Re: Silas Belew,Jefferson Co.MO,1824-1900
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In reply to:
Re: Silas Belew,Jefferson Co.MO,1824-1900
11/06/00
HELLO LOURI FISHER.,
I TRIED SOME TIME AGO TO GET AN E-MAIL TO YOU, BUT IT
KEPT COMING BACK.I JUST RAN ACROSS YOU NOW AND
THOUGHT I WOULD WRITE.
I RAN ACROSS SOME THINGS THAT YOU HAD PUT OUT IN RE-
GARDS TO A GEORGE W. CALAHAN BEING MARRIED TO A LADY
NAMED KATHERAN DODSON AND APPARENTLY HAVING A SON BY
HIM NAMELY JAMES THOMAS DODSON/CALAHAN. WELL I DON'T
KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT ALL THIS, BUT I DO KNOW THAT GEO.
W. CALAHAN WAS MARRIED TO A CATHERINE WILLIAMS. I SHOW
WHERE THEY WERE MARRIED ON RECORD.
THE PROBLEM IS ACCORDING TO RECORDS THIS CHILD JAMES
THOMAS DODSON OR CALAHAN WHICHEVER WAS BORN IN 1866
AND GEO AND CATHERINE HAD CHILDREN FROM 1858 TILL HER
DEATH SUPPOSELY IN 1870 WHICH ALSO SHOWS THERE WERE
TWO CHILDREN BORN AFTER THAT DATE. ONE OF THE CHILDREN
THAT GEORGE AND CATHERINE HAD WAS MY GRANDMOTHER
ELMINA WHO WAS BORN IN 1870 AND WHO I UNDERSTOOD HAD
A TWIN SISTER.
DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING MORE ABOUT THIS MESS OR THEY THE
SAME WOMAN.?I KNOW MARY JANE WHO WAS BORN IN 1872
MARRIED JOHN LARKEN BELEW JULY 15, 1896, WHICH WOULD
MAKE HIM MY GREAT UNCLE BY MARRIAGE.RIGHT.?? SINCE
MARY JANE WAS MY GRANDMOTHERS SISTER. OR WHO DID MARY
JANE BELONG TO IF CATHERINE WAS DEAD IN 1870???
WHAT I REALLY WANT TO KNOW IS WHO WAS KATHERAN DODSON
AND WAS SHE MARRIED TO GEORGE W. CALAHAN? WERE THEY
THE SAME WOMAN WHO JUST CHANGED NAMES OR SOMETHING.
PLEASE HELP ME UNDERSTAND THIS ALL.
MY GRANDMOTHER ELMINA MARRIED JAMES METTS. MOST OF
THEM ARE BURIED IN THE OLD DE SOTO, MO CEMETARY ALONG
WITH MY PARENTS AND A BABY SISTER.
PLEASE E-MAIL ME [email protected]
JUANITA KOHLERRICHWOODS, MO63071WASHINGTON CO.
I WAS BORN 9-23-1937GIVE ME YOUR PHONE # AND I WILL
CALL YOU. MAYBE WE CAN FIND OUT INF. FROM EACH OTHER.