Greetings to all: I am new to the list and have just stumbled onto a family connection to the Farris name, I think. I was looking for my great grandfather, Robert Myers; I found him as a 13 yr old living with his mother, older brother and a younger sister. His mother had remarried (I suppose) to a Gills and they were living in Obion County, TN in the 1870 Census. The whole family was living with W. W. FARRIS 60 yrs old, born in Virginia. Robert Myers' mother, Mary J. age 33, also was born in VA. Her 2 sons were born in Texas, William H. Myers age 15, and Robert age 13, but her daughter Nancy A. Myers age 10 was born in Tennessee in 1860. The Myers children's father was born in KY. THEREFORE, I have assumed the following: W. W. Farris had a daughter Mary J. born abt 1836/37 in Virginia. They may have moved to KY where she met and married a Myers abt 1852/53. Mary J. and her husband then moved to Texas and had 2 sons there. She had her daughter in 1860 in TN. I don't know what happened to her husband. Mary J. then married John Gills and their children are John A. born abt 1862, Mary J. born abt 1868, and Roberta born abt 1878. Does anyone out there have any information on W. W. Farris and his daughter Mary J.? Such as mother, siblings, the Myers she married and when, etc.? I will be sooooooo grateful for any assistance. Thanks. I am originally from West Tennessee and now live near St. Louis, MO. Diane Gunter Borgman