Albert Colbert's Page

"Lisa: I'm sure that is her. During that time period, I would doubt that there were a lot of Mississippians going to Minnesota, and given that you know she was in St. Paul by 1895, you're probably dealing with too many similarities for…"

"Lisa: Here is 1880 census info for Alice: Name: Alice Lee Residence: St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota Birthdate: 1864 Birthplace: Mississippi, United States Relationship to Head: Other Spouse's Name: Spouse's Birthplace: Father's…"

"Willette: First, I spoke in error...the misindex for Lenn was 1900, not 1910. I had found Bert Cammon in 1910. I did not check for them in later censuses. Also, Ancestry only allows me to save the images as JPGs (not PDF), which I have attached to…"

"You're welcome. All the info came from a couple of searches on Ancestry.com. Lenn was misindexed in 1910 as Loman and Lowmax, which is probably why you were not able to find them before."

"Willette: I think that I deciphered the death certificate for you. Here is what I was able to find: Husband Burt Cammon (b. 3 May 1898, Mississippi, d. 11 Dec 1958, San Joaquin, California) Mother Florence (aka Florencia, Florinda) Anthony (b.…"

"George: It is my understanding that for about a year leading up to General Orders #14, there was a debate about using slaves to fight for the Confederacy, in exchange for their freedom (advanced primarily by General Cleburne). Jefferson Davis…"