How We're All Connected

Leads tracker — every connection, confirmed or declined

• CONFIRMEDAlfred & Rachael Frizzel are Jobie Hooks's grandparents
  1880 census lists Jobie as their grandson (record image).
• CONFIRMEDLewis Tolliver → Mathew → Mary Alice → Lorene
  Mathew's 1958 death record names Louis Tolliver & Mandy; Mary Alice's death record names Mathews Tolliver & Mary Calloway (indexes).
• CONFIRMEDIda Mae Townsend = Ida Mae Atkins in 1940
  Same five children listed as Townsends in 1930 and under Atkins on Dudley St. in 1940 (record images).
• CONFIRMEDHunty = Rosa Mae Townsend Stokes; Idell = her daughter Ideil
  1991 obituary names sister Willie Mae and daughter Ideil Stokes (record image).
• CONFIRMEDA Hooks married a Ross in Bullock
  1884 'Colored' marriage license: William Hooks + Anna Ross (record image).
• CONFIRMEDCooks, Hollenheads and a Rowell lived side by side in 1940
  One Union Church census page, sheet 7A (record image).
• OPENRoss and Rouse are one Bullock family under two spellings (strong)
  Hood Ross, 6, in 1870 (Sardis Beat) and Hood Rouse, 60, in 1930 (Bruceville): same rare first name, ages 6 years apart. Deciding record: Hood in 1880–1920 under either spelling with Richard or Matilda.
• DECLINEDClem Roberson & Mary McDade (m. 1911) are Willie Roberson's parents
  Willie was born 1906 and his 1927 marriage names his father as Dorn Roberson.
• OPENWhich Hooks family William Hooks (m. Anna Ross 1884) belongs to
  Deciding record: William & Anna Hooks in an 1890s–1900s census or a child's death record naming them.
• CONFIRMEDSnap = John Wesley Rowell, born Jan 29, 1943, Union Springs; died Feb 1998
  Social Security Applications & Claims Index (Ancestry): name, birth date, Union Springs birthplace; 1983 public-records index puts John W. Rowell, born 1/29/1943, in Detroit.
• OPENSnap's line back to an 1870 Bullock Ross/Rouse household
  Next deciding record: Adley Rowell's parents (1930/1940 census or her death record).
• CONFIRMEDSnap's mother was born a ROUSE — Adlay Rouse Hooten (1920–1964)
  Alabama death record 1964 (Troy): Adlay Hooten, father Amos Rouse, mother Kizieh Rodgers, husband Sidney Hooten. Find a Grave: Adlay Rouse Hooten, Old Mount Pleasant churchyard, Pine Level.
• CONFIRMEDAmos Rouse = Amos Rowell of Union Church, Bullock
  Adlay's 1946 marriage names Amos Rowell & Keziah Rogers; Amos's 1930 Union Church household has Kizzie's daughter Carrie, whose SS record names Amos Rowells & Kizahi Rogers.
• CONFIRMED'James W Cooks', 7, in the 1950 census is Snap
  Pine Level 1950: Sidney & Adelaide Hooten with Johnie Lee 10, James W Cooks 7, Joe Frank Bailey 5 — this is where 'James (John) Wesley' comes from.
• OPENRita's line is kin to the Hollinheads through Amos Rowell's household
  1910: Isaac Hollinhead, 7, lived with Amos Rowell. Deciding record: Isaac's parents.
• OPENJoe F. Harris (1979 obituary) = Joe Frank Bailey, 5, in the 1950 Hooten home
  Deciding record: Joe F. Harris's birth or death record naming Adlay.
• OPENKizzie Rogers's parents were Joseph & Della Rodgers of Porters
  1900/1910 census Porters, Montgomery Co. Deciding record: Kizzie's death record.
• OPENRev. Tom Cook (Mt. Pleasant pastor 1979) = Will Tom Cook, Benny's brother
  Deciding record: Rev. Tom Cook's death record or obituary naming his parents.
• CONFIRMEDAdline Gray Roberson is Sherman & Mandy Gray's daughter
  Her Social Security record (Addie Gray Roberson, 1909–1998) names Sherman Gray & Mandy M Fuller.
• CONFIRMEDWillie Roberson and Eddie Sr.'s mother Celia Smiley were first cousins
  Willie's father Dock Robinson and Celia's mother Minerva were siblings — children of Frank & Phebia Robinson (1880 census; Dock's 1941 death record; Minerva's 1891 marriage).
• CONFIRMEDJoe F. Harris is Adlay's son
  His 1974 marriage names Albert Harris & Adlay Rowell.
• CONFIRMEDKizzie Rogers's parents were Joe & Della Rogers of Porters
  Her 1945 death record.
• CONFIRMEDCora Bailey was the daughter of Ras Bailey & Fannie Rogers (Kizzie's sister) — Adlay's first cousin
  Cora Blakely's Social Security record; 1910 & 1920 Porters census; Ras's father James Bailey (b. 1848), Porters 1900.
• OPENCelia Smiley's father James Bailey is Ras Bailey's father or brother — one Bailey family on Eddie's side and Rita's side (probable)
  Same Porters precinct; Celia's death record names James Bailey. Deciding record: James Bailey Sr./Jr.'s death record or Celia's brother John Smilie's SS record.
• DECLINEDRosie Pearl's 'Sanders' name ties her to Tilla Sanders of Pine Level
  Sanders was a married name she used from 1995 (Social Security claims record).
• OPENElbert Graham was raised as a McQueen (Meredith & Eliza, South Carolina)
  1870/1880 Lowndes census; his 1921 death record names his father John Graham.
• CONFIRMEDIda Mae's maiden name: Limbs, Leon and Young are all in the records
  1921 marriage: Ida May Limbs; children's records: Leon and Young. 1910: Ida M. Leon, 7, in Richard & Lilie Leon's home, Pine Level.
• CONFIRMEDMary Callaway's parents were Clay & Gracie Callaway
  Her Social Security file and 1970 death record.
• OPENSarah Henderson's mother 'Ceily' = Cely Collins, wife of Judge Henderson (Lowndes) (strong)
  Deciding record: Judge Henderson's 1910 household or a record of Sarah naming Judge & Celia.
• OPENMcLeod/MacCloud is on both sides
  Dad: George MacCloud. Mom: Sarah McLeod with Ida Mae at Pine Level 1910. Deciding record: George MacCloud's parents.
• CONFIRMEDHannah Graham was born a GILCHRIST, not a Wilson
  Her sons John's and Charlie's death records name Hannah Gilchrist; 1870 Hayneville: Hannah with Thomas (b. 1816, Va.) & Effie (b. 1822, N.C.) Gilchrist and brother Wilson.
• DECLINEDRoy Gray Jr. of Snowdoun was Rosie's father Elliott
  Roy Jr. was alive and marrying in 1948 and 1956.
• CONFIRMEDRosie Gray, Rosie Brown and Rosalie Brown are one woman
  Leola's 1982 marriage names 'Rosalie Grey'; 1950 census: Rosalie Brown, widowed, with daughter Leola, in her mother Adella Green's home.
• OPENRosie's husband was Sidney Brown Jr. (1921–1949), son of Sidney Brown Sr. & Alberta Frazier (strong)
  His 1942 draft card names Rosie Lee Brown as wife; Rosie a widow in 1950. Deciding record: 1949 death certificate naming his wife.
• OPENRosie's father Elliott Gray belongs to Sherman Gray's Pine Level family
  Elliott is not Sherman's son (not in his 1900–1920 homes). Deciding record: Elliott Gray's own parents.
• OPENJosh Jackson (d. 1951, son of Sote/Letan Jackson & Ann Boswell) is Rosie Pearl's father
  Deciding record: Rosie Pearl's birth/death record or a census with Josh, Hattie and Rosie Pearl together.
• OPENWho Arthur James Sr. was
  The Greenwood (Bullock) Arthur b. 1887 is leaning declined (wife Mary in 1910; no Sarah in 1920). Deciding record: his marriage to Sarah Henderson or his death record.
• DECLINEDMack Jackson (Ester Gray's husband) is Josh Jackson's kin
  Mack appears as son of John W. & Amanda Jackson, Pine Level 1900; not in Josh's household. Reopen if Mack's death record says otherwise.
• CONFIRMEDJohnny Lee Rowell (d. Detroit 1979) is Snap's older brother
  1979 Alabama Journal obituary index lists sibling John W. Rowell, plus Joe F. Harris and Sidney, Otis & Annie Lois Hooten. Full obituary read Oct 20 (Alabama Journal & Montgomery Advertiser clippings): died Detroit June 29, 1979, formerly of Pine Level; buried Mt. Pleasant churchyard.
• OPENAunt Clarissa named for the Bullock Clarissas (Ross, Rouse, Stokes, 1870)
  Deciding record: Mr. Rowell's mother's/grandmother's name.
• DECLINEDRosa 'McDoo' (Alberta Caldwell's mother) is a McDade
  She was Rosa McAdoo, daughter of Sam McAdoo of South Carolina and Betty Davis (her 1943 death record; 1927 marriage).
• OPENAleck Graham + Lucy Toliver (Lowndes, 1880) tie Dad's Grahams to Mom's Tollivers
  Deciding records: Aleck Graham's parents (Elbert's brother?) and Lucy Toliver's parents (Lewis's sister?).
• OPENNelson Vandiver's father: Abraham (1932 death record) vs Gibson (1870 census)
  Deciding record: William P. Vandiver's Montgomery probate or a Freedmen's Bureau record.
• OPENEphraim Frizel of Pike County enslaved Alfred & Rachael Frizzel
  1860 slave schedule ages fit (man 40, woman 33, two boys 7). Deciding record: Ephraim Frizel's Pike County probate file.
• DECLINEDOur family names appear in the 1832 Creek census
  All 59 towns checked (6,328 names): no match. The Creek reserve registers are still to be searched.
• OPENDad's family related to the McDades
  Deciding record: a McDade in the Brown, Gray, Vandiver, Caldwell or MacCloud lines (marriage or death record naming parents).
• OPENMcDade–Jackson marriages (1876, 1878) and Eddie's Jackson side
  Deciding record: Josh Jackson's parents (his death record or SS file).
• CONFIRMEDBenny James Cooks is Snap's father (Rita's grandfather)
  Snap's Social Security claims record names his father Benny J. Cooks — matches the family account.
• OPENSydney Cook + Jenie Toliver (1903) and Lorene's Tollivers
  Deciding record: Jenie Toliver's parents.
• OPENRoss + James marriages (1888, 1914) and Arthur James Sr.
  Deciding record: Arthur James Sr.'s parents.
• OPENBettie Rouse + Edgar Townsend (1940) and Milton Townsend's family
  Deciding record: Edgar Townsend's parents (U L Townsend named on the marriage index).
• OPEN'Negro man John' (1850 Hooks estate) = John Hooks (1867 voter)
  Deciding record: later Hooks estate papers naming John with Rebecca, or a Freedmen's record.
• OPENSinai Hooks's relationship to the Frizzels
  Deciding record: 1866 Alabama state census or a death record.