This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BZ.2ADI/371.380.382.381.383.385.386.389.388.391.379.1.1.1.2.1 Message Board Post: Ann -- Thank you so much for responding to my message. I have since learned that my Mary E. "Eliza" Downing was the daughter of Thomas W. Downing and Susan F. Smilie; she was born abt 1854 in Montgomery County, Alabama. She died in Florida, but we don't know where or when. Eliza is also found in the 1880 Census of Alachua County, Florida as the wife (maybe called Elizabeth) of Ira (could read Ivan) Huggins. Their son Ira Francis Huggins was born 25 Dec 1883 in Columbia County, Florida. You are right, he is buried at Spring Hill. (All this from research of a "cousin.") Ira Francis had two brothers, Lovic Pierce Huggins (born 1884) and Downing Huggins and maybe a sister, Nina Huggins. Joseph S. Downing (your husband's ancestor) had a daughter named Ella Pierce Downing also born 1884. Do you suppose Pierce is a family name, maybe the name of William H. Downing's wife, Eliza? (President Franklin Pierce served from 1853-1857, so they're not likely named after him.) I would love information on the brothers of Ira Francis Huggins and their families. We are still seeking informaton on the death and burial places for Ira Belton O. Huggins (1845) and his wife, Mary Eliza Downing Huggins. Any help on that would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your offer to help. Since this is not my direct line, and I have established the connections that I needed, may I give your address to a couple of mutual "cousins" that we share. They are connected to both Huggins and Downing. Thank you again. Sara Huggins Preston