Come On In And Take A Stroll Through The Past
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This genealogy website is dedicated to the work of my parents,
Sam Houston Graves and Laurie Jeanne Karnes Graves.
The foundation of the work presented herein is their work; completed pre-internet days. They collected documents, spent untold hours in libraries and cemeteries and tracking down distant relatives. They produced 5 main family books, (Surnames Hanson, McDearman, Karnes, Steward and Graves) chock full of descendent charts, photos, mementoes, letters and other valuable insights into our ancestors. In the beginning of each book, the following statement was inserted:
This is a short story of our lives and families. I hope that when we are not on earth anymore, we will be remembered by our children with the same love we both now feel for them.
There can only be one book made like this, so please, throughout the years, let someone keep it that will take care of it. With all of our love to all of you and our descendents.
Mom, Grandma, NaNa and
Peaux-Peaux. June 2, 1987
My message to my parents: Your books are being shared!
As any researcher knows, we trace our families primarily through the males in our lineages. The background on the lineage pages is dedicated to our female ancestors. (Who are they?)
Primary Genealogy Pages: (Please review the disclaimers)
- Surname List
- Name Index
- Abernathy-DeHardy
- DeLaPole-Heifner
- Henburg-Merritt
- Merson-Stratton
- Stringer-Zewer
Pedigree Chart for Sam Houston Graves
Pedigree Chart for Laurie Jeanne Karnes Graves
STEWARDS MILL (graphic intensive pages)
Stewards Mill, TX was named after our ancestor George Washington Steward. A brief history and pictorial view is presented on these pages:
Newspaper Articles About the Store
Steward Family Bible, pages 1-2, Marriages & Births
Steward Family Bible, pages 3-4, Births & Deaths
Civil War Letters Letters home from 3 Steward brothers
Stewards Mill Layout - circa 1870
THE MCDEARMAN FAMILY
John Smith McDearman Farmhouse in Judsonia, Arkansas
John Smith McDearman Family Bible
John Smith McDearman Family Cemetery
The Mystery of Pet Travis, Dr. Butler, Luther & Orlando James
THE KARNES & WOOTEN FAMILIES
Jacob Lee Karnes Proposal Letter to Bettie Foster, 1876
Jacob Lee Karnes & Bettie Foster Karnes Homes
Annie Elizabeth Wooten Foster & her Karnes descendents
RADFORD FAMILY
William Radford, 26 Jun 1782-23 Oct 1862, of Perry County, Alabama
William Radford Family Bible, page 1
William Radford Family Bible, page 2
PRYOR GARRETT FAMILY
The Probate of the Estates of Pryor and Margaret Garrett
Legal Documents for Pryor Garrett
Legal Documents for Margaret Garrett
VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE
The Contributors Praise for all the folks who helped
MILITARY AND IMMIGRANTS
Our Military Ancestors Lists soldiers of wars between 1636-1865
MEMORABILIA
Contains pics of a ration book and description
Quilt Blocks made for my grandmother circa 1930
Elementary School Merit Cards, circa 1887-88
for Orlando Bruce Hanson
Humor from a 1924 high school memory book
MISCELLANEOUS
Why Genealogy? It's about underwear and laundry.
Links to other genealogy sites
Comments on what this site is about and what it's not about and why it is posted.
THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE OF ALL
The Next Generation My grandchildren and grand-niece.
Any corrections, comments or suggested improvements are always welcome. Last updated 6 Oct 2003.
Send email to: lcwalker@earthlink.net
Copyright � 2002 Linda Walker. All rights reserved. Permission is not granted to any individual or organization for the purpose of collecting and bundling information for the purpose of selling it or for the purpose of applying it to a "packaged plan" that requires an annual or subscribers fee or any other applicable fees. It is freely distributed here and may be used freely by anyone for any purpose other then to sell it or profit from it in any fashion. I do not need to be given credit of any type. I support 100% free genealogy.