Linda, I haven't found a marriage record for James Edward Fariss & Mary Jane Hines Powell in any of my TN records (I will keep looking). I have the death date for Samuel B. Fariss (d. 13 Aug 1895), but I don't know where. Do you know where your grandmother was born? You said that James E. & Mary Jane both died around 1991 ( was it 1891?). Samuel's brother, John Lindsay ( my 2nd great grandfather) removed from Maury Co to Lewis Co to McNairy Co, where he lived out his life and is buried. Some of the English Family came to TX, as did my great grandfather, John Alexander Farris. You will notice that this family spells the name both FARISS & FARISS. How old was your grandmother, when her mother died? any idea? do you know where she was living? any clues? Let me hear from you, Emma