This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Yeary, Sutton, Lawson, Balls, Browns, Snavely Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/2NI.2ACEB/11.13.24.51.1.1.1.2.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Okay, it's my turn to be confused. Was James Whitten Yeary married twice? I received the information that James Whitten was married to Susan Sutton, dau. of Thomas and Hannah Lawson Sutton, from Junior Edens. I believe he is a direct-line descendent. When I had a computer crash, I lost some of my information about the Balls, Yearys, Campbells, and Browns. I have some hard copies of old e-mails, so I'll look to see what I can find. I need to do a lot of work on my Balls and Yearys. FYI--my lineage is Henry "David" Yeary & Elizabeth Croxstall>Elizabeth Yeary & Moses Ball>Elizabeth Ball & Michael T. Brown>John Brown & Sarah Brown (early research said her surname was Ball)>Mary Jane Brown & Bishop Nevels>Sarah Elizabeth Nevels & Golvin Chadwell>Maggie Jane Chadwell & Lieu A.J. Raney (my grand parents). Three of senior Henry & Elizabeth Yeary's children married children of George & Kessiah Ann Hanson Ball. Mary Polly Yeary married John Ball; Elizabeth married Moses Ball (my line), and Martha Yeary married Henry Ball. There were lots of double-first cousins in that next generation. Here is another tight grouping. Of Adam & Henrietta Morgan Yeary's children, four married Snavelys. Sarah Matilda married Jacob Snavely; Martha Jane married James Snavely; Elizabeth married Adam Snavely; and Emily Ann married Stuart Amos Snavely. Sarah Matilda & Jacob Snavely were the parents of my gr-gr-uncle Josiah Joseph Grant Snavely since he was married to my gr-grandmother's sister Martha Evelyn Nevels. Oh, well, I think everyone must have been just a little bit kin in those early communities of the 1800s.