Alice wrote: Does anyone know anything about this couple? I found them on the Ancestry.com gene pool site: James R. ATWOOD, b. 1832 in Trigg County, KY, died in 1866, married Elivira J. McQuaid on February 8, 1851 in Marshall, KY. His father was James ATWOOD, mother Mary Polly Allen. ----------- I have this line posted by Carol Queen [email protected] going back to Gilbert of England. 1 Gilbert Atwood, b. abt 1651 in England, died 1715 in Westmoreland Co., VA. 2 Gilbert Atwood II, died 1745 3 John Atwood, died 1750 4 Gilbert Atwood, b. 1730-1735 in Westmoreland Co. VA, died 1818 in Shenandoah Co.., VA, married Nancy Ann Young 5 John Atwood b abt 1755 d 1816 Shenandoah Co., VA. m Elizabeth Roy 25 Mar 1780, dau of John Roy and Jane 5 John Atwood b abt 1755 d 1816 Shenandoah Co., VA. m Elizabeth Roy 25 Mar 1780, dau of John Roy and Jane 6 James Atwood b abt 1790 Shenandoah Co., VA, d 19 Mar 1850, Trigg Co., KY m 07 Dec 1815 in Shenandoah Co., VA, to Mary Allen, dau. of Moses Allen. [1] 7i William Jackson Atwood b 1817 Sep 30 in Shenandoah Co., VA; d 1887 Nov 24 in Canton, Trigg Co., KY m abt. 1840 to Louisa Woodson Franklin b 1820 Dec 07 in Crooked Creek, Trigg Co., KY in Trigg Co., Ky d 1907 May 18 in Trigg Co., Ky Turner Graveyard [2] 7ii Martha Atwood b 1819 Feb 18 in Wilson Co., TN d 1887 Feb 02 in Trigg Co., KY Oakley Cemetry m 1837 to James Oakley b 1816 Apr 05 in Rowan Co., NC in Dickson Co., TN d 1892 Feb 19 in Trigg Co., KY Oakley Cemetry 7iii Moses Allen Atwood b 1820 in Tennessee m 1842 Dec 19 to Julia Ann Meredith b 1825 in Canton, Trigg Co., KY [3] 7iv Thomas Hooker Atwood b 1827 in Tennessee m1 1848 Mar 18 to Mary Elizabeth Forguson b 1831 in Canton, KY in Cadiz, Trigg Co., KY d Abt. 1854 Feb in Cadiz, Trigg Co., KY; m2 1855 Jul 23 in Canton, Trigg Co. to Martha E. Bannister b 1831 in North Carolina d Bef. 1866 in Canton, Trigg Co., KY; m3 1866 Oct 16 to Rebecca L. Jackson b 1828 in Cadiz, Trigg Co., KY [6] 7v John H. Atwood b 1829 in Tennessee m Martha Forguson b 1834 d 1871 7vi James R. Atwood b 1832 Oct 23 in Tennessee d 1866 Jan 16 in Trigg Co., Ky Atwood Cemetery m Elvira J. McQuaid b 1833 7vii Mary Jane Atwood b 1835 in Tennessee d Abt. 1859 in Trigg Co., KY m William Forguson b 1827 7viii Benjamin T. Atwood b 1839 d June 1850 in Trigg Co., Ky There are are additional descendants where a number is indicated [1], [2], etc. would you like me to send them? Ruth Atwood [email protected] Age is a very high price to pay for maturity