Tom, the James BOTTOM who married Jennie TEENOR was a son of "Wash" BOTTOM and Matilda HALE. As yet I have not seen any tie-in of this family (Wash is an ancestor in our family's line) with your BOTTOM line. Details: Here is the last census record for this James. As you can see, both BOTTOM and BOTTOMS were used as his surname: 1880 Census, MO HALE, Fountain 52 VA Mary E., dau 27 TN Sarah dau 23 TN g son Earnest 4 mo MO BOTTOMS, James 27 TN, farm hand CARRELL, John 20 MO, farm hand James A. (Alex) BOTTOM (1852/1853, TN-Feb.1884) on 14 Oct 1883 m Jennie TEENOR (LC m G393) Alex is buried in Snow Cemetery, Walnut Ridge, Lawrence Co., AR. Descendants: a. Ollie BOTTOM (9 Aug 1894-15 Aug 1894), also bur Snow Cemetery, Walnut Ridge, AR As you can see, the BOTTOM who married Jennie was about 12 years younger than the one in your line. The on-line Snow Cemetery list does not include Jenny BOTTOM. Does anyone know what happened to her? I suspect she re-married but do not have record of anything after her husband's death and the death of their child. Tom Baird wrote: > 3. James M. or A. BOTTOM b. ca. 1840 TN. (Where in Tenn?) Is the same James > that m. Jennie TENOR on 14 Oct 1883 ? >