I'm looking for the parents and siblings of a "James May" Born between 1830-1840. James may have been born in Tennessee, Alabama, or Mississippi. James had 3 children with Marinda Welch from Tishomingo County, Mississippi. Marinda was also known as Amanda. The children were: 1 - Mollie May - b. May 1865 2 - John Henry May - b. Dec 25, 1866 3 - Fannie May - b. Oct 31, 1867 Marinda's parents are John & Sarah (Hayes) Welch. Family story: James & Marinda were on the road (to Arkansas?) with the 3 children in a covered wagon after their house burned in Greenville. (I don't know where Greenville is for sure TN, MS, AL???). Along the way, James was killed and robbed of $700 in Tennessee (between 1867 - 1880) and Marinda wrote to her brother John Welch (b=1844) in Arkansas to come get her. A local in Lauderdale Co., AL was kind enough to look this up for me in the past few days: 1860 census of Lauderdale County, AL - Florence Post Office Section Mays, James J. 29 M Farmer Ala. Merinda 18 F Tenn Martha 6/12 F Ala. IF this is the same MAY/WELCH couple, does Martha somehow match to one of the other children (Fannie/Mollie)? Or is Martha a 4th child that disappears? If you can match this to more information I'd love to hear from you. Elden May Little Rock, Arkansas