Hello again listers: I am reposting this name, just to see if anyone has any information about NAPOLEON FRENCH. Talk about your dead ends and brick walls. I know absolutely nothing about Napoleon French except that he is buried in Kentucky and was married to my Great Grandmother Charlotte Cress. Napoleon was possibly from West Virginia as was Charlotte and moved to Kentucky/Tenn (Jellico area) shortly after they were married. One of Charlotte's daughters, Nancy Ann Cress married Simeon Green son of Robert Green & Matilda Jackson. Other children of Napoleon French and Charlotte Cress were: 1. Ellen Cress who married William Green (Simeons brother) 2. Elliot Cress (no info on him) Please, please, please if anyone knows anything.... John Green

John, that brick wall MAY be coming down. My 3G Grandfather Napoleon Bonaparte French and a bazillion other descendants of his grandparents Matthew and Sarah Payne were in SW VA/WV, especially Giles, Tazewell and Mercer counties, the latter now in WV. Matthew and Sally's children married into these families among others: Belcher, Hatfield, Smith, McComas, Dingess. Napoleon was son of David and Mary Dingess. He married Jane B. Armstrong daughter of Thomas Temple Armstrong and granddaughter of Martin of NC and TN. Napoleon's sibs included William H.and James Harvey. They were Confederates who ended up on the "wrong" side of the border after the "unpleasantness", i.e. WV and many migrated then. See anything that looks familiar? Jackie