Posted by john king pickett on January 02, 2001 at 08:43:28:
In Reply to: Re: General George Edward Pickett; I'am his great-great grandson posted by john king pickett on January 02, 2001 at 08:32:03:
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: : Hello;
: : I'am writing to you on behalf of my husband, Jeffrey Drew Imhoff, the great-great grandson of General George Pickett, "Pickett's Charge", I have been doing some family history and i was very suprised to find out from my husband that his g-g grandfather was such a famous war hero, despite his attempts and failure, oh well we can't win them all, {according to my husband, they did'nt lose, they are still waiting on supplies}
: : However, i thought it would be kind of interesting for u to know that someone from his family was alive and interested in the family history and had some knowledge of his famous service.
: : My husband's mother's name is Peggy pickett and her mother's name was frances pickett who was born in 1902 and was married to george pickett and it was his father that was general george pickett. they lived in Texas, and he died in WWII. he died in the service, he was a merchant marine and his ship was blown up by the japanese in the south pacific ocean, his father was the famous general, george pickett, i am not quite sure of the grandfather's first name, however i am sure of the marriage of pickett and my husbands mother's mother;frances richards.
: : she was born;frances richards; june 6, 1902 ssn#723-07-6946 she died in covina calif in febuary of 1974.
: : my husbands mother's name is Peggy Dale Pickett, born ;12-07-32 in Huston, TX.
: : she married Harry Ralph Imhoff in 1952-54 in st timothy's catholic church in los angeles calif, and later divorced ,
: : the product of that marriage was my husband jeffrey. he was born; august 23, 1955 in orange calif,
: : he and i were married 08-14-93 and my name is marie
: : my name at the time we were married was marie louise shields. this was my second marriage, i was married to "Kirksey" before, we have no children.
: : i hope that you will respond to this either by e-mail or you may call us At; 909-885-7914 or write to us at; jeffrey and marie imhoff 2075 w. Rialto ave. Sp#29 SanBernardino, CA. 92410
: : thanks for the interesting information and i hope to hear from you in response to our information.
: : thankyou, marie and jeffrey imhoff
: just curious if you have info that may link my family to Gen. G. E. Pickett.Have always been told that we were a cousin of his. Follows is all the info I have that comes from a partial family tree that my grandfather drew up. my great-grandfather--john king pickett-born 1804 miss.-died 1912 miss. married zula mae clement-born 1866 ala.-died 1955 miss. GG-grandfather william pickett jr. born 1804 miss. died 1866 miss. married eliza anderson (no dates).GGG-grandfather william pickett sr. born 1774`s.c.-died 1828 miss. married mary king-born 1774 s.c.-died 1846 miss. GGGG-grandfather micajah pickett south carolina (no dates) married kezannah-no last name/dates. You can email me at beckypickettwebtv.net Thank you for your time- look forward to hearing from you. john king pickett ` 1/02/2001