For those of you who are not deeply involved in genealogy, tracing your family's roots or searching for your ancestors, you will not understand this. However, compare it to fishing and finally landing that largemouth bass that has evaded you for years or to being a collector and finally finding a missing piece to your collection. Are you feeling the excitement? Oh come on, you know you can feel it!! Feel the tingle in your feet? Makes you wanta dance doesn't? Oh stop it, you look silly, at least turn on some music and close those blinds. What will the neighbors think?
First, as you will notice on the right side of my homepage, I have added a picture/photo. This is my Great Grandfather Horace Monroe Bell, his wife Harriett Cornealia Farrar Bell and their children. My Granddad, B. Charlie Bell, the man in the buggy at the top of my homepage, is the little guy in front, between his parents. Then to the left is his brother Arzo Monroe Bell, next standing behind his dad's right shoulder is Horace Cornealius (Neal) Bell and the tall fellow in the rear is my great uncle William Albert Bell. To Uncle Albert's left is Aunt Ida. Is it just me or does she have a remarkable resemblence to her mother?
Yes, since I had never seen my Grandmother Bell and the only photo I had ever seen of Granddad Bell was the one where he is standing between the two horses, just below the family photo. Receiving this was truly exciting, but, my excitement didn't end there. Through this blog I have contacted someone who is related to the Yates family and I am truly convinced their Yates and my Yates are one and the same. Wow!!! This is the most exciting thing I have encountered with those rascally Yates since I first discovered the Cleghorn murder trial. That sounds terrible, I apologize! Anyone taking the life of another, regardless of the situation, should never be compared, in any way, to a celebration. However, I cannot and will not deny it was extremely interesting and now to have found relatives I didn't know existed is great.
It seems Joshua Yates did not die in 1862 as I had believed. He left Missouri and ventured into Illinois, marrying a Martha Clutts, 5 February 1870, in Alexander County, Illinois. This marriage resulted in the birth of one child, Charles Joshua Yates, born 29 January 1875. I'm still working on information and when I get it more organized, I will share.
Well that's it for now, just wanted to share my excitement. Have a GREAT Sunday, stop by whenever you have a chance and feel free to share anything and everything you may have that might connect our paths in life.
Tim
Hi Tim,
ReplyDeleteI wandered into your blog looking for references to the family of Clement Farrar in Hickman County, but as I read your most recent blog I realized that I knew the names and the family. So I read all of the archives and if I can help with your search let me know.
I have quite a bit of information on John Farrar and Sabrina Sarratt if you would like to tie James Madison Farrar back to his North Carolina family. Part of the evidence is in the TSLA but some of the early Person County, NC evidence is available throungh the McMurry and Sarrartt families.
I passed your blog along to other Benton County Farrar cousins who are researching this family.
Jill and I still have the same phone numbers.
Morris
Hi Morris,
ReplyDeleteUh, you've got me at a bit of a disadvantage. I do know a couple who are Jill and Morris, but had no idea they had a Farrar connection. Yes, I would be most interested in information on John Farrar and Sabrina/Sabina Sarratt, but if you would email me at belletal08@yahoo.com.
Thanks,
Tim
Hi; I am the Farrar Farrow DNA administrator. One of our members is a descendant of John Farrow of Hyco River, Person Co, NC and Sabrina Saratt.
ReplyDeleteHis name is spelled Farrar, however John Farrows name, from earliest records is spelled Farrow. See Alvanh Holmes, Some Farrar Island Descendants Page 16, 1977.
It turns out that DNA wise the Benton Co, TN Farrars are not related to the Farrars descended from William Farrar of Va, 1618. They are however of Viking ancestry, whereas the Farrars are of Sarmatian ancestry.
I solicit all Farrars of the Benton Co Farrar line to join the DNA project, it will clarify the issue if they do
Boots Farrar
www.worldfamilies.net/surnames/farrar check links to pedigree and results