March 16

 Happy Birthday in Heaven, Uncle Morris!

Wathada and Morris

March 10-15

Been out in left field for a few days, and don't quite have my head back in the game yet. So this quick synopsis is the best I can do for today.

Alexander Oscar Burford, Jr. was born 11 March 1857

Elvin R. Hicks, Jr. married Janis Couch 11 March 1960

Elvin R. Hicks, Sr. married Mildred Bonnell McKay 11 March 1940

William Rodney Treat was born 11 March 1922

Elizabeth Audrey Treat was born 12 March 1896

Elmer Carter married Lorene Smith 12 March 1938

Sherman T. Walters was born 12 March 1899

Barbara O'Connor Hombs was born 13 March 1943

Edith Abbie Stuller Ford was born 13 March 1890

Malisa Evaline Burns Hicks was born 13 March 1845

Mary Elizabeth Carter Dunn was born 14 March 1860

Seth Gard was born 14 March 1775

Charlotte 'Tot' Hicks Williams was born 15 March 1879

Edward Gus Heinze was born 15 March 1923

Johnnie Alvista Sharp Arnold was born 15 March 1923

Mildred Louise Burford was born 15 March 1923 

March 9

 Etta Marie Carter was born 09 March 1918 in Banner, Cleburne County, Arkansas

Etta was the daughter of George Thomas Carter. George was a brother of my great-great-grandmother Adaline Carter Arnold.

PHOTO: George Thomas Carter with his wife Laura and children Lena, Frank, and baby Etta

PHOTO: Etta and Lena Carter

This picture was taken in 1983 at the annual Carter/Arnold family reunion

Etta married Daniel Derryberry in 1935. He died in 1993. I don't have a picture of him. I have pictures of one (or two?) of their sons. I don't know which one. They had 10 children, four of whom were boys - Stanley, Danny, James and Joseph. I don't know which one is in these pictures. The pictures were taken at the reunion in 1983 and 1984.

1983

 1984

Etta Carter Derryberry died in 2006.

On This Day in Family History

 

Okay, the paperback version is available. Once again, I suggest you get the Kindle version instead. There were technical difficulties that required me to limit the blog posts to one photograph per post for the paperback, instead of the collages I used in the Kindle version of the book. Of course, you can download pictures directly from the blog if you want to. I'm always surprised at how well the photos turn out in black and white for the paperback books. 

Well, anyway, for better or worse, here it is. This book is the compilation of all the Woodsfull blog posts from 2023.  

I don't plan any more family photo books right now. My current project is a series of books about hymns, from the Heartbells blog. (Well, I'm also planning a book in honor of my mother. But that's a secret, so don't tell anyone.)

March 7

Sarah Caroline Carter was born 07 March 1871 

Sarah was the daughter of Ned Jonas Carter and Jane Evans Carter

PHOTO: Ned Jonas Carter, Jane Evans Carter

Sarah married Albert Newton Betts and they had three children - Elgon Etho, Lora Modena Jane, and Minnie Magelina Frances

Sarah was a sister of my great-great-grandmother Adaline Carter Arnold

I have pictures of most of their other siblings - 

George, Matilda...

John, Margaret...

Mary Elizabeth, Adaline, Ellen, Paralee

Joe and Lizza Evans (Jane's children from a previous marriage)

I don't have pictures of the two other siblings - Beckie and Wes.

Wes, Mary Elizabeth, and Margaret were the children of Ned and his first wife Melinda Clingan.

So... the Carter household had 13 children altogether.

There are stories I've collected from various family members about several of these Carter relatives. They are included in my book The Woods is Full of 'Em.

March 6

 Terry Allen Treat was born 06 March 1956

PHOTO L-R: Terry, Jackie Jo, Jeff Treat

Terry is the son of Jack and Joanie Treat

PHOTO L-R: Terry, Joanie holding Jackie Jo, Jeff, Jack

Jack Treat was my dad's cousin, the son of John and Mabel Treat

PHOTO L-R: John and Mabel Treat, Jack and Joanie Treat, Christie and Bill Thomas

Bill and Christie were my grandparents.

John Treat was Christie's brother.

Looking at pictures for this post I ran across a photo that I don't remember ever seeing before! Of course, I must have seen it -- because I scanned it -- but somehow I let it slip through the cracks of my memory. Here it is --

PHOTO L-R: Mabel and John Treat, Christie (my grandmother), Massie Treat (John and Christie's mother)