This was sent last weekend, around the time of the Rootsweb server problems. I don't see the message in the archives, and I didn't get any replies, so I thought I would try again to find the identity of Josephine Ozment Aultman. -------------------------------------------- 1880 Arkansas Soundex (A-435) Actual record on Vol. 4A, E.D. 95, sheet 29, line 18 (did not have time to check this) Altman, William D. white male, age 41, born GA Drew County, Crook Township Altman, Josephine wife 36 TN " Nancy E. dau 7 AR " Susan J. dau 5 AR " Sarah L. dau 3 AR " William R. son 10/12 AR Ozment, Nancy m.l. 89 NC " John s.s. 10 AR I had assumed that Nancy was Josephine's mother, but the stepson (s.s.) named John Ozment is throwing me. Does anyone know if Josephine who married William Altman was an Ozment by birth or by marriage? If by birth, then who is this John Ozment? William D. Altman married Martha Jane Loveless on 18 August 1881. What happened to Josephine? Also, I am wondering if these Altman daughters had gotten married by the 1900 census, as William and Martha J. Altman have 3 daughters (Mary, Tabitha and Ethel), with no sign of the children from his previous marriage. Would love to find out what happened to all the Altman children. So far, I have only traced Tabitha Ophelia Altman, who married Poad A. Russell and died in Cleveland County, AR in 1961. One other mystery: in 1910, living with Poad and Tabitha Russell is a 31 year old named Joe Altman who is listed as Poad's brother-in-law. Did William D. Altman and Josephine have another son, after the William R. listed in the 1880 census? --Melissa