Jonnie, I did a quick search of my marriage records and came up with this: Marriage Index: Arkansas, 1850-1900 Mark, James Spouse : Richard, Malinda Marriage date : Dec 21, 1890 County : Sharp Gender : Male Source : County Court Records Microfilm Number : 1290001 - 1290005 Jean C. At 06:47 AM 7/8/01 -0400, you wrote: >Hello all, > I just stumbled across something and it got me to thinking that I might be >searching the wrong name. I have been told that James Mark or Marks born in >Missouri married Melinda Ricketts born in Missouri and had the following >children: >Clifton, Martin, Virgie, John H. and Addie Christean >Virgie married Amsiah or Amziah Malone in Sharp County, I don't know about >the others. >I recently lost all my family tree info and am having to start over again so >I'm pulling out old files..... In doing so, in a copy of Sharp County, >Arkansas marriages, I show a James Mark 19 of Smithville, Arkansas marrying >Malinda Rickard 16 of Smithville, Arkansas on Dec 21, 1890. Of course, this >just happened to be on the bottom of a page I had copied on my Malone's and I >don't have the next page, which I now desperately need... Do any of these >names sound familiar? I look forward to hearing from you. > >Thanks, >Jonnie