This is entirely possible. More than once I have come across the fathers marrying their single sister-in-laws to provide a mother for very young children or babies. The men did not like marrying women they did not know and if there was a single sister of the spouse they would marry them. This makes perfect sense also. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Morgan" <morgan14u@itlnet.net> To: <DAUGHERTY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 5:42 PM Subject: [DAUGHERTY] Re Joel and Cynthia > O. K. if Joel Charles is Henrys son he named the boy for the Charles that married his sister Mary.?? And then Cynthia would have been a sister or a 1/2 sister to Joel. as if she was born in Ky before 1810 she was the dau of Henry and Catherine. This is one of the reasons I beleived that Catherine and Cynthia were sisters. and that Cynthia came to Ind with them then when Catherine died she married Henry. I also thought there were two daughters born to them in Ky. lets see in 1820 there were 4 girls under 10 in the house Lavina was born 1817 > Sarah was born 1819 And maybe Parmelia. was born before 1820 so we need another one. and then there was I that was 10 to 15 That would have been the Cynthia. > Does this make sense Mary Lou > > > ==== DAUGHERTY Mailing List ==== > DAUGHERTY UNSUBSCRIPTION DIRECTIONS > Daugherty-L-request@rootsweb.com UNSUBSCRIBE [body of message] > Daugherty-D-request@rootsweb.com UNSUBSCRIBE [body of message] > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >