Prisciilla,
Thanks, I’ll get the things,
I’ve been holding, out on the web soon. What you have added here in this email
is also helpful. I believe that those who find your work should see the effort
that has gone into it along with the reasoning. Obviously, they will never
comprehend all of the effort, but seeing how you have dealt with disconnected
and often conflicting information builds confidence in the conclusions.
Now, when you see things on
the web site that are not correct in the one name research, it’s because I’m
making no effort to correct it. It is just a place where people corresponding
with me can ask for information which I provide from the resources I have
available. I assume that they have reviewed what is already on the site
(probably a bad assumption), and provide the information I have available
without doing extensive research. The number of information requests I get,
keeps me from digging very deep. It’s the information from people like you and
Wally that provides the corrections that need to be made. So everyone gets
posted to the web when they make information requests. My responses may be wrong
because my resource materials are wrong or
incomplete.
Just a note about Alex. As he
neared the end of his Mission, it became clear to us that it would be too
difficult for us to make the trip out to pick him up. My wife’s illness added
too much uncertainty to the planning. Had we come, we would have looked you up
and visited for awhile. It was too far to come and not do so. So, we didn’t
visit because we didn’t come. It was pretty much a last minute decision as we
understood the effort and difficulty of making it a pleasant trip and keeping
Laurie well at the same time.
Sincerely,
Ken
Huffman
-----Original
Message-----
From: Priscilla
Alexander [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2004 10:40
PM
To: Ken and Laurie
Huffman
Subject: Re: Alexander
2
Dear
Ken:
I went
back over the e-mails regarding my move and the info I sent
you. Just before I left Carmel Valley a family had contacted me
with a theory of their own regarding Elihu and Allen's family. So far
the research Wally and I have done has been backed up with info from books
and census. Thus far, they haven't produced any concrete evidence of their
connection except for a book about many Alexanders immigrating from Ireland
and Scotland to the Carolinas and GA. They feel that Captain William
Alexander was the person they were related to, but after seeing the book, Wally
did a study of the info and it doesn't connect with the TN Warren County info;
however, it doesn't mean they are not right. I thought I would try
researching John Batson in GA since he came from GA, and see if I can find a
connection. I feel pretty confident that our Allen came from Warren
County, TN, but I have no proof, and I wouldn't want to prejudice the
search by posting the census. Wally and I wrote what we found in TN
into the History draft because he went to some length in veryifying the census
and found that all data fit Allen's family in both the 1820 and 1830 Warren
County, TN census. I guess it is up to you if you want to post them.
As for the bible, the images are quite large and do not show the info
well. As for the Ripley photo and the Allen and Ann
Alexander cemetery headstones in Colusa County, I haven't asked Wally, but
would assume it's o.k.
I
apologize for the delay and I will always be sorry if we could have
connected while you were in CA to pick up Alex.
Sincerely,
Priscilla
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Message -----
Sent: Sunday, January 25,
2004 5:04 PM Subject: RE: Alexander
2 Priscilla, Thanks for the
correction. I will place this explanation as Alexander3. I also have several image files of
various Alexander documents that you requested I hold off placing on the Webpage
until I heard from you on final disposition. I just wanted to recall them to
your attention. Sincerely, Ken
Huffman