Cousin M. axed if there was any stories or theories about when they first set foot in Drew County and what made them stop and say, "This is where I want to be!"? I am a direct descendent of the Ozment brothers who settled on the River Saline circa 1842 and I used to ask myself that same question. I grew up within one mile of Ozment's Bluff and what I consider the most beautiful place I have ever seen in all my travels. However, my couzin Lynn seems to think the brothers settled at Gee's Landing and that place is just as pretty. While growing up roaming the river bottoms, the banks of the Saline, fishing and swimming along the Drew/Bradley boundry, it came to me one day they must have felt drawn to this surrounding. Perhaps it was a sheltering feeling of home??? I think of all my ancestors who chose the banks of the Saline and the fertile farm lands and rich forests of Possum Valley to build their lives. There was Richard Knowles, Dr. James C. Glennon, M.D., Anna Mariah Adkins, Thomas Hales, Alfred Ozment, and Joseph White. Perhaps it was Divine Providence that has brought me to where I am now????? This don't answer M's question, but it does make for some good "mush" coming from me, doesn't it? Yaw'll have a Merry Christmas and God bless ya. BW