I can be reached at: BETSYFARIS@aol.com Today is Wednesday, June 23, 1999 James Samuel Hampton Faires\ Faris is the father of Cynthia Catherine Faris. {1.} Alexander b. @ 1740 d. June 6, 1824, {2.} Samuel Faires b. March 4, 1780, d. February 23, 1852, {3.} Elias Newton Faires\Faris b. April 23, 1830, d. March 18, 1902, {4.} James Samuel Hampton Faris b. February 9, 1876, d. April 7, 1928, and {5.} Cynthia Catherine Faris {still living a couple of months ago when I last talked with her}. William Wilson Faires is the father of William Howard Faires, Sr., m. Louise. {1.} Alexander b. @ 1740 d. June 6, 1824, {2.} Jesse Faires b. 1787 d. April 21, 1845, {3.} Elias Monroe Faires b. August 15, 1814, d. August 15, 1893, {4.} William Wilson Faires b. November 2, 1877, d. February 18, 1960, and {5.} William Howard Faires, Sr. b. June 28, 1915, d. 199_ m. Carrie Louise Kerr {{goes by Louise}}. Since these two people {Cynthia and Louise in this case} and their parents are a lot closer to Alexander b. @ 1740 than I am I do honestly believe that they know who their direct ancestors are and who the descendants of their direct ancestors are. As you may have noticed James Samuel Hampton was very much into genealogy and did quite well considering the conditions he had to work with at that time period. Roads were of dirt and poorly maintained. He had to work to support his family and couldn't go to historical societies and so forth for a lot of info. He did lots of personal interviews where he took notes and wrote lots of letters to folks across the country. Cynthia and one of her brothers took up where he left off. Louise still works on genealogy as time permits.