This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Barr Curtis Barber Browning Short Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/TmQ.2ACIB/2063 Message Board Post: Seeking information on possible relatives of William S. Curtis b ca 1830 in IL per census records, son of Benjamin Browning Curtis b GA ca 1801, son of James William Curtis and Mary Browning of SC. Benjamin m Elizabeth Short in TN, had James W. in IL about 1820, went to Washington Co. AR after birth of Wm. S., where he d aft 1860. Wm. S. m Mary C. Barber, dau of Zibe, in Independence Co. 1859. They had no surviving children but were foster parents to children of at least three other Curtis families near them. These were: Madison b 1818 NC, m Amanda J., d 1864; Wesley b 1824 NC m Elizabeth in GA, d 1864; and James W., b 1806 NC, m Mary king AR 1841, d after 1870. Some of these children went back to IL for a time--probably Perry Co., then returned to AR. The 1880 census called these children nephews of Wm. S., but evidence says they were cousins at best. Any info on any of these much appreciated. Have descendents to share.