Y'All ANOTHER CIRCUMSTANTIAL SPECULATION: We have it that Elijah E. CLOUSE died in Bond Co., IL in 1852 and that he had a daughter named Nancy who married William Noah SUGGS and they had a daughter named Margaret who married Robert Mackay. I found in the 1880 census for Bond Co., IL this family: 1880 Census Place Greenville, Bond, Illinois Family History Library Film 1254176 NA Film Number T9-0176 Page Number 222D Robert MACKAY Self M Male W 59 IL Farmer KY KY Margaret MACKAY Wife M Female W 40 IL Keeping House IL IL George MACKAY Son S Male W 23 IL Farmer IL IL Ellen MACKAY Dau S Female W 18 IL At Home IL IL S. F. MACKAY Dau S Female W 16 IL At Home IL IL Henry MACKAY Son S Male W 11 IL At Home IL IL William MACKAY Son S Male W 8 IL At Home IL IL Alvin MACKAY Son S Male W 6 IL At Home IL IL Olley MACKAY Dau S Female W 4 IL At Home IL IL Walter MACKAY Son S Male W 4M IL IL IL Joseph PARTON Other S Male W 26 TN Laborer TN TN Again, the parental nativity for this Margaret Mackay says Illinois for both and our Margaret's parental nativity should be Tennessee. I have seen too many errors in enumeration and transcription to assume the correctness of ANYTHING and most of the errors are in parental nativity. We have it that Margaret & Robert had a daughter named Emily. There is no Emily in this household, but Emily was most likely born after 1880 as her marriage date to John Johnson is 1928 [as per Neil Smith.] To strengthen the POSSIBILITY is the fact that five households away there is this listing: 1880 Census Place Greenville, Bond, Illinois Family History Library Film 1254176 NA Film Number T9-0176 Page Number 222C W. R. GUM Self M Male W 45 OH Farmer OH OH Catherine GUM Wife M Female W 44 IN Keeping House IN IN W. G. GUM Son S Male W 10 IL OH IN Zedrick GUM Son S Male W 20 IL Laborer IL IL ***Amad E. SUGGS Niece S Female W 10 IL IL IL **** Does anyone have knowledge either family? Life goes on - Jim Christian Chattanooga, TN jsxian@mindspring.com