Hello, I just joined your mailing list, although I have done research on the
Orange County site for a good while. My grandmother's line includes the
names above. Her grandmother was a Radcliff, Nancy J Radcliff. I have not
yet found her parents. My grandmother's grandfather was Marquis DeLafayette
Maxedon. He died soon after my great grandmother was born, Mary Maxedon,
and her mother, after a couple of years married William Noblitt, Mary was
raised in the Noblitt home, with step and half sisters and brothers.
Mary married Jacob Oscar Thomas, who went by Oscar, and worked for the
railroad. My grandmother, Retta Thomas, was born in Indiana, May 7, 1887.
Her two younger sisters were born in Kansas. In 1900 they were in Otero
County Colorado, and Mary's half brother, David Noblitt was also there.
By joining the list, I am hoping to connect with others who are researching
these families.
The Dillard and Rife sur names were previous marriages of Oscar Thomas. I
have very little information on these marriages, but am interested in
learning more.
Please contact me if you have any information on these families, or are
looking for information I might have.
Karon Mazie