Posting my brick wall once again in the hopes that someone will link to my RANKIN/RAY Research. Looking for RANKIN ancestors and RAY ancestors for the following families. Joseph C. RANKIN, b. 18 Apr 1816; m. Mary E. GRAHAM High (daughter of Alexander GRAHAMM and Mary Elizabeth LENNON). His descendants are: +(MY LINE) Robert Russell RANKIN (my line): b. 22 Sep 1866, d. 4 Nov 1928; b. Quail Cemetery, Quail, Collingsworth, TX. m(1). Laura E. ATKINSON (daughter of Dr.Thomas Capers ATKINSON and Lydia Rose JOHNSON): b. 10 Mar 1866, Coloma, Cherokee, AL; d. 14 Mar 1898, Denton, TX. (MY LINE) m(2): Virginia Esther "Jennie" RAY (daughter of Teague Hagey RAY, b. 14 Nov 1847, Cherokee County, AL, and Martha Ann JOHNSON, b. 1 Nov 1847; d. 6 Feb 1912): b. 19 Dec 1873, Cherokee County, AL; d. 6 Jun 1950, b. Quail Cemetery, Quail, Collingsworth, TX. +Henry Emma RANKIN: 26 Dec 1868; d. 28 Jan 1932 +Joseph Alexander RANKIN: b. 1871 A) I have reason -- albeit flimsy -- to suspect that Joseph C. RANKIN might be the son of Robert C. RANKIN and Elizabeth "Betsy" AKINS(?) and brother to David Lee RANKIN who married Melvina AKINS (daughter of William AKINS and Elizabeth McCORKLE). Would love to have some verification on this!!! B) Family lore has it that Robert Russell RANKIN was a farmer and itinerant Baptist (?) preacher. His son recalled, prior to his death, that his uncle Joseph Alexander RANKIN, who never married, would come to the farm to help the family with harvest while his father was away "preachin'". I have some pictures of Robert Russell I would be glad to share with anyone interested. C) Teague Hagey RAY appears in the 1850 Cherokee County, AL, census at three years old and as the son of David and Mary J.(?) RAY. His father's occupation is shown to be: "Retailer of liquor". I have a picture of Teague Hagey RAY as a child. D) I also have pictures of Henry Emma "Aunt Emmer" RANKIN and Joseph Alexander RANKIN. Hopefully someone can confirm my information or set me straight? Linda Preston Southern California ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.