To Cathy622(a)hotmail.com and mjloyd(a)italygenes.com:
My husband's grandmother Elizabeth Shaffer Graham (1st husband Conyers Barnett
Smith-2nd Al Hartman) born in Wytheville was the daughter of William Wirt Graham and
Susan Cassell. Mary Elizabeth Graham who married Marion Brown Cassell was the sister of
William Wirt Graham who was a farmer. William Wirt Graham's second wife was Mary
Amanda Smith.
Elizabeth Shaffer Graham was about 15 when she married the much older Conyers Barnett
Smith who was the brother of Mary Amanda Smith.
The parents of Mary Elizabeth Graham and William Wirt Graham were Andrew Jackson Graham
(whose picture I have) and Sarah O. Warden.
I don't have info on Marion Brown Cassell except it is possible that Marion Brown
Cassell and Susan Cassell were sibs who married sibs. A sister of Elizabeth Shaffer Graham
named Emma M. married a man named Brown and had two girls-one of whom was a Virginia and
was best friends with her first cousin-my deceased mother-in-law.
All the children of Susan Cassell (who died April 18, 1896) and William W. Graham were
Emma M. Graham (above), Cassell Graham, Agness Graham, Sallie Graham, Elizabeth Shaffer
Graham (above), Joseph C. Graham who "died young", James M. Graham who also
"died Young".
Do you need the Graham ancestry which is connected to Crockett ?
See
http://www.clan-graham-society.org/new_page_37.htm
and
http://www.distantcousin.com/SurnameResources/Surname.asp?Surname=CROCKETT
Would you be able to send some info on Mary Elizabeth's husband's side or do you
have websites I can go to.
Hope this helps and hope you can provide a bit of info for our side. If you send me your
home addresses privately, I can send you a copy of Andrew Jackson Graham's picture as
he seems to be a common great grandfather to you .
Sincerely,
Kathy Unsel Gillis
wbgillis(a)snet.net