Hello, Its been a long time since I made a query about Nancy Towns.. By family tradition she was a first cousin of the famous John C. Calhoun. My research leads me to believe she may be a more distant cousin than that. I am searching for any information on her parentage and siblings. She may be related to the Henry Towns who married Lucretia Ann Calhoun. Since Henry and Lucretia had no children, the connection might be through a brother to Henry. Nancy M. Towns(es) was born 16 April 1833 in South Carolina, d. 30 Dec. 1913, Smith County, Texas, buried in the Union Chapel Cemetery. She married America M. Fowler [b. GA (per census) d. 6 Oct. 1873, Smith County, Texas] ca 1852 probably in Alabama as that is where their children were born. Their children were Mary, Paralee Lou, Embry, Sarah Lenora, Milton Elonzo, Columbus, Viola, Kathryn Marilya, and Sam R. Several died in infancy or at an early age. In correspondence written by my husband's mother, Cammie Lenora Broyles Caffey, to a first cousin, she says: "when my grandparents, Nancy Towns and A. M. Fowler, came to Texas, Nancy's brother, known as Uncle Rady, and a nephew, John, came with them. Uncle Rady had a store at Garden Valley" (Smith County, Texas). Rady never married so John the nephew is the son of either a brother or sister of Nancy's. The assumption has been that Rady and John were both named Towns(es) but that is not stated in the correspondence. A. L. (Abner) Townes ran a hotel in Grand Saline and is related to the family, probably a son of John. A. L. was the father of Ida and Lena Towns. These sisters married Alexander brothers in the Smith or Wood County, Texas, area. This is about all I know of the family. Thanks for any help anyone can give. Jynelle