I see that you are related through
Cornelius Holmes Shows Jr. & Elizabeth
Sumrall. Perhaps you can help me. One of their daughters was Mary Jane
Shows, who married Joseph Josiah
Beech and had several children. Joseph's brother was my great-grandfather. I have seen information on a Family Tree at Ancestry that says that Mary Jane's sister Martha was also married to Joseph Josiah (Siah?) Thing is, they were concurrent. One didn't die and he married her sister, they both had children by him during the same time period. I found Martha in a census as Martha
Shows with her children, listed as
Shows, and her mother Elizabeth
Shows. The next census, I found two of the boys who were still living listed as
Beech. Any knowledge of this?? Surprises me a little since Mary Jane and Martha were sisters, but Aaron had 2 children by another woman and his wife (my
Granny Beech) cared for them a while. Then he left
Granny Beech and he & the "other woman" & their children moved about 75 miles away and changed their names! Before he died, he contacted some of his children, so my family knows the story and where they were. Another interesting thing is that Martha was buried at the Primitive
Baptist Church cemetery that's about 3 miles (south?) out of Ellisville. That's where Joseph's mother
Sallie Parker Beech & his sister & brother-in-law are buried! Joseph & Mary Jane are buried at
Pilgrim Cemetery, I've been told.
Would like any information you could share.
