The Hineston Chronicles Volume 10 Number 4
The Hineston Chronicles Volume 10 Number 4 Photo added to Historic Hineston Facebook group by Glen Funderburk Carolyn's Corner HOW MY DYESS FAMILY CAME TO LOUISIANA Carolyn DYESS Bales is the d/o – Oscar Carl Dyess – Edna Taris Bonnette gd/o – J. B. Dyess – Sarah Matilda Smith g-gd/o – Edmond D. Dyess – Margaret Mathis gg-gd/o – Thomas D, Dyess – Nancy Jenkins ggg-gd/o – George W. Dyess – Elizabeth Everett I will stop here on the DYESS family . Above is the lineage to my great--great-great grandparents. On the next issue of the Chronicles, I will talk about the Jenkins family and one important even that happened in Georgia. It would be too long and detailed to add to this issue; therefore, I will just write about how my family came to Louisiana. When I was a child, I would look at my grandparents and feel sorry for them because I thought they somehow just “landed” in Rapdies Parish, Louisiana and didn’t get to travel....