Hello everyone, I am looking for the family members (ancestors and descendants) of Joseph Allen Hurst and Alice A. Gear. At the time of the 1860 Mobile Census, Joseph GEAR (33 yrs old, born in PA) is shown with wife Sarah (Harris), daughters Alice and Anna. Alice (also known as Addie, possibly her middle name was Adeline?) was born in Mobile Alabama April 28, 1859. There are Gear families listed in the 1850 CHEROKEE CO AL census but have not had access to same: GEAR 82B-83A-112A Joseph and Alice married December 1880 in Clarke County MS (per IGI). Joseph died February 27, 1924 and Alice on March 19, 1935. Both are buried in the Woodlawn Cemetery in Ellisville, Jones County, Mississippi. Joseph Allen HURST born March 16, 1858 in Clarke County MS is the son of William Hurst and Mary Steinwinder. William Hurst and his family are shown in the Choctaw County Alabama 1860 census. It is interesting that William and Mary's older children were born in Choctaw County Alabama, Joseph Allen in 1858 in Clarke County MS, but in 1860, the family was once again in Choctaw County. Joseph's and Alice's children were reportedly born in Choctaw County, Alabama. Children of JOSEPH HURST and ALICE GEAR are: 3. i. ADDIE OPHELIA5 HURST, b. February 11, 1883, Choctaw County, Alabama. 4. ii. HANNAH REBECCA HURST, b. September 02, 1887, Choctaw County, Alabama. iii. JOSEPH WILLIAM HURST, b. April 18, 1892; d. 1965; m. MATTIE C. SCROGGINS; b. 1896; d. 1947. 5. iv. RUFUS HARRIS HURST, b. December 03, 1898. v. HENRY GRADY HURST, b. February 10, 1889, Choctaw County, Alabama; m. LENA SWEENY. vi. GEORGE HAMILTON HURST, b. June 21, 1885, Ararat, Choctaw County, Alabama; d. 1936; m. HATTIE MAE SHEPPARD. 6. vii. LENA PEARL HURST, b. January 28, 1895, Choctaw County, Alabama; d. September 05, 1985, Hattiesburg, Forrest County, Mississippi. LENA PEARL5 HURST died September 05, 1985 in Hattiesburg, Forrest County, Mississippi. She married (1) ELLIS BUSH (who was killed in a train wreck). She married (2) JOHN MILTON ENGLISH February 06, 1919, son of LEONARD ENGLISH (son of William W. English and Lavinia Donalson, who was the son of Green English and Sarah Burson) and NANCY BENTON (dau. Of Hezekiah Benton shown in the 1860 Milton County GA and 1870 Forsyth County Georgia Census). He was born May 10, 1877 reportedly in Columbus, Georgia, but possibly Jones County, Mississippi, and died August 26, 1958 in Hattiesburg, Forrest County, Mississippi. Siblings of John Milton English include: Elby, Rubirl, William, Ollie, Cornelia. After John Milton and Lena Pearl's marriage, the English family lived in the Pendorf Community of Jones County Ms. In the 1917 WWI Registrants, John Milton English was working in Muscle Shoals Alabama. The English family later migrated to Lamar County, Mississippi, where they raised five children: Children of LENA HURST and JOHN ENGLISH are: 7. i. SIBYL MABLE6 ENGLISH, b. February 06, 1921; d. June 12, 1999, Forrest County, Hattiesburg, Mississippi. 8. ii. MILTON BENTON ENGLISH, b. October 29, 1923, Lamar County, Mississippi; d. Little Rock, Arkansas. 9. iii. STANLEY GEAR ENGLISH, b. February 26, 1929, Lamar County, Mississippi. 10. iv. ALICE REBECCA ENGLISH, b. December 28, 1932, Lamar County, Mississippi. 11. v. JOANN PEARL ENGLISH, b. May 10, 1934, Lamar County, Mississippi. Thanks in advance, Ginny Walker English