In a message dated 4/1/2002 5:02:21 PM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > Would you be so kind as to check for marriages of children of John and > Margaret (Campbell) CHRISTIAN (fam. residing in Hempstead Co 1850, > Columbia Co 1860) > > Mary CHRISTIAN b.1841 > Elizabeth CHRISTIAN b.1843 > James CHRISTIAN b.1846 > John CHRISTIAN b.1848 The only CHRISTIAN's I find with marriages in Columbia Co are Nancy CHRISTIAN who married Stephen Y WILLIAMS , 27 Mar 1856 and Sarah Z CHRISTIAN who married William ROSE of Texas on 7 Nov 1876. (Sarah was 56 at the time) However, in Hempstead County, I find a marriage; GRINNAGE, William, 19, to Miss Mary CHRISTIAN, 17, 10 May 1857 by Matthew Moss, JP. A-287. (The Hempstead Co Gen Soc at one time had this original certificate) Doris