I just looked at the transcribed and published census for Watauga Co., NC, Laurel Creek 1880 and the child you have as Clemming W. age 6, orphan was transcribed as: Clemmons, M., 6, male, orphan, with Clemmons/Clemming being the last name. Maybe Clemming/Clemmons was his last name. Something like this is always open to interpretation and warrants double checking. When I abstracted and published the 1880 Ashe Co., NC census, try as hard as I could to be accurate, I'm still making corrections in my copy and at the same time I've heard from people who solved a problem where our interpretations differed. Were Abraham and Barbara living in Watuga in 1900? I don't see them in Watauga Co. nor do I find a Clemming/Clemmons. Carol Crosswhite's post yesterday was wonderful. Great information - Thanks Carol. I'm really enjoying the Crosswhite postings. Mary Floy At 09:09 AM 12/6/97 -0600, Burt Crosswhite wrote: >In the 1880 census of Laurel Creek Township, Watauga County, NC appears Abraham L. >Crosswhite and his wife Barbara E. Crosswhite on Page 9, Supervisor's Dist. No. 4, >Enumeration Dist. No. 199. Abraham and Barbara were my gt. grandparents. They died >45 and 54 years, respectively, before I was born. > >Abraham L. Crosswhite was the son of John Melvin Crosswhite and Elizabeth Stone. >Barbara E. Lewis was the 2nd wife of Abraham L. Crosswhite and was the daughter of >Gideon Lewis,III and Lucinda McQueen. > >In this census, Abraham is listed as a Physician and the following children are listed: > >Sarah M. (Sarah Margaret) Daughter, age 20 (Daughter of Margaret McCall) >Ella (Matilda Elizabeth) Daughter, age 4 >Elsa D. (Elsa Delna) Daughter, age 2 >Nora B. (Nora Belle) Daughter, age 1 >Clemming W. Orphan, age 6 > >Abraham and Barbara's son, Charles Q. Crosswhite (my grandfather), was not born until >March 1883. > >Clemming W.'s place of birth is listed as TN, as is the place of birth of his unknown >parents. To be sure, "Clemming" is an unusual name. Trying to interpret some of these >old documents isn't always easy, but "Clemming" is what it appears to me to be. > >My question is about Clemming W. Crosswhite (Crosswhite is assumed, because the boy's >surname was not otherwise listed). This is the only reference I have ever seen regarding >this person. > >Who was Clemming W. Crosswhite? What happened to him? Can anyone help? > >Burt Crosswhite >McAlester, OK Happy Holidays, Mary Floy Katzman Framingham, Massachusetts maryfloy@mkatzman.tiac.net ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Coordinator for the Johnson Co., TN Genealogy Homepage (TNGenWeb Project) http://www.usit.net/tngenweb/johnson/ "A cemetery is where dead people live." Quote by 3 year old, David R. Bowlby, after his first visit to a cemetery with his genealogy crazed Grandma (Mary Floy Katzman).