| I have been researching four family surnames since the late 50's and, because of a disability six years ago, have finally begun to search in earnest. Little did I know how much work is involved in Genealogy ;-) My father's surname was and mine is Bostic. My father was a very private person...so private, in fact, I never heard him mention his family at all. Consequently, it has been a pleasure to discover them from here, in Central Illinois, to Gallia County, Ohio (where the spelling was BOSTICK), to Greenbrier County, Virginia to England. My mother's maiden name was Foote. This search first interested me in the fifties when I found two volumes in the NYC Public Library on Nathaniel Foote, of Connecticut, and his decendents. The Foote search turned out to be quite extensive which included a trip to Wethersfield, Conn. where Nathaniel is honored with a statue in the street where he lived. The Foote family name, as did my surname, originated in England. My maternal grandmother's maiden name was Jones. My great-great-grandfather, Wiley Jones, was born in North Carolina. He traveled, via Michigan City, IN where he sadly left a deceased wife and child, to Cumberland County, IL where he and my great-great-grandmother, Cyntha Boles had ten children. My great-grandfather, John T. Jones of Coles county, Illinois was in the Civil War and fought at Shiloh and Vicksburg under Gen.U.S.Grant. My paternal grandmother's family name, Gordy, is still "under construction". I know her father, Benjamin Gordy, raised her in Champaign County, Illinois but I don't know how she and my grandfather, who came from Eastern Ohio, ever met, married and had four children in Douglas County, IL. |
THE BOSTIC(K), FOOTE, JONES & GORDY FAMILIES' HOME PAGE
Updated September 5, 2000 |
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ALBERT CARL BOSTIC 2500 DEWITT AVE MATTOON, IL 61938-2525 A-United States acbostic@mcloedusa.net |
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