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PLEASE READ!!! LOOKING FOR HARRIET CHISUM
Posted by: LORA THOMAS Date: January 19, 2002 at 01:48:27
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I AM TRYING SO HARD TO PIECE MY GRANDMOTHERS LIFE AND BACKGROUND TOGETHER ITS ALWAYS BEEN THIS HUGE FAMILY MISTORY TO ME AND FAMILY. I FOUND OUT MY GRANDMOTHER MOTHER WAS A "MARGARET CLOUD" AND HER MOTHER WAS A "HARRIET CHISUM" FROM TEXAS. THE WHOLE FAMILY IS ORIGIANLLY FROM TEXAS, AROUND THE DENTON AND CLARKSVILLE AREA. I DONT KNOW WHO "HARRIET CHISUMS" HUSBAND WAS. I WAS WONDERING IF IT WAS "JOHN SIMPSON CHISUM" AND HER MOTHER WASN'T "JENSIE, THE MULATTO SLAVE", BUT NOT SURE. I FOUND OUT THE OF THEIR RACE THAT MY GRANDMOTHER KEPT HIDDEN FROM US ALL OF OUR LIVES. I DO KNOW "MARGARET CLOUD MARRIED CLARENCE BENNINGFIELD", OR HE WENT BY CLARENCE BENNINGFIELD. I KNOW SOME OF "MARGARET AND CLARENCES CHILDRENS NAMES ARE IRENE(I THINK), MATTIE, HERMAN, AND MARGARET. I KNOW THERE ARE OTHERS BUT DONT KNOW THEIR NAMES. MY DAD SAID HE REMEMBERS GOING TO VISIT HIS GRANDMA MARGARET IN CALIFORNIA WHEN HE WAS REALLY LITTLE. I LOVE MY GRANMOTHER SO DEEPLY AND NO THIS SECRET WAS SO HARD FOR HER TO BARE. I WANT TO KNOW WHO I AM. I WANT TO KNOW MY RELATIVES AND FAMILY(NO MATTER WHAT COLOR). I'M TIRED OF SECRETS. PLEASE HELP ME!!!!


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