From: Mac Hayes 
To: James W Green III 
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 05:36:47 -0800
Subject: Re: Cline reunion & Killian lineages

James W Green III wrote:
> 
> Does anyone want their entry added to or corrected
> in the lineages file? ...


Hi James;
Guess I'd better give you these minor corrections:
1. my phone number - 661-256-0122
2. birthplace of Henry Jonathan KILLIAN - Lick Skillet, MO
3. parenthetic note for Wm. Riley KILLIAN - "Moved 1852 to Wright Co.MO"

[Wright Co later became Webster Co.; maybe not pertinent to this entry]

All the above changes are included in the cut-&-paste below (from your
current entry).  I added carriage returns to some lines of the entry
below to avoid confusing word-wraps - they might confuse YOUR file if
you use cut-&-paste from below to correct your web page.



#mhayes================================================================
18. Merwin M. "Mac" Hayes      (subed between 30 Mar 1997 & 2 Apr 1997)
5419 64th ST W
Rosamond,CA 93560-6460
phone:661-256-0122
[email protected]
Merwin M. HAYES b.1935
Bessie Katheryn KILLIAN b.29 Feb 1908 Seymour,MO
  m.1931 Albert HAYES b.1909 d.1990
Henry Jonathan KILLIAN b.17 May 1852 Lick Skillet,MO d.6 Apr 1923
 Seymour,MO bur.Goss Cem,Seymour,MO
 m.__ 1900 Seymour,MO Lydia Catherine SILVEY b.1868 d.1946
William Riley KILLIAN b.3 May 1814 VA or PA
 Returning to Seymour,MO from visiting kin in Oconaluftee,Swain Co.,NC,
 d.13 Oct 1860 Irving College,TN bur. there  
  m.abt 1833 Margaret HUGHES b. 11 Sep 1814 NC d.3 Dec 1894 Seymour,MO
(Wm.Riley KILLIAN was originally Lutheran, came from PA near
 Philadelphia, met his wife in NC. Moved 1852 to Wright Co.MO)
William Franklin KILLIAN b.__ d.__ 
  m.__ Ann EVANS b.__ d.__
(per 970510.mmh 970827.mmh 990124.mmh 990628.mmh 000304.mmh 000305.mmh)


Discussion:  William Riley KILLIAN might well have been born in NC.  The
more I think about the family story of him being born in PA or VA &
being Lutheran, the more I think it may well refer to his ancestors
instead of him.  There is no written record of his birth date; my mother
Bessie K. KILLIAN says she got it from a written history of the family
that has been lost.  That paper she thinks was written by her eldest
brother (b.1901) who got the info from WRK's first-born son, Silas
Lafayette KILLIAN b.1834 NC, d.MO.  Also FWIW, the mention of
Oconaluftee, Swain Co, - instead of Swain, it might have been Jackson or
Haywood County in 1860. Those boundaries changed often during that
period.

And finally, I have an original letter from WRK, written in July 1860
from "Oconolufty," Jackson Co, in which he mentions his mother, still
living but "frail."  I still hold the barest of hope of eventually
finding her burial place in the Cherokee/Ravensford area.  Copy of the
letter, text or .jpg file, is available if you or any other Killian
wants one.

Mac