This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wheat-Sturdivant- Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VS.2ADE/523.1 Message Board Post: Sue, your Stanford Wheat is poss. the son of James W. Wheat-b. 1834 Tuscaloosa Co. Ala-d. 23 Jan 1863 Cumberland Gap, Tn, Civil War, killed in battle,. and Elizabeth Glover-1833 Ala., d/o Stanford and Mary Ann Glover.. Elizabeth Glover Wheat is in Pickens Co. Ala. in 1880, widowed, with children Sarvanah (Savanah) 22, 1858 Ala, Mary C. 21, 1859 Ala , Sanferd (Stanford) 20, 1850 Ala., and Hester listed as 7, 1873 Ala, this prob should be age "17" b. "1863", I've saw where there may of been older children-Rufus 1855, Sarah Elizabeth 1856, and Susan J. 1857, all b. Ala. also., my line is from John Wheat Jr, and Elizabeth Sturdivant, your Stanford's grandparents. the Wheat family is very large, as is the Sturdivant fam. i would love to have any info you might share on the Wheat Fam. Thanks