Delilah, Earleene, Carl, and anyothers interested in Avans. I had heard from Jim Avans' descendants about his rather wild life after Aunt Sophia died. Also heard that he had two wives after her. Sometimes these are just family legends with little truth. However, there is a James W. Avans, age 66 in 1930, married to a 22 year old woman in Knoxville. This is the right age and it matches part of the story. Got any ideas. Paul Some of my families: Morgan, Davis, Nichols, Martin, Vance League, Morris, Strait, Addleman, Armitage Prince, Prindle, Ganoe, Whitley, Walker, Bailey, Baker, Bullock, Mean, Mead, Landers, Countiss, Gass, Thompson, Ives, Merriman and quite a