Re: Is anyone out there related to me?
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Is anyone out there related to me?
Teri Hunter 5/20/03
I believe that Lafayette W. Dark was the son of a Horis Dark and a Mary J. found listed in the 1870 Lamar Co Tx census.
I also think maybe his father is Horace Dale Dark b. 6 April 1803 in NC and that Mary J. was a second wife. His first being Lucinda Warren bc 1810 in Ky. Horace Dale was the son of Oliver Dark and Amy Hayes.
Horace Dale Dark and Lucinda, his first wife, were in the 1850 Hickory Co Mo census, with their 9 children. I cannot find them anywhere in the 1860 census, but I believe maybe it is Lucinda living in 1870 in Bates Co Mo with some of the Dark family. I found who I believe to be a daughter, Sarah, age 20 living in Hickory Co Mo and a son, Benjamin living in Morgan Co Mo. While old Horace is remarried and living in Lamar Co Tx. They must have split after the 1850 census, because Lafayette was born about 1856. In his second family Horace also has listed in 1870 a daughter born in Kansas, Lucy A. age 12 and a son Jeremiah, age 9 born in Texas. Also a son from first marriage, Thomas Dark who married a Mary M. and is also in the 1870 Lamar Co Tx census.
What do you think???