Greetings and Happy New Year! I just joined this list would like to share the information I have on my Bowling connections: Children of Lavina Chastain Bowling Shasteen Weeks Unknown BOWLING - Martha J. BOWLING married Simeon W. Horton Mary BOWLING married Daniel Kitchens/Catchings William Shasteen- Raney H. Chasteen Benjamin Berry Chasteen Margarett Chasteen married S. George Sisk Zachariah Chasteen Samuel Weeks- Louisa (Eliza) Weeks married Barbee Warren Collins Martha BOWLING b:15 Apr 1825/26 AL d: 18 Feb 1903, Emory TX m: Simeon/Samuel W. HORTON 20 Jul 1843, 1860 census shows children Minerva J, Elmore, Hollace, Anna, Sarah, Louisa, William, Margaret, and Mary F. Half sister Eliza WEEKS was also in the house. Mary BOWLING m:Daniel KITCHENS(CATCHINGS) d: before 1871, children Sarah Lavina, Elizabeth, and W. T. Catchings of Missouri. Levina/Lovina/Lavina CHASTAIN b:31 Aug 1803 in SC, died abt 1847 in Franklin Co, TN. Miss Chastain later married William SHASTEEN and Samuel WEEKS. In 1850 Franklin Co, TN Census: #526 Farmer George Sisk 22 m Tenn Margrat 16 f Tenn Eliza Weeks 7 f Tenn 1860 Census Franklin Co, TN 628 Rane Shasteen 27 m Far TN Elizabeth Shasteen 23 f TN R. H. Chasteen - Elizabeth Foster - 12/20/1859 636S.W. Horton 38 m far TN Martha J. 35 f AL ... Eliza Weeks 15 f Tenn I am seeking information on the husband, Unknown BOWLING, of (Mary) Lovina/Levina/Lavina CHASTAIN. 2 of his daughters were born in AL, that may be where he died or possibly Franklin Co, TN where Lovina married William Shasteen. I descend from Louisa Weeks, daughter of Lovina Chastain and Samuel Weeks. Thanks and I hope this information will be of value to someone on this list! sky at skyblue59@aol.com