This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/iUI.2ACIB/1915.1 Message Board Post: You wrote, "I'm searching for 1st wife of Benjamin Franklin Chandler. She died when my g-grandmother, Lillie Lovela Chandler Sutton, was only 5 yrs old " As I imagine you know, Benjamin is listed in the 1880 census as 20, single, and head of what was his deceased father's household in Pine Thicket, Cleburne, AL. If he married there in the next few years he may be listed with information on his wife in one of the filmed records available through the family History Library http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp Marriage records, 1867-1929 Authors Cleburne County (Alabama). Judge of Probate (Main Author) Notes Microfilm of original records in the County Courthouse in Heflin, Alabama. If you haven't looked at the GenWeb page for the county you might try it http://www.rootsweb.com/~alclebur/ You can find an address for the county historical society there, and it is possible they might be able to check the marriage records [which have been published and are also available for purchase through links on the GenWeb page].