Ding! Ding! Ding! I've hit lucky #13,000

Today, I entered the 13,000th relative into my family tree.  That's right.  You read that right.  Not 1,300.  It's 13,000.  Thirteen thousand.  I am related by blood or by marriage to all 13,000.  It's so wild.  Those that are not "into" genealogy won't get it. They'll think I'm crazy or boring, or don't have enough to do.  But the genealogists out there know that I am doing exactly what I want to do. Research like crazy into the wee hours of every night/morning!

The lucky 13,000th person was a 4th cousin, Ernie Keith Peebles.  He was born November 26, 1960 in Emanuel County, Georgia (where I grew up).  I never met him.  Sadly, he passed quite young at 45 years old on July 27, 2006.  I do not know if he ever married or had children.  His obituary mentions neither.  Just  his mother, Ann Hammock Peebles, my 3rd cousin, 1x, and his sister, Yonna Peebles Bailey.

We are both descended from Francis Bryant Drake and Selina King Drake.

His line:

Francis Byant's 7th child, a son, John Saffold Drake,
His daughter, Elizabeth Drake, who married Nathan Tucker Foskey,
Her daughter, Alice Foskey, who married Bennie Lee Hammock,
Her daughter, Ann Hammock, who married Ernie W. Peebles, and were the parents of
Ernie Keith Peebles.

My line:

Francis Byrant's eldest and son, James William Drake,
His son, William John Drake,
His daughter, Nealie Vermell Drake who married Lusion K Tapley,
Her son, Gilbert Earl Tapley who was the father of
ME.

So if anyone reads this and knows the Peebles, I would love to get to know them. 

Also, if you recognize any of the names and think we may be related, please, please reach out. 

Now it's on to 14,000! 

Sunday's Obituary: Maude Rawls Foskey

Maude Foskey

 Maude Foskey of 701 NW 30th Ave. died Saturday at her home. She was 84.

 A native of Wrightsville, Ga., Mrs. Foskey came to Gainesville from Lake Butler 36 years ago. She was a homemaker and a Methodist.

 Survivors include a daughter, Adolyen Hendricks of Gainesville; a son, Clifford C. Foskey of Columbus, Ga.; a sister, Nora Mosley of Wrightsville, Ga.; six grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.

Funeral Notice

Foskey, Mrs. Maude---Funeral services for Mrs. Foskey, age 84, Homemaker, will be held at 1:00PM on Monday, December 11, 1982 at Graveside with Brother Hollis Miller conducting the services. Burial will be in Crosby Lake Cemetery under the direction of Johnson-Hayes Funeral Home, 311 S. Main St., Gainesville, Mrs. Foskey, who lived at 701 NW 30th Ave. Gainesville, Fla., died Saturday, December 11, 1982 at her residence.

 

Johnson County GaArchives Obituaries.....Foskey, Maude Rawls  December 11, 1982

The Gainesville Sun 12-11-1982

File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/johnson/obits/f/foskey12086ob.txt

Maude was married to my 1st cousin, 2x removed, Lester Ottis Foskey.

Sunday's Obituary: Lester Ottis Foskey

"Lester O. Foskey 

 LAKELAND----Lester Ottis Foskey, 77, of 1329 W. Lime Street, died Friday. A native of Adrian, Ga., he had lived here 11 years, was a retired railroad bridge foreman and a member of Church of God. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Nellie Foskey; one son, Clifford Foskey, Georgia; one sister, Mrs. Maggie Bell Avery, Adrian; two half-brothers, Myrtice and Norman Foskey of Lakeland; two stepsons, Noah and Ollan Chestnut of Lakeland; one step-daughter, Mrs. Laura Maders, Tucson, Ariz."   

Johnson County GaArchives Obituaries.....Foskey, Lester Ottis May 16, 1969

The Tampa Tribune 5-20-1969 Page 15A

File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/johnson/obits/f/foskey12074ob.txt

Lester Foskey was my 1st cousin, 2x removed.  

Mary Elizabeth Tapley	Me
Gilbert Earl Tapley	My father
Nealie Drake Tapley	My grandmother
Emma Vermell Harrell Drake	My great-grandmother
William Robert Harrell and Catherine M Odom Harrell	My 2nd great-grandparents
Nancy Jane Harrell Foskey	Robert & Catherine’s son; Emma’s sister; and my grand aunt
Lester Ottis Foskey	Nancy’s son and my 1st cousin, 2x removed