Re: Lemuel&Mary Bell Ezell, Tn.Ark, Ok
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Re: Lemuel&Mary Bell Ezell, Tn.Ark, Ok
Regina Sass 10/25/99
Kaye,
I have recently discovered that all the limited info I had on my ancestor, Nancy Ewell was probably all wrong. Due to poor penmanship and old docs., the name was more than likely Nancy Ezell. My Nancy married a man named Jefferson Rutledge. His name was probably Jefferson DAVIS Rutledge as his sympathies lay with the south. A theory here. If his father-in-law was a Union man and he married the man's daughter, maybe she might have changed her name so as not to shame him (dad). A simple change like Ezell to Ewell. This would explain why there was no record of her. If you have any info on Nancy, please let me know.
thanks, Ali