Gaines Family Home Page

Names: Gaines, Cole, McMullen, McMillen, Willis States: Tennessee, Arkansas, Kentucky, Kansas.Some of the family members we are searching for:GAINES:Francis M. & Susan Elizabeth (Martin), children: Adelbert M., Francis M. (Jr. ?), James M (W ?), & Robert E.; Adelbert M. & Elizabeth, children: Walter Michael, Iran, Ora V., Cecil G., Albertina M., Leslie K., and Murviel M.; Walter Michael & (1st marriage) Fannie Elizabeth (Cole), children: Gladden William, & a son died at birth, (2nd marriage) Nora E. (Elcan), children: Sue Elcan, Irma (Ermma) Hunt, and Jessie. Other family names involved are McMullen, McMillen, Willis. Does anyone know about an island called "island 35"? This island is in the Mississippi river, between Tipon county in Tennessee and Mississippi county in Arkansas. I heard that people lived on this island, but when it flooded they would go either to Tipton county or Mississippi untile the waters would go down.