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Loved your site, I will be back to look some more. My husband is Joseph Miers Mobley. His father is in one of your pictures. Thomas Mobley was Joe's grandfather. It is really nice to see these pictures. We have been to one of the cemeteries to see the grave sites of some of the ancestors. Thank you
Kathryn Mobley
Trinity, TX USA - Sat Feb 27 15:13:50 CST 2010

Mam, My name is nate and i am 33 years old and do the history of our family. I have a great deal of info that you would appreciate. We are related without a doubt all i saw was familiar names and lights started going off. once in a while i just google and scroll for hours to find what i found this morning 2-27-10 11:30 a.m. I am excited let me show you some family starting with my dad, now hang on. I WILL HAVE TO SEND YOU AN EMAIL
Nathan W Wilcoxon
West Liberty, oh USA - Sat Feb 27 10:45:05 CST 2010

Rev. Joseph Shepherd Mobley is my great grandfather, so it looks like we share a relative. We will be in Texas next month (March 2010) and my Aunt Pat Steck is making arrangements for us to meet with you during that time. We all look forward to that connection. Best regards, John.
John Robert Kimbrough
Vancouver, WA USA - Mon Feb 15 14:46:12 CST 2010

As always...enjoy your writings. Elaine
Elaine (Franklin) Frankum
West Tawakoni, TX USA - Wed Feb 3 16:31:25 CST 2010

grand daughter of Hazel Bell Trotter Mar.22 to 1898 Sept. 28 1977 and Ben Frankum Aug.4 1895 to June 19 1970. Daughter to Wilma Ruth Frankum Oct.15 1924 to Feb. 25 1993 I really enjoyed reading your stories.
sharon kay hyde
wharton, tx USA - Sat Jan 30 18:48:10 CST 2010

Hi Cindy, Just for fun I googled Smiley, and I came across this site. Wow, is this ever a great site. I was married to the late Paul Parker, who also graduated from Smiley High in 1972. We married in 1974, and I lived in Smiley until 1989. As a native of Smiley, Paul loved his hometown and all it's people. As someone who married into it, so did I. It was a delight to find this site, and you have done such a wonderful job with it. Paul spoke of you with fondness, and I can't wait to tell our sons, David and Mark about this site. Thanks so much for capturing a bit of their hometown for them to remember. They were very young when we moved away.
Marolyn Jones Parker
Midland, Tx USA - Wed Nov 25 10:04:53 CST 2009

Your site is a great find! My gg grandparents were Joseph Sheppard Mobley and Mary Caroline Morgan. Thomas Rhodes Mobley was my g grandfather and Joseph Mobley was my grandfather. Would love to hear from anyone with family history. Thank you!
Lane Butler
Brooklyn, NY USA - Wed Nov 18 19:56:24 CST 2009

Hello, I am a relative by marriage. My husband Edward Franklin Lindsey is a great great grandson of Gabriel Lentz. I, too, have begun a family genealogy project and your website has been incredibly helpful. What a fantastic resource for all of us who want to know more about their families. Thank You! -Jean
Jean Lindsey
Livermore, CA USA - Sun Nov 8 09:54:58 CST 2009

I am also a Nickum/Niccum my great-grandfather was Alvin Nickum g-g-grandson of Johann George Nickum . Would be happy to share any information we have on the family with you, if you want. Thank you for your wodnerful site. Have a great day. Rich James
Richard James
Sioux City, Iowa USA - Fri Jul 24 05:06:36 CDT 2009

I am currently researching the Wilcoxen family of Maryland and your website popped up on Google. You have a great looking website. Thank you,
Helen Kelley
Kilmarnock, VA USA - Mon Jun 15 05:27:20 CDT 2009

Noticed your reference to the early Beauchamps in Maryland, but didn't come across a specific connection.
Robert Beauchamp Newman, III
Marietta, OH USA - Tue Apr 28 23:27:29 CDT 2009

I am the grandson of minnie(nim)schutte. Just found the site and its great. Thanks
Brad Schutte
w. tawakoni, tx USA - Fri Apr 17 11:55:52 CDT 2009

I still Live in the great little town, Thank you for taking the time to put us on your page I am out of town working and I sure MISS HOME you have done a great job I will try to get you some more old photo My grand mother had of the town when it was booming
Ray Copeland
SMILEY, tx USA - Sat Mar 28 11:32:27 CDT 2009

my grandfather, ynocencio burriola, owned a farm on the old smiley-nixon road. i remember him mentioning about a bustamente family cause he knew lots of farmers in the smiley and nixon area. he owned about 150 acres and that is where i was born and raised until i was about sixteen. my mother, sister and i eventually went to san antonio. i too, am trying to find more about my grandfather's ancestry, how he acquired the farm. he worked it, made a good living for us and he also had an orchestra called "the happy boys". the band consisted mostly of my uncles. have you, nick bustamante, looked at the burriola mexican cemetery on old smiley-nixon road. grandfather will the cemetery site to smiley. even though it started as a familey cemetery, there are other non-burriola people buried there. check it out.
nicolas burriola ybarbo
beavercreek, ohio USA - Tue Mar 24 18:23:44 CDT 2009

I came across your site as I was researching Smiley for my family tree and really enjoyed looking at your pictures! My great-grandparents were Elias and Dolly (Martha Ursula Tyree) Thompson. They had a hotel and leather goods shop in Smiley in the early to mid 1900's. My grandfather was born in Smiley in 1900. My mother spent many summers there in the 30's/40's and has a lot of stories! I have a couple of photos - one of the leathergood store dated 1922 and a class picture of my grandfather's which was taken outside of what was probably the high school. I would be happy to share the photos for your Smiley website.
Susan
San Antonio, TX USA - Wed Feb 25 22:20:03 CST 2009

My birth certificate says I was born in Smiley, Texas but after invesigating where my parents lived in the country, I believe I was born closer to Schoolland. I grew up in Nixon and left after high school..I still have some family there and a few living friends. The Bustamante family were farmers all over that area since around 1870, first around El Nopal and later Smiley..Cheapeside..Wrightsboro..I also have been working on my family roots for some time and have done a lot of reserach in the Gonzales/Cuero area. I am still trying to locate where my GreatGrand Parents Tomas & Librada Bustamante are buried without any luck and when and how they died...Any help would be much appreciated....Nick
Nick Bustamante
San Antonio, Tx USA - Mon Feb 23 18:16:49 CST 2009

I graduated HS in 1970 in Houston, but spent all my formative years in Smiley, Tx, and even went to school there in 3rd grade (1961). My grand parents retired to Smiley b4 I was born. They were Kyle and Ethel Wrist. Ethel was the oldest of 10 children born in Smiley, her maiden name was Parker. Patty Parker signed in herein 03, I spent a lot of time playing with her siblings Betty and Paul. I remember her parents, Roland and Suzy very well. I can't remember but I believe Roland and Ethel were siblings. I also remember "Pete's" and the Tabloid. I went to the Methodist church as a kid. Great memories, thanks. My little girl was asking about Smiley and I googled it. Thanks again, Kyle Sherrill
John kyle sherrill
san marcos, tx USA - Sun Feb 1 17:56:20 CST 2009

This is a great site. Love it. I am kin to the Dunkins and Mobleys. Thanks for all your hard work.
Beverly Hunter Cownover
Lorean, Tx USA -

I am researching the Ivy/Frankum ancestory, to determine how much if any Native American blood we have. That was the original intent anyway. Your site is very informative and interesting. THANKS GARLIN
Garlin W. Ivy (Jr.)
Kalispell, MT. USA -

My root go back to John Mason . Your listing of the Mason side was very good. I wonder if any of your ancestors originally lived in the double mountain area of Texas. I found an interesting old letter or story , I'm not for sure which in some of my old papers. It was an intrigueing story, I don't know if real or a work of fiction. I know that you come from Texas . I wondered if there was any old family lore of a boy dying while buffalo hunting? Have a good day. Robert Mason
robert mason
henderson, ky USA -

Huey Emil and Sarah Cleo Hodge's Grandson.
Emil Garrett Belt
Wanatah, Indiana USA -

would like to see more pictures of smiley entered in your website, if possible.
nicolas burriola ybarbo
beavercreek, ohio USA -

love your website since it is my only connection to smiley. saw an entry by robert cooley and wonder if i went to school in smiley with his brother, don. if i had stayed in smiley (moved to san antonio) in 1953, would have graduated with don cooley in 1956.. i graduated in 1956 in san antonio and went to work at kelly air force base. there was a reunion in smiley a few years ago that my sister, anita, participated in and saw many smiley people. she sent me a t-shirt from the reunion and has a "bantam" in front of it. on the back of the t-shirt, it says "keep on smiling". people that i meet in ohio often ask me where the t-shirt comes from and what it means. i always have to tell them my story of being born in smiley, texas. i am always smiling so they tell me it fits my personality. am hoping to go visit smiley soon in the near future and visit my mom's cemetery plot(guillerma (willie/emma) burriola. we have our family cemetery on the old smiley-nixon road.
nicolas burriola ybarbo
beavercreek, ohio USA -

Christopher Haynes was my 4th g-grandfather
Nelson Teichmann
Peoria, IL USA -

Hi, My husband's ggg grandfather was Matthew Dunkin, brother of Lucretia Dunkin and I would love to share information with you if you are interested. You have a wonderful Web site, I have visited it often and I wanted to say hello. Please feel free to email me. Paulette
Paulette Hunter
Hewitt, TX USA -

I applaud you for continually updating your website. The Children & Spouses of the Charlie & Polly Frankum Family had a reunion in May of this year in Wharton Texas. I can send some pictures if you'd like them. Thanks for all your information and newsletters they are always so much fun to read through. Cousin, Shelye
Shelye Weaver
Henderson, TX USA -

Love your website! P.S...I'm daughter of Peggy Murff...
Rachel Fuller
Edna, TX USA -

i find your website very educational. i went to school in smiley with a young man (colley). he is about my age and i graduated in 1960 also, but in san antonio. i left smiley in 1953. i have lots of memories of smiley, both good and bad, but they are my memories. i visited there a while back and saw the old buildings downtown :drugstore, pool hall, grocery stores. i used to shine shoes in the pool hall. one of my fond memories is the string of lights at each end of town during xmas. that was the only decoration for smiley. i talked to an older fellow while on my last visit and asked him about the lights. his response was "now those lights blink". keep adding to your website. i live in ohio and this is my only website connection to the past.
nicolas b. ybarbo
beavercreek, ohio USA -

My father was Thurman R. Wilcoxen, son of Orton & Bessie Wilcoxen of El Campo, TX. (his name appearrs in the obituaries section of your website under for my grandparents). I will try to get a copy of dad's obituary for your site. I have one for mom and will send it to you with dad's. I can also send you a tomestone picture if you would like. I know that Carolyn Wilcoxen of San Antonio (wife of Orton, Jr.) has done some extensive work on the family tree also. Thanks for the wonderful site and family information. Paul Wilcoxen Enid, OK
Paul David Wilcoxen
Enid, OK USA -

I noticed you have on your site Smiley, Texas. My husband was from Smiley, Texas. I was wondering if you knew any of his family (Parker's) from there? So many of the people around the Gonzales County area are kin. In checking my family tree I found out my husband and I share a set of ever so great grandparents and I wasn't raised in Gonzales County! We turned out to be 8th cousin's one time removed. Found this out after 53 years of marriage!(Quinney connection) Would love to hear from you. Doris
Doris Parker
Converse, Texas USA -

I have found a brother of my great-great-great grandfather, Anthony Wilcoxon, among your family, Samuel Wilcoxon.
Linda Carney
Point Pleasant, WV USA -

Great job and great pics. I've copied some of them to add to my daughter's scrapbook.
Tasha Janicek
Smiley, TX USA -

What a wonderful website! I'll come back again. I lived in Smiley from 1947-1949 with my grandparents so the pictures brought back many memories. I was born in Nixon and lived in several small towns in Gonzales County and Texas. I do some genealogy work also. My great aunt Pearl Caraway was married to Carrie Mobley. Her daughter Ina Bishop raised her family in Smiley. Some still live in the area. Carrie Mobley hung himself when his three daughters were young leaving Pearl to raise them on her own. I have many relatives buried in Smiley, Nixon and rural cemeteries in Gonzales County. My mother lies there as well. In 1988 we took her back in the Spring and buried her beneath the wildflowers she loved. If you are related to Carrie Mobley let me know and I'll give you the names of some of his descendants.
LaNell Veach Worley
Granbury, Tx USA -

what a neat website! I am just beginning to research my father's family. I am an elementary school teacher with a M.ED/Curriculum Development. You have contributed many hours of research, and I look forward to using some of your information to, perhaps, put together my own family tree. However, I am just beginning, and do not know exactly where to start. It is so interesting to see the Frankum photographs. Thanks again for your reply on the Ancestry.com site. Carol Frankum Petty
Carol Frankum Petty
Kemp, TX USA -

greetings, May I say your web site is wonderful? I am a descendant of William Sr. Frankim found in Rowan county, NC in 1772. He and his sons Francis, John, Timothy, and William Jr, are listed in Rowan county tax lists. Part of Rowan county became Burke county in 1777. Between 1810 and 1820 some of these Frankum descendants moved from Burke county to Ky. The Francum's that stayed in NC spell their name with a "C". Those that left, kept the "K" spelling that can be found in old Burke county records. Although there is one census for 1800 that lists them as Francom. The 1790 census lists them as Francum; 1810 till 1870 the spelling is Frankum.
Barbara Campbell
Valdese, NC USA -

I graduated from Smiley in 1977. I work at Nixon-Smiley CISD. I have been here 27 years. Say hello to your brother David.
Cindy (Pierpont) Lott
Leesville, Tx USA -

Good work! I too am researching my family. The George W Colley of old, was my great grandfather. I enjoyed your tour of Smiley. I played football for the Bantams and graduated in 1960. My parents were George and Estelle Colley.
Robert Colley
Arlington, TX USA -

I am a descendant of Peter and Chloe Lentz (Lance) My line is as follows: Peter and Chloe - John and Mary Lentz - Samuel J. and Patsy Fletcher Lance - William Burton Lance and Delia Hunter Lance - Samuel Brown Lance and Nancy Wilson Lance - Williamson Burton Lance and Sarah Caroline Anders - My father: Samuel Franklin Lance.
SybleLanceWaters
Cross Hill, SC USA -

Descended from Capt. James Mason b.1693 of Albemarle, VA
Bill Bremer
Houston, TX USA -

Thanks, Just found today about William Carroll Hodge....been quite a few years on finding his family....He is my G,G,G,Grandfather after he moved to Navarro County, Texas....his wifes father...Theo Killen and others went also...thanks much.
Benjamin J. McGee
Gulfport, Ms. USA -

Just wanted to say HELLO!!! I think about you often and put your newsletter by my computer so I will send you a quick hello...but life just moves too fast and I am too slow. Just hope you are doing well and want you to know your site is FANTASTIC. Take care, Kay
Kay
Buffalo, TX USA - Thursday, August 16, 2007 at 22:35:25 (CDT)

Hello, Your site is great.Much of your information I have found nowhere else. My g-grandmother was Eva Amanda Hodge. Her father was Josiah Hodge Jr. and his father Josiah B. Hodge. Ava married my g-grandfather Earnest Warner in Chariton Co.,MO. Do you know or have you talked to Barbara Knox? She has written two books on the Hodge family. She has a vast amount of family history on the Hodge line. Thanks. And again your site is great. Brett Warner
Brett Warner
Mascoutah, IL. USA - Tuesday, August 14, 2007 at 20:44:08 (CDT)

would like to share my stories about smiley with you. i was born there in 1937. i lived on a farm, that my grandfather owned until his death. i have visited there to visit my mom's burial site, walked downtown, talked to some folks, took pictures of the drugstore, pool hall and grocery store. would you like to share some stories?
nicolas burriola ybarbo
beavercreek, oh USA - Monday, August 06, 2007 at 19:57:32 (CDT)

Great work.
Jackie Claiborne
Bastrop, TX USA - Saturday, June 23, 2007 at 10:59:29 (CDT)

Just visited your site and wanted to tell you that you have a great site! John Dunivan and Frances Hughes were my 4th Great-Grandparents. (I am a descendant of their grandson, Anderson Jackson Dunavan.) It looks like you and I have the same information on the family, but I loved the way your site was set up. Great way to share! Thanks!
Lesa Epperson
Covington, IN USA - Thursday, May 03, 2007 at 18:13:51 (CDT)

Cindy, I would love to receive the newsletter being the direct descendant of Henry Hodge, Sr. My address is currently (removed from display)
John Earl Spencer
San Francisco, CA USA - Friday, February 09, 2007 at 10:23:28 (CST)

I enjoyed your site very much; you have put a lot of work into it. I have a myfamily.com site called Hodge-Carter that I am inviting you to. I am the gg grandson, of James Hodge, son of Henry. However, all of our family records show him as James Lawrence Hodge, but he is the James that married Mary Campbell. Please feel free to add anything to my site that you would like. It is always fun to meet another cousin. Marty Hodge referred me to this site. Thank you.
John Earl Spencer
San Francisco, CA USA - Friday, February 09, 2007 at 10:15:27 (CST)

Sent you an email,will forward more info when i have it.
Matt Hobizal (Mason and Francum)
Boling, Tx USA - Thursday, February 01, 2007 at 06:18:36 (CST)

Hi, Congratulations on the great site. Keep up the great work. I am descended from John Wilcoxen, Thomas, Thomas, John Belt "Will-coxon", John (m. Fanny Baker), Samuel (m.Sarah Swearingen), Eva Retta Wilcoxen (m. Hamilton Archibald Riley). Samuel and Sarah moved from Wheeling, WVa and lived in Wheeling, WVa (VA) and that Brooke Co, Beaver Co, PA/Hancock Co, VA border area. The Swearingens and Wilcoxens lived on both sides of this border and were close otherwise. They moved to Kansas and so you find quite a few Wilcoxens and Swearingens there. Wilcoxens and Swearingens are in the Saline Co and Decatur Co, KS areas. My grand uncle, still alive in KS, adopted a girl many years ago and she married a Swearingen. The world is a small place. Working off my memory, it looks like you share much of the same line. Your Samuel Wilcoxen (m. Christiana Baker) is where our lines diverge. My mother and I may go to the 350th anniversary of Garrett Van Swearingen's arrival. It will take place the 23rd of Jun, I think, in St Mary's, MD. There should be some information on the web. There will be a lecture and probably some possibility to visit a few sites. There is going to be an exhibit as well. Again, keep up the great work. Genealogy has become our obsession and it seems you have the bug too. Thanks again for making it available like this. Robert
Robert Vosika
Genoa, WI USA - Friday, January 19, 2007 at 10:50:10 (CST)

i feel as though we have passed in the night. i, too, love the stores and southwestern things. i am just starting my adventure. i lived in cripple creek, colo. at one time...in the 70;s. i learned to love the old things in the past. i am presently trying to locate things for my first dollhouse. i want to start with the stores. lover your website...thanks so much,,judi
judi marks
bellwood, pa USA - Wednesday, January 17, 2007 at 11:37:51 (CST)

I enjoyed looking at your dollshouses - thank you. I'd love it if you visited mine .....www.squirrelsworld.co.uk
Alison White
Ballymena, Northern Ireland - Sunday, January 14, 2007 at 15:06:53 (CST)

I am son of Dale & Emelyn(Martin) Wilcoxen, the grandson of Oscar & Carrie(Strawser) Wilcoxen. My wife is Anna Marie Thompson. I have two sons Marlin E. and Nathan A. Wilcoxen. One grandson, Zane C. Wilcoxen. (Very informative web-site.}
Martin O. Wilcoxen
Danville, IL USA - Sunday, January 07, 2007 at 14:10:22 (CST)

I am sure I have met you at reunions past. I am so impressed with your work here. I am amazed at what you have done. I am Normans son and I have three girls and yesteday my oldest was asking about being a daughter of the republic. It seems to me she is by what I have read. She said she had to prove it. Would your website be proof. Thanks for all you have done. Stephen Frankum
Stephen Frankum
Sweeny, Texas USA - Tuesday, December 05, 2006 at 22:25:35 (CST)

Thank you for having this web site. It helped with a little more information on Smiley. We recently moved to Smiley and I have been trying to gather information on the town and one particular house.
Cindy Virgil
Smiley, TX USA - Wednesday, July 12, 2006 at 23:12:49 (CDT)

I really enjoyed your web site! What a treat to revisit my hometown on the internet. I too grew up in Smiley and graduated in 1979. I have many fond memories of my high school and the people. The pictures you have posted are great! They truly are representative of the time of my youth. Unfortunately, I don't get the opportunity to come back very often, but when I do, I like to take a drive through "downtown" and around by the school. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. Sherry Bundick Holmes
Sherry Bundick Holmes
Perrysburg, OH USA - Monday, July 10, 2006 at 12:52:28 (CDT)

are you the cindy wilcoxen whose father was a principal? I now live in Gonzales just a few miles away Smiley is not the same anymore I graduated in 1979 I miss those days a lot. It was simple What I miss the most probably the Halloween carnivals and hayrides & egg fights! Our friday nite lights were the best because people parked their cars aroung the football field And I can still see the image in my mind When I would throw a touchdown pass I would look to where my mom & dads car was parked and there was my little brothers & sisters blowing the horn & flashing the lights. Thats a feeling that cant be beat!!!!!!
tony alvarado
gonzales, tx USA - Wednesday, June 28, 2006 at 18:34:02 (CDT)

Would you happen to be related to Amanda Jane Lentz born abt. 1840 in Limestone county Alabama ? She died abt. 1910 in itawamba county Mississippi. She was married to Jesse Calvin Conwill born abt. 1859. He died abt. 1909 in Mississippi. J.C. Conwill also listed in the mormon gen. as Conwell was the son of George Washington King Conwill born abt. 1805. George Conwill also listed as Conwell in the mormon genealogy listings was married to Elizabeth Prestridge. Amanda Jane Lentz was the daughter of Henry Jackson Lentz and Christiana Parker. My father was John Newton Conwell born as John Newton Conwill. His father was Lloyd Newton Conwill. Lloyds father was William Henry Conwill . The father of W.H. Conwill was J.C. Conwill married to Amanda Jane Lentz. Could we be distant cousins ?
darrell dietrich conwell
Frankfurt am Main, hes. germany - Tuesday, May 30, 2006 at 14:56:57 (CDT)

You have done a great job of documenting family histories. Thanks. I particularly appreciate the obit for Bobbie Joe Kunkel as we were ElHi classmates and 1949 graduates. www.craigfamilytree.com
Curtis D. Craig
Oklahoma City, OK USA - Friday, May 26, 2006 at 07:36:59 (CDT)

I was just browsing the internet and came across your website and was very intrigued by your information. Although I am sure there is no relation, I was merely fascinated by your research..great job...how did you go about locating ancestory records? Yours truly, Amanda D. Hodge - Ontario Cda.
Amanda Hodge
Mississauga , ON Canada - Monday, April 24, 2006 at 19:20:35 (CDT)

Enjoyed your site as I am looking for relatives buried in the Nicum Cemetary. Doesn't look like we are connected, though.
Joan Gillette
chico, CA USA - Friday, March 31, 2006 at 13:05:40 (CST)

My family surname is Lentz. Gabriel Moore Lentz was my GGGrandfather. Most of my father's line lived in Bastrop. Other surname: Roberts, Cox, Sharp. Love you web page has so much information. Thanks for all you hard work. Karen
Karen L Lehto
Pinehurst, nc USA - Tuesday, March 28, 2006 at 11:30:54 (CST)

I am very happy to read all the family history and learn so much. I have enjoyed your sight and respect all your hard work putting this together. Thank you!!
Lannette Jaynes
Abilene,, Tx USA - Thursday, March 23, 2006 at 03:51:07 (CST)

Great site, my great great grandmother was Sarah Alice Huddleston; grandaughter of D.G. Huddleston.
Billie Hutson
Orlando, FL USA - Monday, February 20, 2006 at 19:54:27 (CST)

Doing research on the Rodgers/Dunivan/Hughes
Virginia Rodgers
Oakwood, Illinois USA - Saturday, December 31, 2005 at 12:28:20 (CST)

Hey cousin, your site is most impressive! I had asked mom recently what she could tell me about our ancestry on the Hodge side of the family, and she turned me on to your site. I have found it to be very helpful. I'll be visiting often.
Robert Ging
Van Vleck, TX USA - Saturday, December 17, 2005 at 10:33:16 (CST)

i was just brosing on the computer.i spelled out my boyfriends name plus .com.THAT WHAT BROGHT ME TO YOUR WEB SIGHT.HIS PARENTS NAMES ARE CHARLES AND DOT LENTZ OUT PHILADELPHIA.DO YOU THINK YOU MAYBE RELATED.JUST CURIUOS.
patricia cameron
philadelphia, pa USA - Sunday, December 04, 2005 at 23:24:41 (CST)

Hello cousin! I am still working on many items of the Dunavan history here at home. We are still about 260.00 short of getting Anderson and Elizabeth's new headstone, but will get there sooner or later. I noticed in the photos of the cemetaries that you have John and Frances Dunivans stone pictures in the Niccum cemetary listing. They are buried in Hughes Cemetary in Perysville, Indiana. I kind of got off track with the family genealogy for awhile this summer and fall. I created a website on my former grade school here that closed in 2002 and have spent a lot of time building it. Another history that i didnt want lost, we had a Douglas school in Danville for 144 years and since i got the site online it has been bringing alot of former students and faculty back together again. Well, if you need any info or copies of any pics that i may have, etc. let me know. Your Cousin, Dennis
Dennis Dunavan
Danville, IL USA - Friday, November 18, 2005 at 23:32:07 (CST)

I loved your Smiley Tribute Page! My Grandparents (Mr & Mrs H.P.Adams) still live there. I still visit a few times a year. My Grandmother used to own the former Drugstore and operated it as a Ceramics Store under the name "Adams Apple Ceramics...."i think.....I will ask her over the Thanksgiving Holiday. Have a great Holiday, Corey Ray
Corey Ray
Houston, TX USA - Thursday, November 17, 2005 at 16:02:20 (CST)

Your site is GREAT! I "Googled" and there you were! McKEACHEY!!! I just discovered I am a direct descent of John MASON through William MASON and Sarah McKEACHEY. William and Sarah are my 5th GG parents. They sound like an exciting family. I just read a bit about John and William today and downloaded your info for family. BIG THANKS! To give you a bit of info you can add to your growing family...I come from William and Sarah's daughter Margaret "Peggy" Mason. Bet you wondered what happened to that ole girl! Well, she married David(s) CHAMBERLAIN b.1775 VA, they had several children including William CHAMBERLAIN who was born to them in 1805 in KY. And as family history does we continue....William m.Rachel Brown, they had a daughter they named after Williams mother, her name...Margaret "Peggy" CHAMBERLAIN. "Peggy" married William Elias BARNES in KY a wealthy land owner and businessman...they had several children together, on Ancestry.com you will see William Elias m.3x. (His first wife was the older sister Mary Margaret CHAMBERLAIN) however, so as not to confuse further William Elias and "Peggy" had a son Ivy Lankford BARNES b.TX, Ivy married Ola Mae Watson in TX moved to OK and had JH BARNES. "JH" is correct, that's his name, they are not initials...JH m.Lucille Grace ENOCHS in OK, they had my father, Gerald Lee BARNES in TX in 1929. I am Kathy Lynn BARNES Nankervis...and before anyone asks of the "Nankervis" origin...CORNWALL, ENGLAND...Cornish...kinda like me:) Hope we can help find some of the other cousins in this line...keep in touch, you are now one of MY FAVORITES! Happy Hunting...and keep those magnifying glasses close by...
Kathy Nankervis
Clovis, CA USA - Saturday, October 15, 2005 at 23:34:23 (CDT)

Greetings From Lisburn Northern Ireland I Saw Your site dedicat to the towen of Smiley and was interested if you have any more information on jim smiley
Maurice Smiley
Lisburn , Northern Ireland - Sunday, September 25, 2005 at 15:04:17 (CDT)

Cindy, I come back to visit every so often. Every time you have more great pictures. I'm always interested in any "new" Frankum information you have. I'm also loving the newsletter and read it faithfully. Keep up the "GREAT" work. You are truly an inspiration!!!!
Shelye Arnold Weaver
Henderson, TX USA - Tuesday, September 06, 2005 at 21:38:39 (CDT)

I enjoyed your website ...you have put in a lot of work. I know as I have been at this for over 25 years myself! I don't know if it is of interest to you, but I could give you the parents of Andrew Davis who married Christina Niccum as the Davis line is my lineage and that is how I came upon your website.
Carolyn Olson
Kenmore, WA USA - Thursday, July 14, 2005 at 01:32:44 (CDT)

Hello Cousins, really must say a great site you have going here. Just to let you know, I am having the Niccum Cem. sign frame rebuilt right now, it should be back in place hopefully by September, I guess when i purchased the new sign the frame was made with non-treated lumber and it finally gave out. Also, have ordered and recieved two additional bronze military markers i will have installed for veterans day at Niccum; Charles Kyger 1834-78 (Civil War) and John W. Collins 1840-1925 (Civil War). Also, we have achieved enough to order a new double marker for John and Frances (Hughes) Dunivan at Hughes Cemetery and are at about 80% of the cost for the replacement for Anderson and Elizabeth Dunavan at Niccum, so hopefully will have enough to erect it for next memorial day. Well, thats about all i have for the moment, anyone feel free to email me at anytime at dennisdunavan@yahoo.com.
Dennis A. Dunavan
Danville, IL. USA - Friday, July 08, 2005 at 09:46:41 (CDT)

Memories of Smiley. I go back often to visit my parent's gravesite. When I visit I am always overcome with so many memories Smiley. Looking through your website I recognized several names of which I was friends with. I look forward to looking them up. Thanks for a great website!
Lynn Mikulenka Ellis
Leander , TX USA - Friday, July 01, 2005 at 13:52:51 (CDT)

Cindy, You work with my daughter Darla Kay Hutto, and she gave me your homepage address. After looking at the Parker Wilcoxen line I realized that your great grandfather Tilman's brother Edward Wilcoxen married my great grandmother Mary Jane Bless. She was his second wife. I visited their graves in Illinois on the 29th of May of this year. I also have information on Tilman's other brothers and sister taken from census data if you would like it. Please contact me through Darla.
Lucky Bryan
Florence, Tx USA - Wednesday, June 22, 2005 at 14:51:08 (CDT)

Cindy, This one of the greatest things I have run across. It is very informative and beautifully done. I came in because I was looking for anything on my Bastrop County connections. The connection is by way of Jacob Louis/Lewis. He and Sarah are my great-great grandparents. So, one of his sons, Daniel Monroe Louis and Frances Jane MOBLEY are my great grandparents. I am particularly interested in the Mobley and Duncan lines because I have a feeling they are the keys (in some way) to getting beyond the wall we have with Jacob and Sarah. After looking at you site I am even more determined. Sarah was a Sheppard. Bang, there is Joseph Sheppard Mobley. That teacher who made the assignment in 1968 sure did a lot of us a great favor. You do beautiful work. Thanks, Dan Louis 979 776-0073
Daniel J. Louis (Dan)
Bryan, TX USA - Friday, June 17, 2005 at 23:35:28 (CDT)

I am the great grandson of Joseph Sheppard Mobley. My grandfather was George Rice Mobley. My father was Ira Calvin Mobley, the youngest of nine children. My mother was Lela Velma Hart (maiden name). I have two older brothers ( Calvin and James ) and an older sister ( Mildred ).
Chester Lee Mobley
Corona, CA USA - Tuesday, May 24, 2005 at 14:14:00 (CDT)

Enjoyed your site. I was looking for a connection to my McAfee ancestors. No luck. The geneology bug has bitten (as it does once or twice a year).
Dale Overturf
Memphis, TN USA - Tuesday, May 24, 2005 at 11:31:09 (CDT)

Nice site. I hope to put together a genealogical website someday.
Ed Burns
Dunalp, IL USA - Thursday, May 12, 2005 at 22:05:31 (CDT)

I just found your site. I have been trying to get back farther than John & Frances Dunivan but haven't had much luck. I'll write to you soon.
David M Dunivan
Spanaway, WA USA - Thursday, April 14, 2005 at 18:05:40 (CDT)

I saw that a Lentz married a Saltz and was currious! I'm just starting my research & am very overwhelmed!
Shawna Saltz
Kennewick, wa USA - Thursday, March 31, 2005 at 16:52:07 (CST)

My great grandmother is Mary Lentz b-2-7-1876 d-5-22-1939 she was married(in tennesee) to John Henry Martin b-9-2-1870? d-6-17-1951 in Okla.. Would you have possibly came across their tree as your searching? My grandmother is Eva Dessie Martin-Nelson
Cathy Nelson-Hood
Rio Linda, Ca USA - Friday, February 25, 2005 at 03:49:18 (CST)

I am a great, great, great granddaughter of Parker Kelly and Lucy Wilcoxen. My great grandfather is Russell Wilcoxen (one of Parker and Lucy's grandchildren). Your site is totally amazing. You have done an incredible job! Thanks for linking me to my past and showing me photos I never knew existed! To anyone - please feel free to contact me!
Paula Wilcoxen-Knight
Apollo Beach, FL USA - Thursday, February 24, 2005 at 18:06:03 (CST)

Great web site. Keep up the good work.
Ray C Wilcoxen
Jasper, IN USA - Thursday, February 10, 2005 at 15:46:23 (CST)

My father was john elwood lentz .He was born in alabama in 1919 .He has two sisters , alma and jewel .My family now lives in Delaware . Let me know how I can help fill in some gaps in your search .
neil james lentz
wilmington, de USA - Wednesday, February 02, 2005 at 22:57:17 (CST)

Excellent site. Enjoy returning to see updates. My grandfather was Jasper Wilcoxen son of John Wilcoxen b.1822 and who is from this line of Wilcoxens.
Donald Truex
South Bend, In USA - Wednesday, February 02, 2005 at 10:33:59 (CST)

I lived in Smiley quite a few years and still miss it... I've gone back to visit a couple of times....and that makes me miss it more.... Great Website.........
Monica Evans
Kerrville, Tx USA - Tuesday, January 04, 2005 at 10:23:00 (CST)

I am a Mobley on my father's side. His family came from Shadyside Ohio. He and his brothers moved to California after WW2. Please email me... I'd love to hear from you. Maybe we are related?
Jayne Mobley Dunn
San Diego, CA USA - Tuesday, December 07, 2004 at 23:30:50 (CST)

Thinking of setting up a Le Fevre website, and wanted to visit yours. Happy Thanksgiving to all the Wilcoxens, wherever they may be.
Norman Le Fevre
Sandy, UT USA - Friday, November 26, 2004 at 17:06:38 (CST)

When i was a kid in the 70s my sister and her family lived in smiley and to this day it is still one of my favorite places. i always had such good time there, at the drugstore and at the library. best wishes to you and smiley. Mark Evans St. Pete> Fl.
mark evans
st. peteresburg, FL. USA - Saturday, November 06, 2004 at 07:33:59 (CST)

Just happened upon your sight, The photo of the Civil war veterans was of great interest to me do you have the names of any of those men. I found my ancestor setting on the front row. Would be interested in getting a glossy of this photo. Your doing such a good job.
Cindy Bobbitt
jacksonville, tx USA - Monday, September 06, 2004 at 23:06:26 (CDT)

I am the grandson of Blanche McAfee Worthington. I enjoyed your website. Thanks for your efforts.
Stayton L. "Bud" Worthington
Longview, TX USA - Wednesday, September 01, 2004 at 13:40:27 (CDT)

Wow, it was really neat to see the info. you had on Smiley, Texas. My parents were born and raised in Nixon-Smiley. I know when I tell them of this site, they will be excited. My Mom graduated from Smiley High as well, in 1967 or 1968, can't remember at the present time. Anyhow, thanks for the flashback. It was fun!!!! P. S. Smiley is very much a part of us today, my gradparents still live there. :)
B. Aguirre-Rice
Lantana, TX USA - Saturday, August 21, 2004 at 21:07:26 (CDT)

What a neat site!!!! I came across it by accident when looking for information about Adaire Castle in Ireland
william olsen
Louisville, Ky USA - Thursday, August 19, 2004 at 07:44:57 (CDT)

We were so pleased to find your website. My grandfather was Lyle Lentz (died April, 2001)who was the son of Fernando Lentz (died 1955). Fernando's father was Henry Jackson Lentz. We knew some of our relatives moved to Texas but knew little about their lives. I guess we are distant cousins! Your site has been so helpful. Keep up the good work! Ken and Melinda Lentz Fulton, Mississippi
Ken and Melinda Lentz
Fulton, MS USA - Monday, August 09, 2004 at 20:20:52 (CDT)

You are doing an outstanding job. I'll continue to visit as there is always somethig new to see & read.
Judie Bumpers
Tyler, TX USA - Monday, July 12, 2004 at 21:46:35 (CDT)

Your doing a great Job!! Keep it up! Thanks
Rhonda Lisa Frankum Dalmolin
Alvin, tx USA - Monday, June 28, 2004 at 00:00:36 (CDT)

I was looking for various Wootens in the Oakwood Cemetary. Just happened to go to you site. Have a nice day!
Richard Wooten
Katy, Tx USA - Friday, June 11, 2004 at 08:32:59 (CDT)

I am a descendant of Uriah Gould and Ann Elizabeth Lentz. Great website!!
Nancy DuQuette
Stockton, CA USA - Thursday, April 15, 2004 at 16:51:40 (CDT)

I am the 5th great granddaughter of William Mason and Sarah McKeachey(McKleachey) My great grand parents were William Allen O'Neal and Nancy Jane Mason daughter of William Washington Mason and Nancy Elzina Farris
Rhonda Parke Friedman
Dittmer, MO USA - Monday, April 12, 2004 at 18:46:17 (CDT)

I am the great-great-great granddaughter of William W. Frankum and Martha A. Goodman, through Robert Lee Frankum. I would LOVE to get in contact with you to find out more about my family AND add to your information. I can get quite a lot of information. My great-grandfather was Barney Lee Frankum. I'm so excited!! Until I visited your site, I only knew that my great-grandfather's name was Barney!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! April :)
April D. Frankum
Carrollton, TX USA - Saturday, March 06, 2004 at 02:23:46 (CST)

Hi! I've just started on my search and boy, I really did not know what I was getting into. I go so far and then I'm stuck again. You have done a marvelous job on this site. I only wish for a portion of the success.
Dotty Davis
Hutto, TX USA - Wednesday, March 03, 2004 at 15:49:00 (CST)

Marvelous Website, Cindy -- Can't believe the wide variety of things you display so well here, very interesting - and still growing! Amazing you can find time to do so many things so well, from doll houses, genealogy research, photography, Family Reunion Newsletters -- such energy, such talent!! Wonderful, keep it up! We love it! Happy New Year, from Cousin Ray & Marykay Burch
Ray Burch
RanchoSantaFe, CA USA - Sunday, January 04, 2004 at 18:34:04 (CST)

Hello, I too have wanted to know more about my family. I was searching today to see where Catfish King owner was from....well I got the idea to just put my GRANDFATHER's Name in and came to your site....I looked at the picture you have and bang like a shot ...you and I have the same tree...who are you? where are you?Please email me. My father was Burl Walter Rose. His mother was Minnie Mae Rose. My fathers father was Charlie Rose aug 30 1898,son of Charlie Rose and wife Nettie...I have some pictures to share ...write me....God Bless Billie
Billie Faye Rose Banks
Texarkana, Tx USA - Thursday, November 06, 2003 at 17:11:10 (CST)

I am researching the Plowmans and ran across a letter from a woman that met another woman in Smiley that her maiden name was Plowman. Does anyone have any information on the Plowmans in Smiley? Many thanks.
johnny plowman
portland, tx USA - Saturday, October 04, 2003 at 05:29:24 (CDT)

Many thanks for your website. I have roots (by marriage) with the Mason and Mcafee, etc. lines. Thanks again, Leta Branum (spouse of Emil Gorden Branum whose parents were Alfred Branum and Mary Jane Mason).
Leta A. Branum
Pearland, TX USA - Friday, August 15, 2003 at 06:42:08 (CDT)

My grandfather was Thomas Oscar Mobley, born approx 1887. He married his first cousin, Virgie Harvey around 1905. He lived in the Texas "Hill" country, either Itasca or Massey, Texas. Virgie was from Tippah County, Mississippi. Do you have any information that might help us connect Thomas Oscar Mobley to the rest of the Mobley family? We believe his mother may have been named Callie Harvey Mobley and either his father or grandfather may have been George Washington Mobley, but we are not sure of it. Any information you can provide would be most appreciated. We have registered with Carl Mobley but we cannot connect any father back than Thomas Oscar Mobley. Thank you,
Diane Mobley Strain
Texas City, TX USA - Friday, August 01, 2003 at 14:44:44 (CDT)

I was interested in your William Frankum of North Carolina. I came across some of them in the census records there while searching for Franklin families. My ancesotor Isaac Franklin born about 1810, is said to be the son of Nancy Franklin. She appears in early census records as Nancy Frankum. Are you aware of any connection between the Frankum families and the Franklin Families of Burke County, North Carolina?
William Brackett
Niles, MI USA - Thursday, May 15, 2003 at 12:38:02 (CDT)

I'm searching for info on my Great Grandfather . His name was George Washington Hodge . I don't have much more information other than my grandfather's name was Earnest Hodge . This is my mother's Father. Please get back with me , perhaps we can make a connection here .
Sandra Granger
Pilotknob, Mo. USA - Sunday, April 13, 2003 at 21:44:04 (CDT)

Nice work. Saw your info on Smiley. Always interested in what other Smiley graduates are into.
Ray Garcia: SHS class of 1974
San Antonio, tx USA - Tuesday, April 08, 2003 at 10:48:03 (CDT)

Fabulous site! It's wonderful to find family history pages that remember that these were real people, not just generational numbers to be filed. BTW, I'm a descendant of Barbara Dunivan and James Adams. Hello, cousins!
Jordan Yates
Lafayette, IN USA - Friday, February 21, 2003 at 16:19:05 (CST)

Cindy, my first time to visit your website. I was amased to see what you have done. Of course you know that I am interested in the McAfees and Masons. Have been printing those lines all morning. Your pictures print beautifully on my printer. Mother (Beulah McAfee Martin) will surely enjoy seeing who her decendants were, especially on her Mason side of the family. Great Job!!!
W.D. Martin, Jr.
Malakoff, Tx USA - Tuesday, February 11, 2003 at 11:11:34 (CST)

Loved your site! I remember you, Cindy...I was the baby sister of Shirley, Betty, & Paul Parker, daughter of Susy & Roland Parker in Smiley, Texas. My parents still live there and so does Betty & her family. I love to write cursive, I write all over everything and I still think about your mother when I form my letters. She was strict but excellent and today I am glad she was strict because I give her a great credit for my handwriting. She is an amazing lady, the same goes for your daddy. We still miss Paul. Yes, you betcha...I was a Smiley Bantamette, too. You are right, it isn't the same anymore. Thanks for sharing your site about our Smiley, Texas.
Patty Parker McNabb
Houston, Tx USA - Thursday, January 23, 2003 at 19:08:41 (CST)

long live the bantams and bantamettes. i finished my 12 years of school in smiley and graduated in 1982 with a total class of 6. those were the GOOD years! LOVE IT!
SHARON BRANDT HARTSELL
nixon, tx USA - Thursday, January 23, 2003 at 08:10:46 (CST)

Surfing the web and came across your pages. I descend from William Henry LENTZ, son of Benjamin Lentz and Mary "Polly" Jackson. Anyone with these lines please send me an email at, gertrude2@juno.com
Helen Currie Davis
Millington, TN USA - Tuesday, January 07, 2003 at 16:08:13 (CST)

You have done such a good job of presenting the family history! Congratulations! My husband would be descended from William W. and Letitia Farris Mason's daughter Matilda Mason Williams.
Nancy Kapperman
IN USA - Saturday, November 16, 2002 at 16:57:44 (CST)

My first visit to the website. Thought it was great! Will visit again! Very interesting seeing and reading about my family history on line!
Keri Hodge Pekar
Elgin, TX USA - Thursday, October 24, 2002 at 17:26:13 (CDT)

Just looking around and found your web site. Enjoyable. Just to let you know, I've tried to photograph the great-grandparents' picture but was not successful. Will be trying again.
Amanda Wilcoxen
St, Louis, MO USA - Friday, October 18, 2002 at 09:27:54 (CDT)

It's amazing what you've done!! I would love to start collecting this type of info, I'm inspired! I'm a friend of Laura Karnes.
Tracie Collins
Kilgore, tx USA - Thursday, September 19, 2002 at 19:28:41 (CDT)

Greetings from Aspen-where the trees are growing gold. I hit upon your site in my search for an old pal from Tyler,TX, Mr. David Edward Wilcoxen, Last known address-Wallace Idaho. Thanks in advance for your assistance. Mark
Mark Edward Cody
Aspen, CO USA - Saturday, September 14, 2002 at 16:38:01 (CDT)

I descend from John Beauchamp and Elizabeth Prettyman. I am the 3rd great granddaughter of their daughter, Harriet, who married John H Kirkpatrick.
Kathy Kirkpatrick
USA - Tuesday, May 07, 2002 at 17:45:13 (CDT)

Great site. I am the great grandson of the George W Colley noted on the Smiley historical marker. His Father was William Colley. Keep up the good work
George W Colley Jr.
Bonham, TX USA - Friday, May 03, 2002 at 16:28:31 (CDT)

This is a wonderful site. I am the granddaughter of Ada Hines Koehler and Vincent Koehler (on the Albert McAfee side). We have been wondering about Ada's brother Johnnie. We lost touch with him through the years and wondered if anyone had any information on him. The last we were aware he was in the Dallas area. Any information you have would really be appreciated.
Shelly Witter
Galveston, Tx USA - Tuesday, January 29, 2002 at 12:36:33 (CST)

Stopped by for a quick visit. Great site! I'm related to the Catchings and Smiths of Bastrop Co. See: http://www.geocities.com/bastrop52 for details. Am also related to the Lance/Lentz families of North Georgia on my maternal side. Keep up the good work!
Shirleen Smith Reese
Dallas, TX USA - Thursday, January 03, 2002 at 09:15:00 (CST)

CINDY////THIS IS SO " WONDERFUL "///////// PAT
ROY AND PAT MASON
YAKIMA, WA. USA - Saturday, December 22, 2001 at 12:40:40 (CST)

What a wonderful Site. Iwas lost tracing the Frankums Until My cuz Judie Bumpers sent this site to me. Thank you so much. I have info on Robert Frankum. If anyone needs it.
Betty Lee
Jarrell, Tx USA - Friday, December 21, 2001 at 22:47:18 (CST)

Just a wonderful site. I really appreciate all the hard work and time you have put into the site.
Judie Bumpers
Tyler, TX USA - Friday, December 21, 2001 at 12:46:47 (CST)

great job!!
Denise Frankum
Hardin, Tx USA - Thursday, December 13, 2001 at 14:20:51 (CST)

Cindy, this is wonderful. If you every need any info on Charlie's line I'll be happy to help. Keep up the good work.
Shelye Weaver
Henderson, TX USA - Thursday, December 13, 2001 at 14:00:59 (CST)

Ancestry begins with a trickle then flows to the oceans tide Our roots are deep, limbs strong and the branches wide Hope, Faith and the Grace of God be with you!
Frances E. O'Quinn Murders
Pottsville, Ar. USA - Tuesday, December 11, 2001 at 12:05:00 (CST)

Hey Cousin, great job, I just may have to assign this to my "favorites". I love the picture of my grandpa Jack Mason.
Gene O'Quinn
Crosby, TX USA - Monday, December 10, 2001 at 18:56:10 (CST)

Welcome to An American Family. Please sign in and tell us where you're from!
Ms Lucy Sue
USA - Tuesday, December 04, 2001 at 16:16:13 (CST)

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