Hi family!!  This page contains all the information I have gathered so far on both my maternal and paternal families. A lot of the information comes from my personal knowledge and personal research.  Immediate family members assisted greatly in giving me information as well as my 'new found' distant cousins. IF ANYONE HAS ANY CORRECTIONS OR  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR PICTURES TO ADD, PLEASE EMAIL ME.  Also, please sign my Guestbook!  I would love to hear what you think about the site.

MATERNAL FAMILY includes Watts, Cargile, Hopper, Gillespie, Hensley, Mansell, Avery, Avera,
Mohler, Goodman,etc.  

PATERNAL FAMILY includes Mangum, Ferrell, Moore, Cunningham, Stephen, Greaves, Davis, Duval,
etc. One of the wonderful discoveries I made while researching this family is that 
years ago I moved to Talmo, GA and being a Mangum I was living off of A.L. Mangum Rd.,Mangum Rd. and
Mangum Mill Rd.  The cemetery of the church down the road was full of Mangum's.  Upon research I
found out that the Mangum's in this area (Hall and Jackson County, GA) were descendents of Howell
Mangum who was the brother of my 4th great grandfather Joseph Mangum of Warren
County,N.C.  Howell had fought in the Revolutionary War and received a land grant in nearby Franklin
County,GA.  NOTE: I was born and raised in Texas and moved to Georgia back in 1978.

Another amazing fact I have discovered in my research on the Mangum family is that my
grandfather, Elmous Freda Mangum, had a son he never knew about. His first cousin, Edgar
Mangum, had married Frances Bush. Grandad fell in love with Frances' sister Lessie
Bell Bush while working on his cousin's farm in Wills Point, TX. Grandad asked for her hand in
marriage and received a resounding NO!!.  In 1918 Lessie had a child out of wedlock and listed
grandad's name as the father on the birth certificate).  This child, was listed as Eldon Ray
Bush on the birth certificate.  After the baby was born, Lessie left the baby with her parents
and moved away in disgrace.  She later married Felix Woods and Felix evidently adopted Eldon Ray
"Dell" and his last name became Woods.

Be sure and see my Stories below.  I will be adding more in the coming weeks and if anyone has any family stories they would like to add, I would be most happy to add them.