This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Nixon, Strange, McClendon, Hatcher, Bearden, Collins, Chamblee Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/SS.2ADE/165.1.1 Message Board Post: Dear Anna, John B. Nixon is my ggggrandfather and I am trying to establish his connections so I really don't know for sure who his parents or siblings were. It's beginning to look like his father is Mansfield Nixon and his mother was Elizabeth who married a Hatcher before 1850. John B. Nixon was born in Apr 1845 and he married Ahenoam "Hinny" or "Hurry" Childress, daughter of Rev. Isaac Childress and Ahenoam (presumed to be a Cherokee). They were living in ED 94 in 1900 in the Thompson area. I don't know if this is near Nixon's chapel or not. John B. Nixon and Ahenoam had the following children: Irena J. Nixon (20 Feb 1870 TN - 5 Sep 1963 Marshall Co, AL) mrd Wm Dixon McClendon Samantha Gay Nixon - my gggrandmother (28 May 1872 AL - 8 Dec 1960 Comanche, Stephens, OK) mrd Samuel Lusers Strange Martha E Nixon (Jan 1875 AL - Sep 1931 Etowah Co, AL) mrd Wm Martin Bearden Isaac C Nixon (abt 1876 AL ) married Delia D. Ahenoam B. "Hinny" Nixon (Jul 1877 AL ) mrd James Zachary Collins Julius W Nixon (Apr 1883 AL ) mrd Mary Chamblee John B Nixon Jr (Jul 1888 Marshall Co, AL - abt 1900 Marshall Co, AL) I have to say that the response to the census lookup has been tremendous and I thank everyone who has responded. It makes me so proud that part of my heritage comes from Marshall Co, AL!