DeBoard, William - email (Burrell Shaw, 1997, letter of Frances Thoms Shaw)

• Title	DeBoard, William - email (Burrell Shaw, 1997, letter of Frances Thoms Shaw)
  Short Title	DeBoard, William - email (Burrell Shaw, 1997, letter of Frances Thoms Shaw)
  Publisher	Burrell P. Shaw (Naples, Florida) to Janis Gilmore, e-mail, 1997; conveying a transcription of a letter written by his grandmother, Mary Frances Ann (Shaw) Thomas, in 1909; Mrs. Shaw, was the granddaughter of Hannah (DeBoard) Cook, and the letter discusses what she had been told about the journey of the William and Lydia DeBoard family from North Carolina to Illinois in the early 1800's; Burrell P. Shaw is now deceased.
  Source ID	S122
  Text	Letter given to me in 1997 by Burrell P. Shaw, conveyed by internet. His grandmother, Mary Frances Ann Shaw, wrote it in 1909. She was born in White Co, IL, and was the dau of Hannah (DeBoard) Cook, who was the daughter of Lydia and William DeBoard. Verbatim: --------------- A lock of my grandmother's hair. She was 83 years old Jan 9,1909. This is the 26 of March. She was the daughter of Hannah (Deboard) Cook who was the daughter of Lydie (Forester) Deboard who was the sister of John Forester, were originally from Virginia to N.C, then to Illinois. The above "John Forester" was my great-grandfather on mother's side. Lydia Deboard walked from N.C. to Ill, toting a piggin of water and tolling a sow and five shoats. William Deboard ,her husband,led the horse (had only one) Robin,Lucy,Bettie,Polly and Lydia jr the children,rode on the horse which carried their worldly effects in a poke somewhat like a bedtick. The above William & Lydia Deboard were my great-great grandparents on my father's mother's side. Frances (Shaw) Thomas
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