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Descendants of John Conway - June 24, 2003

43. WILLIAM⁴ GROUND (RHODA CONWAY³ LONG, MARY² CONWAY, JOHN¹) was born 29 Jul 1819 in Warren Co, KY, and died 15 Oct 1891 in Warren Co, KY. He married NANCY AMANDA WHEATLEY 07 Nov 1850 in Warren Co, KY ¹⁷, daughter of ROBERT WHEATLEY and CASSEY DUFF. She was born 11 May 1825 in Kentucky, and died 21 Jun 1907 in Warren Co, KY.

Notes for WILLIAM GROUND:
A new headstone honoring William and Nancy Amanda Wheatley Ground was placed by the Ground-Grounds Family Association on Sunday, September 1, 1991. A group of about 20 Ground descendants gathered for the ceremony at the family cemetery at Three Forks, Warren County.

Notes for NANCY AMANDA WHEATLEY:
Extract from letter received from A. J. & Mary Wheatley in Kentucky to Isaac S. Goodnight in Texas:

5 Oct 1855
"Nancy Ground has been sick, but is...better. Nancy and William Ground has buried two more children. They was buried last Sunday a week ago."

(Extracts of letters copied by Ben F. Goodnight and sent to Mamie Ground Hays in 1939 reprinted in Ground-Grounds Family Association Newsletter January 1992, Volume VIII, No. 3, p. 5.)

Children of WILLIAM GROUND and NANCY WHEATLEY are:

	i.	INFANT⁵ GROUND, b. Bef. 1855, Warren Co, KY; d. Unknown, Warren Co, KY.
	ii.	TWIN GROUND, b. 15 Sep 1855, Warren Co, KY; d. 15 Sep 1855, Warren Co, KY.
	iii.	TWIN GROUND, b. 15 Sep 1855, Warren Co, KY; d. 15 Sep 1855, Warren Co, KY.
136.	iv.	LUTHER GROUND, b. 01 Sep 1857, Warren Co, KY; d. 25 Aug 1901, Warren Co, KY.
137.	v.	ROBERT GROUND, b. 30 Jul 1859, Warren Co, KY; d. 03 Jun 1922, Warren Co, KY.

44. HARRISON⁴ GROUND (RHODA CONWAY³ LONG, MARY² CONWAY, JOHN¹) was born 25 Jul 1825 in Warren Co, KY, and died 1874 in near Lee's Summit, Jackson Co, MO. He married MARY A. WILSON Unknown, daughter of GILES WILSON. She was born 1835 in had relatives in Missouri, and died 1926 in Missouri.

Notes for HARRISON GROUND:
In his will, Robert Ground left his farm to his youngest son, Harrison. He was to care for his mother and sisters as long as they lived. He wanted to go to Texas, so he gave the farm and responsibilities to his brother William. He went first to Warren County, Illinois, where his name is recorded on an undated tax record in Coldbrook Township, where he had other relatives.

In 1920, Mamie Ground Hays corresponded with her cousins, Ben and Tom Goodnight, of Roscoe, Texas, and they stated that they recalled Harrison had married the daughter of a Giles Wilson before the war between the states. Ben and Tom also recalled that Harrison and his wife had one child who died before they left Texas.

The following land records were found by Beth Ellison of Pasadena, Texas.

27 Feb 1862 - Ellis County, TX
Robert Grounds of Dallas County, Texas, to Harrison Ground of Ellis County, Texas. 80 acres for the consideration of $40 in hand paid. Acreage on the waters of Mountain Creek in Ellis County, Texas. (Robert Ground bought this land, 160 acres total, in 1859 from J. B. & B. R. Tyrus of Limestone County)

20 Mar 1867 - Ellis County, TX, Book F
Robert Ground of Dallas County, Texas, to Harrison Ground of Ellis County, Texas. 80 acres for the consideration of $160 in hand paid. Acreage on the waters of Mountain Creek in Ellis County, Texas. (The other 80 acres of the land Robert Ground bought in 1859 from J. B. & B. R. Tyrus of Limestone County)

27 Dec 1869 - Ellis County, TX, Book I
Power of Attorney. Harrison Ground and Mary Ann his wife, of Jackson County, Missouri, do appoint Robert Ground as true and lawful attorney for us to sell lands and tenements of which we were posessed in Ellis County, Texas. Signed 27 Dec 1869.

23 Jul 1870 - Ellis County, TX, Book I

Robert Ground and wife to Lewis Pyles on behalf of Harrison Ground and Mary Ann his wife of Jackson County, Missouri, sell for $1450 paid in hand, land in Ellis County on the waters of Mountain Creek.

The deeds as I recorded them (** means I have copies of the deeds):

** Book E, P. 616, 27 Feb 1862
Robert Ground to Harrison Ground. Inst. & filed 27 Feb 1862, 80 acres from the Phillip B. George Survey. By deed to Harrison Ground

** Book F, p. 707-708 17 Feb 1867
Robert Ground to Harrison Ground. Inst. 19 Feb 1867, filed 18 Mar 1867. 80 acres from the Phillip B. George Survey. By deed to Harrison Ground.

** Book H, p. 3A-4A, 27 Dec 1869
Robert Ground power of attorney given to Harrison Ground and Mary Ann Ground his wife. Delivered to Robert Grounds 20 Jul 1870.

** Book I, p. 259-260, 23 Jul 1870
Robert Ground & Wife (by attorney in fact, Harrison Ground and Mary Ann, his wife) to Lewis Pyles. Sells for $1450 a parcel of land in Ellis County on the Waters of Mountain Creek, designated by headright certificate #857 issued by the Commissioner of General Land Office 18 Apr 1848.

Extract from letter received from "Grandfather Goodnight" (Isaac Goodnight in Kentucky) to Isaac S. Goodnight in Texas includes a message for Harrison Ground:

3 May 1858: "I have heard that you have got quite young again so you can pass for one of your brother's sons. That certainly you must look out and take a wife or do as Henry Goodnight wants to do, take a Kentucky girl. You can come back and see them and take them back to Texas, though the girls are almost out of heart looking for you. They fear you look so pretty the girls in Texas won't let you come back from there single. If you have promised them to come back and marry them, then do so. No more of that nonsense."

(Extracts of letters copied by Ben F. Goodnight and sent to Mamie Ground Hays in 1939 reprinted in Ground-Grounds Family Association Newsletter January 1992, Volume VIII, No. 3, p. 5.)

Child of HARRISON GROUND and MARY WILSON is:

CHILD⁵ GROUND, b. Bet. 1845 - 1855; d. Unknown, died in Texas.

45. THOMAS HARRISON⁴ SMITH (ELIZABETH³ CONWAY, SAMUEL², JOHN¹) was born Abt. 1810 in See Notes!!!, and died 1851 in d of cholera. He married (1) SARAH TOMLIN Abt. 1842 in see notes at Thomas Harrison Smith, daughter of CHRISTIAN TOMLIN. She was born Unknown, and died Unknown. He married (2) SARAH CLEMENTS Unknown in prob Pendleton Co, KY. She was born Unknown, and died Unknown in d of cholera.

Notes for THOMAS HARRISON SMITH:
Original notes say that Thomas married Sarah Clements 3 Oct 1825, and that she died in 1820 of cholera. Then Thomas married second 3 Nov 1825. There is a obviously a problem with these dates. Thomas and Sarah were to have had four children, the only birth date known of these children is 1835.

Thomas' parents were not married until 1808, so it seems unlikely that he would have been married, lost a wife, and remarried by the age of 15 or 16.

Secondly, the first wife's death is before the marriage by five years; and the second marriage follows the first marriage by one month.

He was to have been married by Rev. Christian Tomlin, father of his second wife, both times.

To further complicate matters, original notes show the son William married to Evaline Daugherty, daughter of Jesse and Elizabeth (Overby) Daugherty. Since later information shows that Evaline was born in 1812, this does not seem likely. Children attributed to the couple, which may someday be figured out, are: Henry, Mary, Eliza, and Joseph.

Notes for SARAH CLEMENTS:
Original notes say that Sarah Clements died in 1820 of cholera and that he married second 3 Nov 1825. There is a obviously a problem with these dates.

Children of THOMAS SMITH and SARAH TOMLIN are:

	i.	NOAH THOMAS⁵ SMITH, b. 1843; d. Unknown; m. (1) CARRIE BARKER, Unknown, Noah's 1st marriage; b. Unknown; d. Unknown; m. (2) ELIZABETH BATES, Unknown; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
	ii.	SARAH SMITH, b. Unknown; d. Unknown; m. .. MCMILLIAN, Unknown; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
138.	iii.	LARKIN SMITH, b. Unknown; d. Unknown.

Children of THOMAS SMITH and SARAH CLEMENTS are:

	iv.		MARY M.⁵ SMITH, b. Unknown; d. Unknown; m. JERRY P. LANCASTER, Unknown; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
	v.		WILLIAM PERRY SMITH, b. 1835; d. Unknown.
	vi.		FRANCIS SMITH, b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
	vii.		ALECY JACE SMITH, b. Unknown; d. Unknown; m. HIRAM HAWKINS, Unknown; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.

46. EVALINE⁴ SMITH (ELIZABETH³ CONWAY, SAMUEL², JOHN¹) was born Abt. 1811, and died 12 Sep 1844 in Pendleton Co, KY. She married THOMAS LOOMIS 25 Feb 1830 in Pendleton Co, KY, son of REUBEN LOOMIS and ELIZABETH SMITH. He was born 21 Oct 1805 in a minister, and died 09 Feb 1881.

Children of EVALINE SMITH and THOMAS LOOMIS are:

	i.		MARTIN⁵ LOOMIS, b. 1831; d. 1850.
	ii.		ELIZABETH LOOMIS, b. 1833; d. 1885, Kansas City, MO; m. RENNY VEST, Unknown; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
	iii.		MATILDA LOOMIS, b. 1834; d. 1867; m. TILLFORD METCALF, Unknown; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
	iv.		JOHN WILLIAM LOOMIS, b. 1835; d. 1903; m. HARRIETT KELLY WILLETT, Unknown; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
	v.		SAMUEL C. LOOMIS, b. 1837; d. 1838.
	vi.		DUDLEY T. LOOMIS, b. 1839; d. 1841.
	vii.		HENRY L. LOOMIS, b. 1840; d. 1842.
	viii.		OSBORN T. LOOMIS, b. 1843; d. Unknown.

47. LARKIN⁴ SMITH (ELIZABETH³ CONWAY, SAMUEL², JOHN¹) was born Bet. 1820 - 1823, and died Unknown. He married NANCY WOLFE Unknown, daughter of GEORGE WOLFE and MANDY DUNN. She was born 1822, and died 1906 in bd Bethel Cemetery, US 17, Pendleton Co, KY.

Children of LARKIN SMITH and NANCY WOLFE are:

	i.		NANCY JANE⁵ SMITH, b. 1851; d. Unknown, res Iowa; m. JAMES MCGRAW, Unknown; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
	ii.		RACHEL A. SMITH, b. 1857; d. Unknown; m. NEWT TRAYLOR, Unknown; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
	iii.		MARY L. SMITH, b. 1859; d. Unknown; m. GEORGE TRAYLOR, Unknown; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
	iv.		ANGELINE SMITH, b. 1861; d. Unknown, unmarried.
	v.		FRANCIS H. SMITH, b. 1863, "Frank"; d. Unknown; m. MARY WOLFE, Unknown; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
	vi.		ELMER E. SMITH, b. 1865; d. Unknown; m. ANNA FRAKES, Unknown; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
	vii.		WILLIAM HENRY SMITH, b. 1866; d. Abt. 1924, age 58, in Illinois; m. ELIZABETH PEARL LOOMIS, Unknown; b. 1875; d. Unknown.
	viii.		JAMES WADSWORTH SMITH, b. 1870; d. Unknown; m. (1) JENNIE SORRELL, Unknown, JWS 1st marriage; b. Unknown; d. Unknown; m. (2) FLAVY SHARON, Unknown, JWS 2nd marriage; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.

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