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January 2002 - June 2002

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SURNAMES BACHMAN, BANTA, CLICK, EARNEST, FOSTER, HENDRICKS, HICKS,  JACKSON, JONES, JOPLIN, LAMBING, SANDIFER, SHEARMAN, STEWART, STUART, WILLIAMSON, WINTERHELD
JONES Submitter: Renea Isaacs (isaacs@whitemtns.com)

Date: 27 Jan 2002

 I have in my family records a letter from J.C.C. I am trying to find out who this is. On the return address, it says:

the old man, Lower Penaso [Peñasco], Chavez County, New Mexico, and is postmarked June 5, 1900.

This letter was written to my great-grandfather, James Elias Jones in Emery, Arizona. In the letter, he affectionately calls my granddad "Warbug." He asks him if he "ever aims to come back to Weed." 

I believe J.C.C. was a single, old man because of other things he writes in the letter. He also indicates he is getting old and sick. He also tells him "I saw a cow and a yearling the other day and it made me think of you."

Any clues as to who J.C.C., the old man is would be sincerely appreciated. 

BANTA Submitter: Norma Karter (nckarter@comcast.net)

Date: 20 Feb 2002

Looking for George W. BANTA, who was living in Roswell in 1910. He was born in 1858. His wife was Mary Ann OGLE BANTA, and their daughters were Ala and Pearl.
BACHMAN Submitter: Pat Smith (pms9848@hotmail.com)

Date: 21 Feb 2002

Seeking information on James F. BACHMAN, born ca. 1879 near Beaver Springs, Snyder County, PA. Left wife Nettie PETERS BACHMAN and four young children, and came to Roswell, Chaves County, NM, arriving September 17, 1911. Worked for Jacob Gross at Gross Miller Grocery Company. Married second wife, Myrtle McCABE, in New Mexico in 1913. May have died about 1954.

Any information welcome.

JOPLIN Submitter: G. Corn (corn@1starnet.com)

Date: 3 Feb 2002

I have been trying to get some information on Kathaleen JOPLIN. Probably born about 1909-1915, went to Roswell High School. Had at least one son. She knew the Corns.

Thank you.

SANDIFER Submitter: Ed Sanders (sanders32@email.msn.com)

Date: 15 Mar 2002

I am looking for information on a flu epidemic that was supposed to have happened around 1918 in Chaves County. The information I have is that a great aunt died during the epidemic. Her name is Mary SANDERS STANDIFER or STANDFER. She was born 25 Decembber 1891, and her husband was Burt or Bert STANDIFER or STANDFER. Please e-mail me with any information you have. Thank you.
WINTERHELD Submitter: Lynn Just (lcbjust@cs.com)

Date: 26 Mar 2002

I am looking for information about the WINTERHELD family in Roswell, Chaves Co., New Mexico. I have found a listing on the Social Security Death Index which indicates that Eva WINTERHELD's last residence was Roswell, NM 88201. She was born 15 April 1898 and died in April 1968. I was told that there were other WINTERHELDs in New Mexico, but I am not sure of the specific location. I would guess they were also in Roswell. There may have been a son, or another WINTERHELD named Robert A. WINTERHELD who eventually ended up in Montana. Thank you for any help or information you may be able to give.
HENDRICKS Submitter: Linda Hendricks (genowoman@hotmail.com)

Date: 25 Mar 2002

My husband's great grandfather was George Washington HENDRICKS, one of the owners of the Flying H Ranch in the 1930s to 1940s. He and his brother, A.C., were killed in a plane crash in 1947 in rural Chaves County.

My question is, how did the HENDRICKS family acquire the Flying H? Is it the same Flying H that was involved in the big range wars?

If you can help me, or direct me to the proper sources, I would appreciate it.

LAMBING Submitter: Charlene M. Lambing-Cohoon (CCOHOON@amfam.com)

Date: 3 Apr 2002

I am trying to gather any and all information on my father, Charles O. Lambing. I believe he married a woman named Betty, and they lived in or around Roswell at the time of their deaths. Charles is believed to have died about January 1974. His birth date is February 26, 1934. Betty died about March 1985. Her birth date is October 30, 1936. They probably married after 1954.
STEWART Submitter: Sue Weber (milweb@sbtek.net)

Date: 6 Apr 2002

Would like to find the descendants of the Tobe STEWART family  who came to Roswell in 1896. Tobe later became the Chief of Police of Roswell. He was born in 1862 in Texas, and died August 3, 1940 in Roswell. He is buried at South Park Cemetery. Tobe's wife's name may have been Ella.

I believe that Tobe was the sone of John C. and Elizabeth MUSIC STEWART. Tobe's brothers were Thomas, Ewel, and John "Troy" STEWART, my great grandfather. He also had a sister, Minnie (Mary).

Tobe STEWART had two children survive him: Deam (Dean) STEWART, born in 1909 in Roswell, died in 1991 in Roswell. He was a Captain in the Roswell Police Department in 1940. He also had a daughter, Nola STEWART  EPPERS, born in 1908 in Roswell. 

I have a lot of MUSIC and STEWART  information to share.

STUART

 

 Submitter: Ruth Stuart Eklund (REklund826@aol.com)

Date: 6 Apr 2002

My family lived in Dexter N.M. from 1929 through 1935.  One of my sisters died in Dexter January 17, 1932.  Her name was Alta Irene STUART. She was seven years old when she died of diphtheria.  I do not know where she is buried and would very much like to find her grave.  Both my parents have died and so have my older siblings.     Can you help?  Sincerely searching.
WILLIAMSON Submitter: Teri  (fivebigEfans@aol.com) or (tlcrusewood@aol.com)

Date: 29 Apr 2002

I am looking for Hugh F. WILLIAMSON. Date of birth: July 29, 1870, believed to have been born in Texas. He married Lela WHITE on July 8, 1908 in Chaves County, New Mexico. Lela died in 1928 in Eddy County. I would like to find Hugh's date of death and any other information you might have. 

They had seven children--five girls and two boys: Allie Lee, Opal, Flora May, Pauline Inez, Hugh Samuel, Harvey Eugene, and Ethel Maria. Opal married Lee STRICKLAND January 16, 1929 in Portales, Curry County, New Mexico. Allie Lee married C. H. HEWITT April 27, 1919 in Eddy County, New Mexico.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

CLICK Submitter: Sandra Eckstein (sanecks@flash.net)

Date: 3 May 2002

I am searching for information on the descendants of Malachi and Martha CLICK (b. 1847), who moved to New Mexico in the late 1890s. Malachi was killed in a wagon accident before 1900, but Martha and 3 children are listed in the 1900 Chaves County Census. The children listed in the census were Clara (16), Myrtle (13), and Grover (10). I would also like to know where Martha and Malachi were buried.

Martha had two children by her first husband, Jeremiah Washington WALKER.

Malachi and Martha had the following children: George Andrew (1870-1876),  Susan Rebecca (b. 1872), Minnie Ann (1874-1913), Aaron J. (1876-1907), Norman (1881-1958), Clark (1884-1917), Myrtle (1886-1917), and Grover (b. 1888). 

JACKSON Submitter: Gayle Glosser (gglosser@aol.com)

Date: 1 May 2002

I am trying to validate information that I was told about an ancestor, Dabney JACKSON, who was supposedly born in Roswell, New Mexico in May 1896. His mother's name was said to be Mary Ella FITZGERALD JACKSON, and his father was also named Dabney JACKSON.

They were reported to have owned a section of land. Dabney JACKSON disappeared in 1922, leaving a wife and newborn son in Texas. His mother sold the land over time, according to these reports, and spent the money on detectives trying to find her only child.

Thank you for any information you may be able to share with me.

EARNEST Submitter: Jane Earnest Jerred (janejerred@aol.com)

Date: 7 June  2002
I am research my family tree and have not made much headway into the whereabouts of an uncle. His name is Curtis EARNEST, son of Luther and Lou EARNEST, brother of John EARNEST, who is my father. 

He moved to Roswell with the family in approximately 1917. When he was an adult, he was convicted of a crime and sent to prison. My understanding was that he killed someone in Roswell. He would have been around 22 years old, and the date would have been about 1930 to 1935. 

I assume there may have been something in the newspaper about it. I'd like to know if there is a researcher who would look this up for me. Anything you can do to help would be greatly appreciated.

EARNEST Submitter: Valaree Clifton Olivas (pa-pa@gbis.com)

Date: 13 June  2002
Looking for information on the wife of Luther Franklin FOSTER, born April 27, 1881, Coryell Co, TX to William Cornealous and Frances TUCKER FOSTER. 

Luther is listed as a resident of Roswell, NM in July 1927 when he was incarcerated in the New Mexico State Penitentiary at age 40. He was charged with accessory before the fact to murder in the first degree. The murder may have occurred as early as April 1924. 

His prison record states that he was married, but separated from his wife. His death certificate states that he was divorced. However, family members claim that he was never married.

SHEARMAN Submitter: Barbara Crane Shearman (shearbc@worldnet.att.net)

Date: 23 June  2002

I am researching the family of SHEARMAN that came to Roswell in the early 1900s. Charles P. SHEARMAN, wife, Lula Mae STEWART, Children: Neil T., Eva Marie, Samuel Blair, William Stewart, Cassie Joe, George Allen, John Kinsinger, Grace and Emma Jean. 

Grace may have died there. The rest of the family moved on to El Paso, TX. Any information on this family would be greatly appreciated.

HICKS Submitter: Bob Hicks (spider@ipa.net)

Date: 23 June  2002

I am looking for cousins who might have family information--specifically, the parents' names of our common ancestor, Ezra John HICKS. My Grand Uncle, James Clarke HICKS, settled in or around Roswell in the 1890s.
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