From Sumner Co. Roots Web list.
"Mary Jean Rice" <mjrice(a)intrnet.net>
Hi, this will be lengthy but will contain a lot of info. Please bear
with me. After comparing all the info in each of your e-mails to me,
I blieve that our common ancester is Jane CARR and William KERLEY.
If I have interpreted the info correctly:
Fred Robinson - FRobin1375(a)aol.com - Fred's line is through John
Henry KERLEY and Lumina MEADOR. Parents of John Henry KERLEY are
James KERLEY and Ann R. BROWN. James' parents are William KERLEY and
Jane CARR.
Becky Campbell - bachile(a)mindspring.com - Becky's line is thrugh
Elizabeth KERLEY and James Gary SLOAN. Elizabeth KERLEY is the sister
of William KERLEY who married Jane "Jennie" CARR who was the daughter
of King CARR and Anne HAMILTON. King's parents were James King CARR
and Hannah HOBBS.
Had an e-mail from Ronnie FRAZOR ronnnief(a)bellsouth.net and Nell
FRAZOR - NFrazor172(a)aol.com - In the FRAZOR line, our connection is
through Hanna CARR who married Major James FRAZOR/FRAZIER. Hanna's
parents were James King CARR and Hannah HOBBS. Hannah HOBB's first
husband was Elisha OGLESBY.
MyrtaE(a)aol.com seems to have a connection through King CARR and Ann
HAMILTON.
Kay AIKEN - kakn(a)midwest.net is connected through Willilam Stephen
KERLEY who was a son of John Wesley KERLEY, SR. and Delilah COOK.
Johhn Wesley's parents were William KERLEY and Jannie CARR who was the
daughter of King CARR and Ann HAMILTON.
My husband, Millard Smith RICE - mjrice(a)intrnet.net - His connection
is through John Wesley KERLEY, SR. who married Delilah COOK. Through
John Wesley KERLEY and Delilah COOK, my husbanc's line gets more
complicated. Two of their daughters, Margaret Adeline KERLEY and
Matilda C. KERLEY are both gr grandmothers of my husband. Margaret
married Charles A. RICE, and one of their sons was John Albert RICE.
Matilda C. married Richard Henderson Smothers. One of their
daughters, Louella SMOTHERS, married John Albert RICE. They were the
parents of Smith RICE who is my husband's father. One of the sons of
John Wesley and Delilah was King KERLEY who married Sarah Margaret
CRAWFORD. King was killed in the War and she married John K. Polk
SMOTHERS. Sarah and John K. Polk SMOTHERS had a son, John A.
SMOTHERS. He married Caramon Lee BELL and they are my husband's
parents. The parents of John K. Polk SMOTHERS and Richard Henderson
SMOTHERS were William SMOTHERS and Mary Jane COOK who were married 16
August 1834 in Sumner Co., TN.
Our Rice ancestors were from Wilson Co., TN before some of them
migrated to Franklin Co.,IL. We live in Saline Co., IL.
I realize this message is lengthy, but I thought it might be the
easiest way for all of us to see our connections. Hopefully, others
in our lines will see this and make contact with some of us. If we
are connected in any way, we can share dates and info with each
others. I am interested in any confirmed info you have on: CARR,
RICE, KERLEY, HAMILTON, SMOTHERS, COOK, HOBBS.
Kay Aiken has a web page at
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Farm/2171/Kerley.html and she also
has a Kerley list at Kerley(a)onelist.com . My home address is 46
Butler Street. Eldorado, IL 62930-1472. Would love to hear from
anyone by e-mail or snail-mail.
Please feel free to correct me if I have misinterpreted any info you
sent to me.
Your Cuz
Mary Jean Neal Rice and Millard Smith Rice