Any links to this GRAY family, please let me know. Thank you, Deanna http://dmooring.home.netcom.com/index.htm dmooring@ix.netcom.com 1860 Census in Jackson County ALABAMA: James, age 28 Elizabeth, age 25 Sarah J, age 3 Also a John Gray, age 30 -- probably James' brother. 1870 Census in Jackson County ALABAMA: James, age 40 (note: born in Tennessee) Elizabeth, age 32 (born in Alabama) Sarah J, age 11 (born in Alabama) Thomas J, age 9 (born in Alabama) Isaac G, age 7 (born in Alabama) William J, age 5 (born in Alabama) James M, age 2 (born in Alabama) Jesse B, age 5 mos (born in Alabama) Ten years later, I could not find any member of this family in Alabama. In Missouri, I found Thomas (going by T Jefferson, which is how we knew him), James and Jesse, living with a Kelly family (father born in Tennessee, same as James Gray -- possibly cousins, or possibly T.W. is James' brother-in-law) in Stoddard County in the 1880 census. I also obtained a copy of Thomas J Gray and Mary Bowback's marriage license, from 1882. I could not, however, find any record of Mary's family in Missouri.. 1880 Census in Stoddard County MISSOURI: Kelly, T. (or Y.).W., age 53 (born in Tennessee) John F, age 31 (born Alabama) Martha, age 25 (born Alabama) Mary, age 22 (born Alabama) Andrew, age 15 (born Alabama) Gray, T. Jefferson, age 19 (born Alabama) James, age 12 (born Alabama) Jesse, age 9 (born Alabama)