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[Steve Whitlock]

(07-23-2019 01:01 AM)Steve Wrote:  I wish you the best of luck trying to find David E. George that way. Last year I looked into James Whit George. His father was a physician named James Whitson George born around 1835 in Alabama. When I found James Whitson George in the 1850 census in Warsaw Alabama, he didn't have a younger brother named David (although he had a brother a couple of years younger named Samuel - who according to family trees online died in 1851, though I haven't been able to confirm that).

Yes, I may need a larger salt shaker; however, that's the family and Dr. James W. George wasn't in Choctaw Co., MS until after 1960, when he married Lisa Parks 25 Apr 1865 in Choctaw Co., MS.

Have you read the Joyce W. Sanders article about David E. George in the September 27, 1979 Star-Herald, Kosciusko, MS? She mentions a letter written by Cherry (George) Rankin, a daughter of Dr. James W. George.

" Dr. George was of an age to have been a brother of D. E. George. If, this is true, then Whit or Witty could have been the nephew mentioned in the will. A letter written on the subject to a reporter by Mrs. Rankin has preserved. It is illegible in part, but tends to lend credence to the belief that there is a connection between the two George men."

George E. Rainey identified the nephew as a half-nephew, and I'm trying to determine whether Samuel D. George (is that Samuel David George) really died in 1851. He appears to have been born in 1838, but would have been a full brother to James W. George. There is a William George b: abt 1843 AL who may be a half-brother, but I don't know for sure what became of him yet. We'll see, but I think this is the path George E. Rainey was on, and that Whit George was the half-nephew banker.

William B. George, the father of James Whitson George, and siblings, seems to have been married at least 3 times, his 1st wife being Nancy Cherry. She re-married in 1845 to a physician, Francis M. White. James and Samuel George were with her and Dr. White in the 1850 census, but James was with his father for the 1860 census. By then William B. George was on at least his 3rd wife. I have those census records if you want to see them, but you probably already have if you've been down this road a year ago.

Obviously, my 'few minutes' will be quite a few minutes. If you have a copy of the Cherry (George) Rankin letter I'd love to see it.

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(07-23-2019 10:52 AM)Steve Whitlock Wrote:  

(07-23-2019 01:01 AM)Steve Wrote:  I wish you the best of luck trying to find David E. George that way. Last year I looked into James Whit George. His father was a physician named James Whitson George born around 1835 in Alabama. When I found James Whitson George in the 1850 census in Warsaw Alabama, he didn't have a younger brother named David (although he had a brother a couple of years younger named Samuel - who according to family trees online died in 1851, though I haven't been able to confirm that).

Yes, I may need a larger salt shaker; however, that's the family and Dr. James W. George wasn't in Choctaw Co., MS until after 1960, when he married Lisa Parks 25 Apr 1865 in Choctaw Co., MS.

Have you read the Joyce W. Sanders article about David E. George in the September 27, 1979 Star-Herald, Kosciusko, MS? She mentions a letter written by Cherry (George) Rankin, a daughter of Dr. James W. George.

" Dr. George was of an age to have been a brother of D. E. George. If, this is true, then Whit or Witty could have been the nephew mentioned in the will. A letter written on the subject to a reporter by Mrs. Rankin has preserved. It is illegible in part, but tends to lend credence to the belief that there is a connection between the two George men."

George E. Rainey identified the nephew as a half-nephew, and I'm trying to determine whether Samuel D. George (is that Samuel David George) really died in 1851. He appears to have been born in 1838, but would have been a full brother to James W. George. There is a William George b: abt 1843 AL who may be a half-brother, but I don't know for sure what became of him yet. We'll see, but I think this is the path George E. Rainey was on, and that Whit George was the half-nephew banker.

William B. George, the father of James Whitson George, and siblings, seems to have been married at least 3 times, his 1st wife being Nancy Cherry. She re-married in 1845 to a physician, Francis M. White. James and Samuel George were with her and Dr. White in the 1850 census, but James was with his father for the 1860 census. By then William B. George was on at least his 3rd wife. I have those census records if you want to see them, but you probably already have if you've been down this road a year ago.

Obviously, my 'few minutes' will be quite a few minutes. If you have a copy of the Cherry (George) Rankin letter I'd love to see it.

Oops! Dr James Whitson George m: Jennie "Jane" Collins. HIs son, James Whit George m: Ida Park. No Lisa Parks involved. That's just feathers, as in what has 4 legs, howls at the moon and is covered with feathers? It's a coyote. I just threw the feathers in to make it difficult.