One of my most mysterious ancestors and most "recently" born brick wall is Nathan(iel) or Monroe T.? DEAN, born in Alabama. He married Martha Ann BARNES, daughter of Solomon, in Mist, Ashley County, Arkansas ca 1855. A distant family member who has supposedly seen the marriage certificate swears the first name is Nathaniel; our family history says Monroe. Martha's mother died in Ashley County (I am blanking on her name!) abt. 1858 and Solomon moved the family to Texas. They are enumerated in 1860 Texas as "M. T." and "M. A." -- I could go stomp on the grave of the enumerator who apparently was into taking only initials, because they had two daughters, born in either Arkansas or Texas, who died as young children, and all I have left are their initials. Julia R. Dean was born abt. 1861 in Texas and shortly thereafter Nathan(iel)/Monroe returned to Arkansas to enlist in the Confederate army; he was in the same regiment as a cousin? Jeremiah DEAN's son W. D. Both men died of illness in the war, while still in Arkansas. The regiment was organized at Hamburg, Ashley County. I'm also unclear on where Nathan(iel)/Monroe is buried -- in a military site or in Ashley County, because he is not buried in Texas. Family history says he died of yellow fever near Little Rock. There are two N. DEANs who died in Arkansas, one indeed near Little Rock, but in 1863, and the initials do not match as closely. The other, N. T., died in 1862 in Pine Bluff, I believe. Any pointers to marriage certificates or online cemetery listings may be useful, as would be any Civil War era information on the men who died who were from Ashley County. Thank you for any help! --Amy