Martha A.E. McElroy Hilliard was my third great-grandmother. Her parents were James McElroy and Rebecca Stokes. She married William Daniel "Dan" Hilliard. She lived her whole life in Stewart County, Tennessee. My grandfather took an Ancestry DNA test and matches high to McElroy descendants -- the McElroy blood must be strong! I wanted to learn …
I get easily attached to ancestors I research. I want to know more than just their names, dates, and places. I want to know their story; I want to know THEM! My great-great-grandmother, Martha "Lena" Fulghum Tidwell, was someone I longed to know more about. Although I will never have her full story, I did …
My great-aunt, Frances Harper Merritt, died over sixteen years ago, but I only recently acquired some of her belongings from my uncle's widow. Frances, my grandfather Fred's twin sister, never had any children of her own to pass things down to. My Uncle Johnny inherited her things after she passed away in the care of …
John Wesley Dial was my great-great-grandfather. He was born on March 19, 1875 in Green Hill, Lauderdale County, Alabama to Rebecca and William T. Dial. He married Martha Ada Boyd when he was 24 on September 12, 1899 in Wayne County, Tennessee. The problem is that A LOT of family trees on Ancestry and beyond …
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I have some family photos that I can't identify that belonged to my grandmother's mother, Waymon Dial Pigg. Waymon lived in Wayne County, Tennessee in Iron City. Her mom was Martha Ada Boyd (child of Jane Hayes and Levi Boyd) and her father was John Wesley Dial (child of Rebecca and William Dial). John's family …
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