Hello,
I tried to send this message to a poster named George Calloway who posted here in 2004, but the email bounced back. I was hoping he or someone who knows him might be able to help.
This is the e-mail I sent:
I am researching the children of Garrett SON b. 1799 in TN.=A0 Different re=
cords give conflicting information on a few of his children.=A0 I came acro=
ss a post of yours on the SON message board from August 2004:
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"For those that may be interested, there will be a small segment on one(of =
three)programs of the Antique Roadshow taped in Memphis, TN on July 31, 200=
4. They will be aired in January 2005. There will be a display of the lette=
rs written by Reuben Son on his way and upon his arrival in California.
REUBEN SON'S LINE OF DESCENT:
Michael Son, Sr. b Abt.1750 Augusta Co., VA m.Eliz. ?
Abraham Son b abt 1777 m. Catey Ferrel Jan. 13, 1789 Madison Co., KY, D. be=
f. 1872
John F. Son b. abt.1793 KY, m. 1818 (1) Mary? (2) JANE READ, Caldwell Co.,K=
Y, d. aft. 1860 Jane Read was b. abt 1800 KY dau. of Reuben Read and Mary P=
olly Alford
Reuben Son, b. Nov. 2, 1826 ?, d. Dec. 27, 1857, Shasta Co., CA
(Reuben had three sisters, Louisa Son b. Sept. 10, 1821 Caldwell Co.,KY d. =
April 11, 1874 Pontotoc Co., MS who m. Cicero Marion Callaway (my great gra=
ndfather), Mary Jane (Polly) Son b. abt. 1822 KY who m. Thomas Carver, Nanc=
y Son ?. and one brother John C. Son b. 1824
Gene Callaway"
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Do you happen to have a copy of these Gold Rush Letters, or know where I ca=
n find them?
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Several family trees on ancestry.com list Ruben's info as born in St. Louis=
in Nov 1832 to Garrett SON and Emily FARRIS.
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I appreciate your help very much.