In a message dated 10/20/99 3:56:45 PM Central Standard Time, javan@paonline.com writes: << >My great-grandmother is Melissa DeLoach, she married William Randolph >Bowren. I looked at an Independence County, Arkansas (1900 ) it shows >Melissa's mother as Louisa J. Griffis b. aug. 1837, living in the houshold >with William Randolph Bowren and Melissa. Melissia's father was Mark >DeLoach. The DeLoach file shows melissia's mother as Nancy Jane Griffis. >Could someone clearify this for me. Larry Bowen >larry_bowen@hotmail.com >> Her name was Nancy Jane Griffis according to census and family records, more commonly called Jane. My husband's grandmother, Nancy Arena Altom was named for her. Linda