gaither died April 11, 1891/ Mrs. Gaither died Feb, 1925, Ghdldgen of JOHN DENNY AND MARGARJT HIGBEE GAITHER (a) HARVEY DENNY GAITHER, bern Jan, 1, 1866 b) GLARA A, GAITHER, born Dee. 27, 1872 @) GARA ANNICE GAITHER, born Nov, 20, 1574 @) AUTH A, GAITHER, born dug. 2, 1880 (@) ARTHUR GAITHER, died young. Ls JANE GATTHER, born Oot. 20, 1839 im Geffeen, Illinois. she marricd Browning Higbee, - whe died in 1880, the married 2nd William ‘make. she died in Ae Staunton, Illinois, Sept, 14, 1916. a UIA GALTHER, borm 1842, died 1876, spinster james HENRY GAITHER, borat Novy, 6, 1844, A Union Soldier, died Dee. 20, 1862 of measles ' at Bolivar, TORR. G, GAITHER, born Nov. 10, 1847. A Umion Soldier, died Dee. 20, 1862 of neas] es contracted in Camp/ GAITHER, berm Nov. 1849, died 1853, (eee een eerste anezmranannananunan te ike this must be HIRAM GALTHER, won of JEREMIAH GAITHER I, To be more su ER I, re, we peek the Moretr County, Ky. resords, The date of his birth is right. The fact that mam Ky. is eerreet -né the faet thet we found him in the Census here in 1830 with amd mo Children is pretty closely lined with this. We have not found him in any | Seneus hore exeopt that one with his brother, John F. Gaither. Putu: et wp Ind. from Grayson Co., Ky, . er. Putnam Oo., Ind. is * lige ese . a or ew, 2 pk pow: Sct ainpe en pealiadecner taser’ T. E. Swam eo 1, Box.147 Batesville, N.C. iu @ er Mr, Swann; iH. is pouring down rain here so it is 2 perfect 4) mstory. Also I just received 2 letter from you so ing. ha ha, I want to thank you for the posterrd meerning Charles Roby Gaither. Beer mintion of Rachel Gaither, daughter of Joun, ve! . ine tay DeL Ole Ty Pre ? sther and cawe to Indiana makes me teel s he really confusing with two Rachel Gaitne ome rag ana vw‘vo ey oo on rs GALvunere ’ you eo much for oitering to copy we uaverial sbout J Bi deve we now have allof the material that votn Wari. eid and Newman wrote. We copied all of the Gaither family trom Wartieid's pook wnich 18 in tne risson here in Louisville. I believe I toid you tury We wu. = ~16 Gaavher sécvin Me. Newman's oook. fay we took a smll trip to Harrodsburg, Kentucky, where we visited the Old Yo “Tm touring the museum, we found mich mntion of Nathan Gaither, 30n of Nathan was sen of Basil. Nathan, Jr., mrried one of the Govenor's of Kentucky's daugh~ The Govenor Beriah Magoffin and his family were from Mercer County, Kentucky. “lady working there said that mny years ago the Gaither was a prominent family rs pre, She said that most members of the family disapperred from that section long a If you remembed, Henry Hiram Gaither, who we believe to be beother of our a: ley, married in Mercer County in 1829, se yeku also visited the old battlefield at Perryville, Kentuc! mt ough Springfield, which is in Washi ngton Count y3 Bardstown + \ : finally Bullitt County. The Gaithers settled in all of these S wa a+ +} Gi ¥ ner Gptill haven't heard anymore from irs, James %11 n° to her this morking in hope of cloaring u ire asked about both Isham and Noah being her sons. ri me er T don't believe I told you that we bought a mim our church, but dad didn't want to be bothering t Do you know of any Gaithers who went to Alabama puzzled by the Jeremiah Gaither we found in Gray: on 4810. , Phe dates on Nicholas W, sre very wrong. More he show that Basil and rennet 5 at kins married e sense since Martha Ellen was born 1769. supposed to have been married before, so surel pene then 1777, It is. very possible Nicholas m te got the dates of the following marriages. We do hope to go back to Frankfort and get them. “Grayson Oounty, Kentucky Marri ages" gs sun, rtd Grayson me age a single, born Grayson Gounry, married * ._ “ Breekenridge County, — a aa Coury, age 24, single, born Grayson County, married y is ROLALTT, vesidenee Breckenridge Cowrty, ago 25, 3rd marriage, born Breekenridge @., OL Spake Peaktenes Broekenridgs County, age 21, sinzlo, born Crayson Coumty., & daughter of my great grandfather, Wiley deithor, Groon jaither was Greek t f, e doym Gaither was a 4on of Wiley and Mary Probus Gaither, | Louisa, bui Ne was married twiee, or there was a misprint pamet Whe was this Harriet Gaither? Could she have been the daughter of was apparently a son of one of the pioneers, Could he have I ean't begin to figure out the Margaret Gaither, As for was gon of Basil and Margaret Watkins. A ~ . is Leu" any of these GURUUPY cemetery records. I don't bslieve this Nethan could i the son of af Renjenin, do you. This one is a little young, @ A, GAITHER was son of Greonberry ond Anne Anderson. ‘pees Edward B., Greetiberry A., and Horatie were sons of Creenberry and Anne Andersen, Thomas mast have been from Cornelius's line, Greenbderry had 2 Thoms but he was ix for war of 1812, ‘That must be the same Thomas Gaither in the “Corn Stalk eo to ms. I have a lot of Basil's but I don't know who this one Glesely related, I just now found one Alvin, but he was Mast have beon of John Rogers Gaither's line, I never have learned all Wapried Magy Deckard mist have been the same one in te Ind, Census Records, Game from North Carolina, have been another son of Cornelius. We only show him with think of no other place where this Jams would fit, Of course, jah of Maghariah and Sarah Warfield, who settled in dneimnati, Ohie, wo the gon em Yohnsey G. Gaither, conclusion that I « miged-up. ha ha, FLOYD E. EVA M 649 SOUTH 37TH STREEI LOUISVILLE Tl coe GAITHER SPRING 22-0441 AUE ’ Dear ir, x YY ; Tee may be one of my shorte# lettors : r9 Seer letter very mich 2nd r co] ° 4 . my records straichtene ut far ' : . . ~ : _* Bee sending you the map of -the co)on ; ; We Will give you an idea where exch col n : is now Tenn. ind what was then North r ‘ Geese 23 it was beBBre or after it i a tae born in Virginia may have been bor n I : rather confusing, Then look at Georgia. If sor | have been in what is now Alabama ” Wekonsas. 4e p os Om the list (of those taking the "Ort 16 6" : 2 A Ce Rati0.wm tae T ropa Meery Reeder's Return is =DVAW SVAN, D te Merc : oy I have learned a great deal more about J y ’ @eeivery interested. It seems tht h Warts Be@iwife and his son's wife, Mr, Newnan: me write a Mrs, Jorg; 420 : ded JOAN MORLEY in England, He was father of two s rs wife, married Mary and died without issue it a ae ; : ‘ me, Joen Morley, mrried RUTH BEARD in 1675, Al] rr MORLEY daughter of Joseph Morley. Mr, Newman n avs he r rac made public, that Joseph | no heirs, It seem: end through John I & Joan Morley throug sir son, Joh | AV Beard's line back if anyone is interested, Can cive ‘ore ° pa Mr, Newman has written to me (2 letters, \ ae i , . . -C Meee from him. I did write to him list week ind fe ur = Rs 4 “6 ‘ : mae that he is a Gaither descendant too, I wrote + sk hi : yuile to show that Edwird a.nd Elo r (Whittle) CG a 74 mee mentioned in Edwird'swill, Wese I am thinking sbout SLAANOR WHITTLE, let Imerery. I had this crazy feeling thet m: r We that mybe she used the name WITTLE any ot ~ cided to.check the Maryland mrrixces for the firet husband was recorded ind- her miden nane fe] didn! les, both women, One interested me vas a SL [TTI anne Arun- m County, Maryland a Robert Brown. Do you su thi 3 : the n-amé Whittle all of the time??? Afterall s s stil] 84 x have found many Gaithers recorded here, thoge that were burnt least 30 on the grante ous to list, during the Givi} @ sied and even Fed., 1838, None Aug. 31, 1849, whole (Gambrill is familiar name) to follow are be of more value to you, that is why we listed them, r¢ ase they Will be $2.00 each, between years 1778-1939, We thought the » Ost. 31, 1853 June 14, 1855 Feb. 11, 1866 : Keister, Feb. 26, 1908 Primrose Anna Priest, Dee, ll, 1937 dond Bond Dond Long, June 14, 1877 Hoover, Dee, 24, 1876 Ost ober 15, 188] = genet ipt Bare | q wT feel that we have all of the big line Beems to be the largest, then Greenberry; Nz momuch worse, we find that Dr, Laugenour sai eenfield, came to Kentucky and left many e they??? ol #8 abou \ \ WWarfield said that Nathan Gaither who came Said that Nathan Was son of Newman @than had a son Adgar BASIL (emreally a son of Nicholas? I notice that Giemame and the child preferred anot Meemadge recently told me about a Bible record which BeOEN JAMIN GAITHER, born 1760, If this is true, then Phen too, Benjamin II could hi brother, Notice j Basi and another one EDWARD GAITHER, All of the accounts of [s it possib] : oe nis soni igepeust heard from Madge and.she sent momnere he mentioned daughters, Mary Gait i ry 1 a > " . tees Mlizabeth Gaither and friend Gassaway iiss Wicholson on two different occassio as being 1744, The first time I just tho iast week, She sent his death as 1848, moi@ Jeremiah as she said she did’ AB for the Putt family, this is what we found: born Kentucky Bllender Putt Nortt matherine Putt M¥onathan Putt fy eee Putt Wamos Putt : ary Putt atilda Gaither KENTUCKY om Aylanta, Geofgia, a Mt Mr, Frank Gaither, d that his step-father was FLOYD JOHNSTON » Frank Gaither adopted the name of G ither from ® knows nothing of Mr. Floyd J, Gaither's parents rs. Charles Jenkins, Could this be the toyd pscendant of Basil Gaither, Sr., who belonged st close now, It is raining here pretty hard meroning, My little boy is so lonesome so wil] mes well, I can't wait until next Beit out now, Write soon, oeptember wheh Our own line to make. matters is and #leanor the world were or ,omeone else jasil, Well, trrer=~ Now who do > Gaither and ldren by one the case of Nathan, aither as being; ater than 1740, have a son, ar neers to NeW ) ane ‘ for ~ Jeremiah II nt it again ry IV station there, : . — £ 14 i f MOCKSV1 11 e, Neve hisstep-father, had a sister who was a up on my game with him He feels go ei i lire, Madge P. Storey Route 1, Lott, Texas Mrs, Ruth Remer 4 t f you, It @ Baward 4 Eleanor line, but the question is, where does it fit?? are descendants of BRIG GAITHER, son of Edward, At any rate, this is all end my be new to you. #0 long to send this information, I assure you it has not only for a laek of time, I have atta d your form, » nd a short statement about the Gaithers of this Gover you will receive a book entitled "A History of Tallaksee' attached statement. ‘This book will be of no vaule to you, but Wa GOpys me mother from different sources, sone cf which were ers of Tallassee and surrounding Elmore County, there are of fame, but all have been good citizens, There are Methodist Preasher, one time or another, worked in the eotton millat Tallassee, leave TallaMsee and Elmore County seeking other plages of to offer young people there exespt the cotten mill and have spread all ever the United states, Montgomery, my home. now, fem Tallasese, 1 have chosen not to get too far away from home, I am Rate of MHONEY Alabam., not related to us unless remotely. I give you this be worth to you. I am sure you are doing intoresting by Gaithers all over the United States, I+ will be I would like to know of your findings, Sincerely, Tallassee" by Virginia Noble Golden on page 16, ELI 4 GRENBERRY GAITHER ng land around Tallassee before 1840. There is no record of when or what they left. ‘They mist have come from Georgia or the Carolinas of the early Tallassee settlers gane ffom, or oo © Gaither and the oldest living Gaither in Zlmore that nt were brothers. Their forefath re were from Qreonberry le Tallasses and went te Texs, Gli went to North Cirolina, ‘The help leaving is not know, Henry, the brother of Greenberry and Tli, ew to 1660, Tt i before # not known where he oame from, LE: 2 a i my, 5 ote la, PUMA | ia Vai darncLod... am A paces we peo) ords. forw ALO std ee CA) VCH ge ) Be —_ hil q p aliicler ok (eee » LdLew i“€ ) LI ¢ yee 4 ‘ ie of spo «x es JL, ct as Ak. -- a ated. rita: } i hinds We § yey we. Crh (Hae SA The » fb Tok rach, Ket Kn 66. Cie ore, VT. o£ | GAS Tat thé dane. CAINE ‘s fee LF AH AO ~ Jere THA a Lhe HVb & Leut? HY fia HbA LOF > awk C ’ that ae er pee ‘. Ho ; é + bol ect ont. Le (t-x of 2 g J) Ye | 6 TT Vohata. prorassr hor (ha a a. Se phe? 2. . anus i Bf 5 oounol of Bip e-, ad TON OAS * elec tha forne ntl oar o YW F te OD Crneee > ar KA14E bobene Li (Oph FP Nor fr ages i ¢ b< ere rng ak AS Nik Gy oe iv bot ¥ wa } + (ey varauel LA eo TNC MG ALL a TK. f p por Ih cel; Be.. SING 4 z er Jt hee puck nA es oa (Ure ? Jer: 4 iy 4 sf tha, b* LM c C Sarak, ha. o sedan Acca, o Chia, SO ike EM : re) ANZ /7® ute ol 000» olf bat | own ol the fElh, 6, J has l | ( 4 C4 weil pros t March 14, 1962 a Ee Swann Miesville, ¥.0. 2 ur. Swann ; * I suppose that by now you think we are a terrible nuisance, but Bon't want to be. It's just that the further we go on the back- yond of the Gaithers, the more interesting it seems to get. a 1 am Floyd-Ghither's daughter, Eva, and we have been working to- Sher on this, so I thought I would write to you as well and thank for the information. it a 4 We, being here in Kentucky, have only a limited amount of infor- Sion, but do want to share it with you. Perhaps you already have Bedata on your records that I have enclosed. I also enclosed a F of the Gaither Coat of Arm. We obtained it from Mrs. Thomas Bher, 516 Ormsby, Louisville. Her husband (deceased) was the great madeon of Edward Briécoe Geither who married Jane Lacy. Edward Bris- B was the son of Greenberry, married Miss Anderson. Twenty years ago on Nov. 12, 1942, my father wrote a letter to "Olaud Gaither in Readyville, Tenn., giving him all the data he then fen the Gaither family. My father's own cipy becawe lost in the pro- Se of moving and our record was lost all of these years. Dad not Sily remember ing the names of his grandfather, Wiley's brothers Rght them to be Hiram and Eli. Just last week we heard from Claud fgher again.and he sent dad a copy of the letter from twenty years e+ Wow we are sure of the names of Wiley's brothers. They were ram and Frank (not Eli). ae The information you sent a week ago about Wiley Summers Gaither had a brother, Franklin, could. very well be what we have been look- Pfor.~ It is believed that Hiram was only a half brother. The date Eeirth for Wiley, 1622, would be just about right. We realize that ee Civil War soldiers were born later, but Wiley had at least one m who fought in the war as well. Wiley Summers, that you memtioned, born 1422 was old enough to have a son in the Civil Wags. You oo Wiley Summers Gaither was the son of Enos. Who was Enos tle ms of? ee » We hope to mke a trip to North Carolina sometime this summer. we do, we will come to see yous I'm sure that a few days there will Ap us, as we could probably go through old records. When we first 4 working on the history, we never thought we would get this far. Has now beeome one of the most interesting hobbies we ever under ie. I think thie sort of thing sort of grows on youe The more you bm ie the more you want to learn. You certainly have been a great mp tous. If 4% wasn't for people like you, with such good records, i wonderful ancestors would soon be forgotten. We certainly have a im to be proud of, knowing that they hepped to build this great country ' we so often take for granted. heal orderof all Gaither hen we Wives, oe | dat on of re am | ville, Ten: “(mentioned on firet son oP hises iv. We have<that Jo berry and Jere y this: etter for now, but as We are so moh eit~addresseé, stamped efivelcpe. Yok goon and I "i1) send more 88 edo an va M, Gaither 649 So. 37th. St. Lowisviile ll, Ky. April 20, 196? bh |. % . i ‘ak ee oo ‘ % - r Just. arrived and I will answer it right aw:y, e Ae fee ton Urs, J.B, Gaither for a few days, but expect to soon. We : ee he , 7 % | ie some sort of mixup on those dates, Our notes show MILTON rey ® Dore.in 1812, 1 will ask Ner about this, Dad and I were talk pha oe last night. San Sa aT lS ld ie eee al another yorent th: in oar Gur record io whe er JOWUA CATTARRG eis adm of Joke Gaither 1 snd Bid sabetht Durelly. -(diewhus..mag. born.) 72h) «ie 40 because Mrs, Storey found » grave there im 1.0. OF 7 d8ren. bors ix 1741, We can't ‘figure our wad he wit,. He died Apvth Mrs, Storey Piatt he is buried: JOHN TOMLINSON, ‘Sr. the parents of GREP NRE RRY "DOCKTE’S* et wife, “MARY Tam ih, TURNER, who wergeot BLVIRAy daughter of ENOS, GALTHE® buried at Olarkebery, who te bora is 1653, “wes fcthor oF f-Harmony, IC. ‘Tee widow of Wi Sankey still di veotheres 1 ved no roplg e8 yots I do, not Know the fotkdr of this w y pte. the, deta as to who his som war. oe oak have ®& friend ig Mrs. Stépey. Tf it ie true thot pe nein Shout omy then yours youldiall of the tims Ste snd 7 | | She told us all about. her visite with you . Sponge” cer bn Nae ee navies and onl led our chur@h, 23rd and Brendesy weintpe: ator, They eakd to dome up anytime, that it be wa a 427 | how dumb we’ were, If it hadn't boom for You, we ere " dapli os tor and would only need 4% & very short tims » that. Warfield was wrong stout, He laine the Ruth Morely, ne married to Marg:ret Willies P a wig fires so tan ary ae wife died 2 ) why veom 011 seyor of kif oki wor pmresres eens dow of Bongenin 7 Bhi sabeth Garver, Tho son of Zachariah, Jr. ond ‘lizaboth has the Coat of Arms on file at the litrery under bit p 1806, died 1890 and married in 183°, bydie. Hus ‘oir 4% er (1833-1880), Wa, Walter married Malinds Dorn on naar a iB , avyen’t found out who Peter Gaither nd Sdw re c, Soldiers in American Revolytion". Sots #8 to the North Carolina Dept of Archives ead any record of * mrrixge for Jere ymiah betwee c this morning. Thoy checked Davis, Xowan Btave some of the old Marria<e records were desir finding out will be some old fomily bi lee ¥ . from the most unexpected source. ton days ago, we ordered from Harry ‘right t Gaither's, ‘Tre writings are 'seconés! from t+) . but I have my doubts, MP. Swaum, I know you must be very tired f vill elose, I sent Mrs. Storey an old appli 4 filled out by a Mrs. Sallie Springs Yotes pd had many other lines including the WOATiNGl BENBERRY'S, RIDGELY'S, WATKIN'S AND, ALSO GALI evil be of value ad interest to her. gst ee Toe = ik Hes ie Cele a Ne an S. I sinceroly hope you ané your fami! too many Easter oggs. (That's whet vo born ooeupation real ¢@t. ‘2. farmer 10,000 KY. KY. KY. i ny. forpeer F 2870 census ! o-Aeie-tage Wiekims #15 © Bahsouwilie Diet, Rrockeuricige do» ) Gother age 5¢ 20s whkhtte Pome orn Ky. a Piet Pre i oewae« «@ ae¢é@ white aale— tupmer nee white fomle one @& & @& “~naee« - «= Cm mite mie }8=60fiemer 8 =—s_so bons in Ky Bas atte femie . "pifo-Pege @aohedule 1~fantly ¢ 1@>-Line 34 white femile he wake born in Ky. ows 2 white femie Te oe hens Be i white founle lives ot hom ae white mie lives at home ae & & «© a a a a em me “see #& & @& nae «& a ck oy eo fers in fredk eurtidge Cena hweaiese 0 = 6ge ee en tee Born im "le / fy a ? ¥ ; « se ; J j Fy a of Je tp ¢ ‘ory ay TO t / i / Mr. - Ot returning to a + ee ee bog 3 mic: for lending +t rt nfifenc VU AUG 4) a ~y UnGis u Ti dad, y Vu. SU SESH B0ydaily and lookin would like to have a Shes found out a small os Sheet of this as well. ' BSdward G., mest have nst we these records Was 2 ® Mary Gaither near th: had three childr r ompand father SO & ChAASA CA Valve ~ t . so q te Mecopied this as it might i 4 ey hy +h 7 Ot enawre Meee in her. age and te maret Mary Gat! +s ves Wupe vac = Bbelieve that rch to do. @ death, they meber of years mee went to find ou mere a pain staki PWin. 1c hy Mr. Swann, reas mexpect. you to answel uv have more import Bting letters, u mormation, and I mte only when y< VP Lharei STA fro of 1 is Bb LL pe a a bing, mm of) a ee gv J. £ : 0. ‘ ie rs AT sae GQ 4 ufe KAN UM alas GQtx”- , op ‘ eA Ca XY fr As ; a eee “ y 4 3 be oy oe esr UCR YL - YAQA cee y< 4 Aoks 7 ee Z : é (baal ff, “ys. Artie fraort . Af i ° 3 We the, hora. prone ~forekr; We olesbets tut orale a Athy $ ’ Y ‘ . _ ; j tor Probat: le fe t pesnle Va ne (MO 1g) THE ome, cy J s : a4 f ae tin co A 44 Ue? herr) , 4 Te? ae 7 ee U c Suen der) C4 pti / ase DfOM HW) YSIAPOHNZALS ¢ i, pi SE Et BE xtice ’ be) Clhany Kid. ioG (Ke LULA. ; AG ‘ Pos Ah . i ( KO k. ™ nO, LE als Wark a ) Nee CA ; sf apm . ) ; A Co oo CO oe t hiNh Ode 4 9 ele, HH 4. te scerma, Liked TX Ch ? ; ls Te 77 teh od on: J Aad he Ne fr 1 Lactidir pons ’ ha pn, YOxe, 77% A uss den TT Ke, Yad +6. Yo tehaito Z eek COP2 An Fs br Chi. hor xo eh, bE trader 9 Ve, Bone comeichcit Valonn,' A Ow ees 6a e a rae bisehe<. pee bs \ j ( place: a eben cn jv . dae 63 The 7 rab 7 pliey ee Les Aa piharne ithe Oo ‘ , pirnacr be Latual, (Le. vip eg toane, eo U ark ¥ ef, Oo Kez IPiCrs = oh Li , tl OrA ¢ Sn . ¥ ‘pp } vin Splaine gl RAC aAa uks DURAN ESS €< mm 22< PLEA 2 Leh eae, * ee $ C /, ‘ es Ls Jocebe) ells ato pacicl rake, tu Ae fhA. Jage acs a ot n Ofte cll tee - o-« Me, A ox Lk LJ | La $b ? . f , ic’ Yee Oech Nhe, P get Bath 4 AKec ) o Q ul Warf, A) an wepRot tral je —f- bseez., lhe e- Selif. space ec er ree Se ae i /J 4 : a ie tas ez, Le on. fats y Sore. Max J ™ 1 ( Lj ‘ as ' , g fa <2 ke KE i PY, 7 J A Lihlay QAbtenc { f Ms 4 ’ ; “a ) y’ “ ) 7 4 , /¢ dz Me falas Ware - wo wWtLo, A270 oo je da iQ4 edie Wad ied — g Ok, Me Le ae Li. ro 4 iy ferweapes L. ltl PR. 6, CS LO ns re aie VOX ? Je PLE prcliscc bat AL. ee ~yt ¢ Qec/ IL feo. AP oy & waa ree lon ‘ fir ae Lo 4 ii an (Bil t aoksol aa 4a Ch _ ber ak Wes uke Lr. LU bo.uphe € K. C OL WY LebL, th. eh) Sarl rncbirr te-pe ¢ Uk Morganton Feby 9th 189] , Gaither, asq. My dear Sir have the pleasure te acknowledge the receipt of vour letter some +: i have on the history of the Gaithers and Ancerson far lies. long delay in ree- your request is my bad health. I am now noar the Glome of my & years, I was born She 16th 1807 and have been in bad health Ber eight or ten years and had to abandon and all other business and live the life of a hermt+ in my room ind frequently pepetie. - te to my bed and vour cormunic:tions rr received when Ld reply, I am at present able to do 80, fs fer ag to the “4 yitrer femily but ae ween family in N.C, there are eo rany diffsrert of that neme, J san vive ot present with the Gaithers, ‘am the con of BURGESS GAITIER who with his brother BASIL GAIT/W2 moved from Maryland : the termination of the wap, to this sstate and sottl.d in Rowan County about 30 e When Rowan was divided and the county of Iredell made, Basil wes left in oven Burgess in Iredell and I know from John He Wheeler's History of N.o, that Basil the Senator of Rowan County in 1788, then in the Commons in 1790-1-2- in 1796 up te 1802. Gaither was in the Combis Cru irvdeli i792, 1795, 1796, 1797, 1800, 1802, when 4 } brother Basil being Federalists had to retire to private life « Basil bad a large family in Rowan and his descande Iredell had 5 sons, ALFRED, MARTIN, FORREST, BURGESS 4 ; { PINKNEY & South Carclinian of distinetion, and 5 daughters, SARAH mrriod obert Fostor of ELVIRA married RUID of Iredell, L&\IRA mrried Willing Pow er, | to Revd, kp, f South Garolina and GMSLiNE to Wehae.My brother ALFRED was a lower and dtad acrly at @ MARTIN moved to Lawrenese Twp.» Tem, had larve family, moat of *har marriod tnd movec pi and Alabam. JOST mevec to WVarenge “o.. Alabam qd then to Taxaa and Aied °77) twp. in lafayette County and left o family. My youngest brother COAT3 ITH died at this place nad uo family. All of my brothers and sisters have died le«ving my ay Survivor, Wy life has been along one and [ will cive you sattle a? it, it ‘ * father died when I was but a boy and my brother ALFRED who wis my guardian died before Ry lice te practice law, whieh was in 1829, 1 married goon sfter I zot my full license in the Supreme Cowst and Courts of Equity, a daughter of Sol, WILLIAL We ERVIN, the and refined family in this part of the wtate. Col. ISAAC T. “V.AY(77) married aster, and I went to hard work and attended my business carsfully ind soon 2¢ quired a L in my profession, made money, “28 prosperous in that the people ind my friends foreed p political arem in early life. My first political Speseh wis in Sept, 1832 when dL: on the Northfiestion question. I made the first speech agiinst it in Bs I was then for Mr, Glay against (words??77) and he was a candidate for the Prasiden- me Gerl. Jackson and in my specch I that. Mr. Clay and Jackeon concerned in ¢ | Werthfiestion and that even a on that question. That in the votes force te submit te the point of the to obeyanee to the tarriff lay. me requesting what h Jy ind again hen Mr. Jefferson bee its are innumerable, Surgess, ’ ‘TDA ea DD ig members of Oongress Samel P. Pearson said I spoke the semtinont of Mr, Clay, but Genl. Jackson. ‘That he was just from Washington and knev. jie would not think to force a sovern state . “hen Congress mt again in Decanber is ig middle of @, 4, 5, 6,7, 8, 9 are all written about his long oirfoer,) mage 10 7y)) Im lees than ten days I received a letter ffom Mr. Honry Gaither of Amapolis i the ae me to give him the informtion from when my frthor ome to rth Cirolina,. ‘@etisfied from my Christian name Burgess thet mv fother t've of Mmryland any » I replyed imnodiat oly that he wes correct, “he “a st] | SOPE correspon. onge oman in whieh he informed me thet all the Geithers 5¢ ' : arvland eame from England ‘Before that date and settled permanently in or near Annapolis and that m Father game @ @lose of the war, that he and his family wore cousins of his and tliat all tie ces) ; seccece( page 1 mi sein) Louis! Lo and Nicholas Oo ne A ve are ne Vv in ae not very evident. T Wav Met this week heve bee! I hope you A “se / 4 Cite 2333 NEBRASKA AVENUE WASHINGTON 16, D. C, Swann: 44% Your interesting letter came in mords here, but there a few Gaither card a riting up all I had ‘about them nu Myone for the files? .Maybe it | we Benjamin Gaither (will | peremiah. Their. other children were JOH, ttl eer Phy Fmechariah; Basil; Edward; Reason (Rezin) bt. Henr om. Thomas Prather; snd Ann. + Then we-hov> ‘lis trio or pon—of_J-remteh,_her sceend memp00 acres oh Rocky Creek, 1795 ia a son Elam who went to Tennes te But I don't see anything pPouisville. not ver) evident. MM this web ev 4 a. ) mn WPAN, NLL bad pay | ‘ 8, We are in thie heart and aoul. fhe firat t ive letters or any new data, we type flye vo Pmyself and two for MY OWL, RLM and Mark LPAaAut acen name when divorced) and the fifth COpy We keep as an ex weet our typing done, we mke a card on each new Gaither man fo what is now a’ large card file. We also add any info; Mm about each individual to his card. Next, we B Well stimlies to the one I sent you and we se ‘ yiyo Can see thdt any informtion igs put to use. myo Jeremiah I, did I tell you that Miss Nicholson ig POW interested in finding out if we are too, since J.p. Wright Newman had y ty little to say on his line. mgi\Greenberfy "De ie mew, thing else I wanted to tell you ie 18 that John Burg me page, sent us a copy of his Stationary with the 4a} ‘® somewhat different from the one I sent to you. I beli waifference on & page of information we got at the libre, ‘ mering Which one is authenio. Do you think there me.y ou can write and find out? I do know that “4 ea to Greenberry, son of Edward and Eleanor Whit ~ Vv isthe de bee she be are going to find out if it is possible to get a cer ae Will. Surely it will list his childrens names. Hehere is no record of his second wifes' nam, mer bad for his second Wife, Mary Probus. We took moerstandment since Wiley's wife was Mary Probus. ee h kh - ha- ANT es lve ees mey Calm west with her family, heaven Only knows @ possible She was a Probus and that Wiley marri ain. B iy Mand that most people do-mot mention any record Mies mit 4 ‘eV & sail Who married Ruth Morely, the son of John I. Which ‘09 » When John T mde a returm trip from En QileLalig ® meee 15 and Joan aged 23, his wife. We read wher ae 9 Te Joan Beare beon the mother of John II (only etent WMhenJobn T céme +o Jamestown, Va in 1620 peene son in England. Upon returning, he father than return to the new - int ead Amewer, it is confusing. eu : © going to check Breckenridge County m Dad says he can remember faintly ad records there. It could have be BO be deputy sheriff of Grayson Coun don't know if he ever examined + @ check this out more. e my family tree got there alrizh ms & day later than my last letter. ® is working Sat. and sun. this week Mt Reynolds Metal and are really | 1c tPF ad LAR # ete SAI L close for now as it already ] 4 / 4 lé . DL STN P ’ ¢ * hi 7 Jt es 4 / Jp j ; / ¢ 7 a { A ; \ October 12, 1962 so much for the wonderful notes you answering her last letter when your 1+ mish we could find Horatio on the Kentucky census, nties and thats all there is to it, One® of fun across him, He apparently came this Way righ us, 1 do have a Horatiow Gaither who was in Hender ieenberry and Anne Anderson as al! of their sons e Ahink ‘that Jeremiah I may have married the 2nd time to } Henry Hiram Gaither was 4 half-brother, Since he was born mn a son of Jeremiah 1 by Eleanor Lovelace who died in 1900, anc Wiley in 1813 so it seems likely that Jeremiah married ie widow of only a year or two, ill keep looking at the children of these oldtimers ana iin ® children, This makes me think that some of them didn't menti : heir wills, If we depended on a complete list of vonn 74 Gait his will, we would find him with only three when theregie wi al} bbe Mhis is true of some of the others as wel] + , ay i . + ¥ 7 pecially. interested in ELI GAITHER who.as 1. understand it, lived on bie farm adjoining q BGK Jeremiah 1, And too, T see that S1i died about 180 what, hapoened to his ae Thewe are many Newmans in srayson Mounay Kentuck) act ib. » very ol! a that ¢ounty, Perhaps the widow of Eli, “li Memiah I and also the mother of Henry Hiram BT) don't think Matilda was a daughter. 8 must have been the daughter of Jeremiah mo5.- well, yes, she must have been a daug! “Pusband, 0% The third Matilda who was born Bie County with two children, a son and a daughter, both born between 1830-1835, 0, ngs in the possibility that Henry Hiram or Wiley may have fac another brother who about 1831 to a Miss. Matilda , and had two children, 1m iying before aving a family. 5o the third Matilda was probably not born a Vaitner | it rather ea a Gaither. We will check the book " entuck) nd Grants" by d son to see if there ey land grants made to a member of the vovman Gafly in the 1 s or 30's, If we 5) + a ry YT rw Vv oe more Md that there was any Newman connection then may I Kenzie Mur- ‘an Gaither were i : ame ar § of laundry, but pan had the lines i the horses ran, hold of the d to stop him Just wanted to tell you that I made the contact with one of: Mechters of EUGENIA (Gaither) SAIN. Finally had « . Yettes from her ye Becay. You sent the clipping of the death of JAMES. FRANKLIN SAIN, §& I picked one of the daughters who lived at Mocksville, She ! offered to collect all she can find in the next three weeks, Sheu c - Baxter Gibson of Rt. 4, Mocksville, and she works at a cotton mill” m 6:00 to 2:00, and Says she has time to help me run down more Gaithe But she knows very little about her GAITHER family. EGET Bther, dau. of GEORGE W. GAITHER, was her mother, but EUGENIA died | her hel (Sain) Gibbon Was age six, and her father never took then to see ny of the Gaither family, because he remarried "the Byerly woman", Mu ame been a little family friction from the 2nd marriage. She went to th spot to see who her Gaither grandfather was, and did not rememb ery Bye quite a bit on her whole family. Her grandfather, GEORGE w. GALT, me & Ist cousin of my at MARGARET JOHNSON, both being grand= a Pore or Walter Gait: and Flizabeth Smoot. Her father was a SAIN, and so was her BASIL'S wife, ELEANOR Si lagine her parents were related. Just hope she can find VALTER - GATT we, too. Thought I would tell you this, and if I get any SAIN data: Ry send it to you for Mr. Joyner who was interested in the SAIN faiily. I believe EUGENIA GAITHER'S sister, Mary Ellen who married John A: Osmpbell, must have had that tan illy Bible whére you obtained the-ola@- Ze record of WALTER GAITHER that proved to us that he had a daughter, feist who married R.M. Johnson. That was the most important find Mm ever made for me. All of this was in the Dr. Laugenour Papers, Dub. Z ayer heard of his papers until recently, and our version was dug out the way, and we had no errors. ; It is after 6 P.M., and they have just m here. I worried all night about the oat cro ent , mostly noise and wind and only two tenths ir houl ve combined Satur< ay when it was dry. On the Pond Creek farm the memo m Wind-rowed over 30 acres of oats, and they may have had more moi sttimes these men lose that oat crop, it will be terrible. So many people Hmm et their whole crop during the freeze, but ours survived. I would get a a thipdof the 70 or more acres: of oats, but I wonder why they wait mong to harvest aes tl ley had it made! It is so dry here that. I’ may ? to leave until it rain The water supply is getting too low, the, Bh water is fabesbis. ; started combining oats: » we had a storm last” inch of rain, They @& Until later. 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