Meet Our Families
Edgar and Armeta had seven children. From those seven children's families came their nine children who are first cousins: Mickey, Barbara, Diane, Deborah, Frank, Wanda, Marshall, Buck and Joan.
Mickey
James Edgar/Mickey Brown the oldest cousin, is the son of Dorothy/Dot and James Madison Brown. We need your Bio of not more than 300 words.
Barbara
Next came Barbara Delores Christian, the daughter of Dorothy/Dot and James Madison Brown. We need her Bio of not more than 300 words.
Diane
Versie Diane Hamlett is the only child of Irene and Arthur Hamlett. We need your Bio of not more than 300 words.
Deborah
Deborah Jefferson first daughter of Gertrude and Herbert Collins. We need your Bio of not more than 300 words.
Frank
Frank Melvin White III is the only child of Elaine and Frank Melvin White Jr. Frank was born in Queens, New York at a very young age. Ha. Ha. He grew up in a racially mixed neighborhood in Jamaica, Queens near the John F. Kennedy International Airport. In 1960 at the age of 10, he moved to Massapequa, New York where he entered the fifth grade and graduated Massapequa High School in 1968. Over that time, he played Little League, was on the school Chess Team and became an Eagle Scout. He went to Saint Anselm Collage in Manchester, New Hampshire. After 2 years of being a goalkeeper on the varsity soccer team he was selected for the 1970 edition of Outstanding College Athletes. In 1972 he moved to Huntington Beach, California and became a Garden Grove Police Officer in 1975. Early in his career he was involve in a police shootout where his partner was shot, and Frank shot the violent offender. He met Rebecca Phillips in 1978 and they were married in 1980.
Wanda
Wanda Johnson is the daughter of Vesta Agee and John/Pal Jones. We need your Bio of not more than 300 words.
Marshall
Marshall Ted Collins is the only son of Gertrude and Herbert Collins. We need your Bio of not more than 300 words.
Buck
John/Buck Jones is the son of Vesta Agee and John/Pal Jones. We need your Bio of not more than 300 words.
Joan
Joan Collins is the second daughter of Gertrude and Herbert Collins. We need your Bio of not more than 300 words.
Edgar Jones
Edgar's father and mother were Dashwood Jones born in (1830) and Irene Jones (1836). They had; Qunin (1859), Floyd (1863), Edgar (2-9-1865), Mary (1867), Dashwood (1868), Isabella (1870), William (1872) and Henrietta (18xx). Edgar married Armeta Gough and she began caring for her elderly father John Gough. It is believed that John owned around 800 - 1100 acres. Edgar asked John for some property to build his own homestead. It is not known if John gave or sold Edgar about 260 acres. Edgar and Armeta gave each of their children 37 acres. Irene picked her lot near the Slate River Church. Dot picked land around the homestead house and lived there for many years raising Mickey and Barbara. Ted and Pal picked choice properties and Mabel, Gert and Elaine, who didn't care much sorted out the rest. The house was built on about two acres of property and was evenly shared by all the children.
Dashwood Jones
Born about 1830 married Irene (unknown last name) on unknown date.
Armeta Jones (Gough)
Armeta's father and mother were John Gough born in (1853) and Polly Perkins (1860). They had; Parthenia (18xx), Armeta (1882), John Jr. (1886), Mary Beth (1887), William (1889), Ella (1893) and Sam (1898). Armeta was around 17 years younger when she married Edgar. She had seven children, the youngest being Elaine. Armeta sewed Elaine a dress to wear in a religious play that her daughter Irene had written. Armeta who always suffered from stomach and chest pains walked back to the house to lock up the chickens. She told the store owner Mary Francis to, watch my baby. She returned to watch the play and sat between Edgar and the minister in the audience. During the play Elaine at 10 years old had to say to the woman playing her mother, "please don't let my mother die." At that time, the woman acting fell over dead on stage and Armeta had a heart attack and died in the minister's arms. She died at 51.
John Gough
Born about 1853 married Polly Perkins on unknown date. John had brothers and sisters; Ellen, Lee, Betty, Annie, Ida, Robert, ParaLee, and half-brother William Hemmings.
Polly Gough (Perkins)
Polly had brothers and sisters; Willie, Ella, Gergania, Melinda, Minnie, Bennie, Payton and Andrew