This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MCCLUSKEY Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VS.2ADI/704.1 Message Board Post: I, too, am researching the MCCLUSKEY family from Tallassee, AL. I visited Rose Hill cemetery in Tallassee in Dec. 2002 and noted all the McCluskeys buried there. There is definitely a William in my line, but it's not the same one you mention. However, I'm pretty sure they're related, but not quite sure how. The McCluskeys I know of are: (David) Miles McCluskey (b ab. 1811) who married Isabella McCleskey (1813-1862). Isabella died in Tallassee and is supposedly buried there, although I haven't found her grave. Her family was not from Tallassee, so I believe that Miles is the the Tallassee native. They had 8 children that I know of: 1) James Alexander (1832-1898), 2)Thomas Jefferson (1833-1902); 3) Amanda Louise (b. 1836); 4) Edward Bengham - my gg grandfather (b. 1839); 5) Louisa Jane (b. 1841); 6) Oscar Dunreath (b. 1844); 7) Albert Theodore (1845-1850); 8) William (1847). I've seen William's middle name noted as "Franklin" and as "Joseph." I don't know which is correct. Edward Bengham married Sarah Elizabeth Barnes in 1858 in Muscogee County, GA. Edward and Sarah are both buried in Rose Hill cemetery in Tallassee, AL. They had 6 children that I know of - three died young and are buried with them in Rose Hill. Their daughter, Alice Clara McCluskey (1868-1926)was my great grandmother. She's buried with her son, my grandfather, in Montgomery, AL. I'm quite sure our lines are connected - Tallassee is a small town. Please reply or e-mail me. I'd like to work with you on the connection. Thanks, Diane Jones Lowe