<afbednar@gte.net> has written: >Hi Wanda. > >I have been trying to find the parents of my GG grandfather, Elias D. Farris >and GG grandmother, Mary A. Middleton . He was born Feb 3, 1956; (not sure >of date of death). She was born Dec 16th 1854. They lived in Schuyler >County MO. They had 10 children. Margaret died in approx 1898 and Elias >remarried. > >Anybody have any information???? I wonder if your line could possibly go back to York County, SC. There were a couple of early Elias Faris there. One was Elias M. Faris, born 1814, died 1893. He was the son of Jesse Faris; another was Elias Newton Faris, son of Samuel Faris and Eliza Garrison. This Elias was born 1830 in York County, SC, died 1902 in York County, SC. Maybe someone else can help further. Wanda