more information on LAMPKIN (LAMKIN) married CHISM (CHISUM, CHISHOLM)
by Carrol@Allthroughtheages.com
This is a letter that my grandmother sent to me regarding her grandparents.
I meant to include it in the last posting. And the spelling errors are
supposed to be there
that is the way my grandmother wrote the letter,
remember back then some people were not well educated.
Thank you,
Carrol Mick
carrol(a)allthroughtheages.com <mailto:carrol@allthroughtheages.com>
carrolmick(a)yahoo.com <mailto:carrolmick@yahoo.com>
Letter dated 20 June 1983 from my grandmother Leona Wades (SIDES) FOSTER to
me (Carrol Lenora Paul).
...ill try to tell you all that i know about my granparence but i do not
know much about them just what my mother told me and that isent berry much i
know the year that my mother was borned she told me that she was borned
Janyary the 23 and the year of 1869 but her parence was dead before i was
borned. My mothers father was a Huntred and 19 years old when he past away
he was a full bood cherkee indan his name was andrew jackson lampkins and my
gran mother on my mothers side she was half cherkee indan and she was 1
huntred years old when she died he given name was Marthy Lampkin befor she
was married to my mothers dady her name was marthy chisem my fathers was 48
years old when he got killed and he got killed the year of 1919 the 22 June
in Chervalley. ark. My mother all ways told us that dady was borned 1818 of
corse i do not know my self they was 19 children in my fathers famley he had
4 sisters and the rest was boys and my dads father first name was tom and
his last name was sides he was a half cherkee indan and my fathers mothers
name was Betty Sides and she was half indan you might find out more about my
fathers people if you would rite to my cosen homer sides he lives in Bay
arkansas for his father had a famley record in his bible befor he past away
so some of his sons are his daughters has got it but i do not know wich has
it your ant Lillie Bell Bright might know if you would rite to her her name
is Lillie Bell Birght Rout 1 box 506 East Prairie MO...