Hi Folks, I am looking for two families that "disappeared" from Marshall Co in the 1860s. My ggg-grandfather Elijah WADE (along with wife and two youngest sons) seem to have fell off the earth. Also, his oldest son William WADE and his wife seem to have done likewise. Interesting, William's son (my g-grandfather) James WADE is on the 1870 Marshall Co census living with his maternal grandmother. Obviously, the CW could have been a factor but was anything else going on? I have checked all the other census in 1870 and can find no trace of them. Suggestions on how to proceed would be very appreciated. Eldon mailto:ewade@cfl.rr.com Researching surnames: Hames (SC,GA,AL), Jaquess Jaquish Jaques (TN,AL), Wade (SC,GA,AL)

Hello Eldon, To reply to you question and not your quest, let me say that indeed the Civil War was a factor. A far greater one than we can imagine today. Returning soldiers came back to ruined homes and farms. Destroyed cities and lives. The southern states were in much the same state of condition as Germany at the end of WWII. Reconstruction of the south, (The other thing that was going on), took almost 40 years and some say will be over soon. It was an occupied country. Many people found that just moving on to another place was better than trying to put together the shattered remains of a once happy life. Importantly, it was not just individuals in this dilemma, but society itself. It has been said that at the end of the war the south was too poor to have a society. Perhaps Elija with four years of accumulated taxes and lord knows what other bills piled up, he just loaded his family and what could be carried and moved to any place that seemed more favorable. Eldon Wade wrote: > Hi Folks, > I am looking for two families that "disappeared" from Marshall Co in the > 1860s. My ggg-grandfather Elijah WADE (along with wife and two youngest > sons) seem to have fell off the earth. Also, his oldest son William WADE > and his wife seem to have done likewise. Interesting, William's son (my > g-grandfather) James WADE is on the 1870 Marshall Co census living with his > maternal grandmother. Obviously, the CW could have been a factor but was > anything else going on? > I have checked all the other census in 1870 and can find no trace of them. > Suggestions on how to proceed would be very appreciated. > Eldon > mailto:ewade@cfl.rr.com > Researching surnames: Hames (SC,GA,AL), Jaquess Jaquish Jaques (TN,AL), > Wade (SC,GA,AL) > > ==== ALMARSHA Mailing List ==== > To post your queries to the list send them to ALMARSHA-L@rootsweb.com. > To contact the listowner send a message to ALMARSHA-admin@rootsweb.com. > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp