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From: "Bernie Moore-Knowles" <>
Subject: Re: [ARIZARD-L] Benbrook, Wright and Henderson - Kathryn, Peggy and Jean
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 15:19:07 -0700
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Jean

That Henderson for a middle name is interesting........

Rev. Charles Henderson Mayfield? Who was his Knight wife?

Bernie Moore-Knowles
Phoenix, Arizona

"I have Indian blood in me. I have just enough White blood for you to
question my honesty." ........Will Rogers
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jean Mayfield Cuevas" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 4:13 PM
Subject: Re: [ARIZARD-L] Benbrook, Wright and Henderson - Kathryn, Peggy and
Jean


> Bernie,
>
> Elizabeth A. WRIGHT did make it to Izard County, AR, along with her
> husband, William "Billy" Mayfield. She was born 1810, VA, and I have yet
> to find who her parents were. She was in Washington County, TN in 1830,
> when she married Billy. Elizabeth is buried in the Mayfield Cemetery,
> Izard County, AR, having died June 4, 1882.
>
> I don't know whether the mistake on David's name is in favor of WRIGHT of
> KNIGHT, but I do find it interesting that Billy and Elizabeth's oldest son
> Charles had a middle name of HENDERSON, and that he married a KNIGHT, b.
> 1837, Greene County, TN, and in 1860 her mother is listed on the census:
>
> 1860 Census:
>
> Union Twp, Izard County, AR:
>
> 593/593:
>
> Matilda Knight 45 f TN
> Rebecca 21 f TN
> Joseph 19 m TN
> Sarah 14 f TN
> Mary 12 f TN
> Martha 9 f TN
> James 4 m TN
>
> So many questions still to answer! :)
>
> Jean
>
>
>
> At 12:52 PM 10/29/01 -0700, you wrote:
> >Kathryn
> >That is all real interesting. I looked in what I had for an early Wright
in
> >Izard Co. and only thing that I came up with was an Elizabeth Wright
(b1810)
> >that was married to a William "Billy" Mayfield and this is Jean's line.
Not
> >even sure that this Elizabeth Wright was ever in Arkansas........maybe
one
> >of David Wright's daughters? Assuming that he even had any? Assuming
that
> >he was a Wright and not a Knight?
> >
> >Pretty far fetched, but the way things seem to go in circles on this
List,
> >it wouldn't surprise me in the least.
> >
> >If David was a Knight.......Peggy might have some ideas for us. Peggy?
A
> >David Knight in your line?
> >
> >Another thought that I am sure you have evaluated in the past, but are we
> >sure that Henry's marriage to Catherine Langston resulted in only two
sons?
> >Could Catherine Henderson (b1830)be a Catherine Benbrook that married a
> >Henderson and then found in her father's home in 1850?
> >
> >Just a thought.
>
>
>
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