I know a little more now about my gg grandmother; Parents of Mary Ann Farris were Eli FARRIS b. abt 1798 & Francis Morris (or Morrison) b. 1779 Sisters were: Susan (spouse Francis Maxwell) & Martha Jane "Patsy" Farris (spouse Wm Harvey McMurry) Mary Ann married John Newton Hamil abt 1840 prob. in TN or TX She was born in Al (Lauderdale Co. ?) & died in Fannin Co., TX, she is buried at Allen's Chapel in Honey Grove. Any bells anyone? Travis Allen