Haven't a clue about Elam G. W. McCracken's wife's name, Pat. "History of Marion Co AR" by Earl Berry calls her "Gencie." Probably somewhere in the archives there's a reference of some sort. Could be just folks translating Jincy to Gencia to Algencia - sounds -what? - more exciting? than just plain Jane maybe. Who knows. Thanks for the Cannon Co TN 1850 info. Will plug in what I don't already have. I've never run across any reference to Jasper McCracken. Maybe he died or married and stayed in TN or ran away from home or settled some place other than MCAR. As for Sarah J McCracken - she's listed in her parents' home as age 16 b TN in the MCAR 1860 census for Jimmys creek Township. She's probably married by 1870 'cuz she's not with her parents then. I'm sure someone would have mentioned it long before now if she'd died during the Civil War hullabaloo around here. Fell into you web page, by the way, while on a search for the surname Maynard. There's a *big* mistake you should fix. Mary Elizabeth McCracken (daughter of Elam) did *not* marry Silas Claiborne Turnbo. He married Mary Matilda Holt (daughter of Fielding H & Elizabeth [Hamblin] Holt). "Betsy" married William G. "Bill" Parker: WILLIAM G. "Bill" PARKER (twin son of John Garrison & Mary Elizabeth [Johnson] Parker) b Rutherford Co. TN 25 Oct 1832 d MCAR 17 Feb 1923 bu Fairview Cemetery m MARY ELIZABETH "Betsy" McCRACKEN (daughter of Elam G. W. & Algencia "Gencie" [Maxey] McCracken) b TN 27 Sep 1837 d MCAR 30 March 1903 bu Fairview Cemetery. Settled at Jimmies Creek. Served in Co A. 14th AR Infantry; applied for a pension 1910. In Jimmies Creek Township MCAR 1860, 1870, 1880, 1890, 1900, 1910, 1920. This family is in Family Genealogies at http://www.rootsweb.com/~armarion. Quite well done, too. Talk to you later. Mysty shakerag@mtnhome.com *************************************************** ----- Original Message ----- From: Patricia Gausnell <gausnell@wmni.net> To: <ARMARION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 3:16 PM Subject: LANCE/LANTZ?MCCRACKEN > Thanks for your answers to my letter about these families. I will give the 1850 Cannon Co, TN census entry as I copied it. I have one question I have asked in the past, but nobody has been able to anwer: Where did the Algencia come from? I have her on the 1860, 60, and 70 censuses, and she is always liste as Jane. Also in the book, The Maxeys of Virginia, she is given as Jane(Jincy) Maxey. I have seen no original sources that say Algencie or Algencia. > > 1850 Census of Cannon co, TN, Nichols post office, 1st District > > Elam McCrackin age 48 m b N.Carolina > Jane " 47 f Virginia > Wm (?) " 18 m Tenn > Marion " 21 m " > Jasper " 20 m " > Jane " 15 f " > Sulve " 14 m " > John " 12 m " > Elizabeth " 10 f " > Margaret " 8 f " > Sarah " 4 f " > > So, also, what happened to Jasper and Sarah? > > I would like to contact the 2 Lantz researchers you mentioned. Thanks again. > Patricia Gausnell > > > ============================== > Search more than 150 million free records at RootsWeb! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/ >