Tom, I don't show Augustus B. Dover as the son of Augustus McDowell Dover but her sure fits by year born. I do agree that A. M. Dover is the son of Francis Marion Dover. Francis married Mary Bailey about 1830 in Rutherford County, North Carolina. She was the daughter of Augustus Bailey and Elizabeth Cloud who were married in Rutherford County in 1808. Francis Marion's in-laws are found on the same census page in 1840 Gilmer County, Georgia. There's a number of important Rutherford County messages in 1998 DOVER-L archives. I personally believe you will find the name of Francis' father in the Revolutionary pension application for Francis J. Dover found at: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/dov/DoverPens?read=2 I'm not suggesting that Francis J. Dover is his father .... it's probably somebody else named in the application. You have a number of descendants of Francis Marion on Dover-L. Dennis