I'm hoping to find my Georgia Lumpkin ancestors. I have two 'possibles' that may be my direct line. Perhaps someone on this mailing list will be able to help me. Who are GEORGE M. LUMPKIN and wife, MARY SMITH? They had a daughter (my great grandmother) ELLA FRANCES LUMPKIN, born October 6, 1860, in Georgia, possibly Houston or Bibb County. ELLA LUMPKIN married RUFUS EVANS TOUNSLEY on June 23, 1884 in Blue Springs, Florida. Her death certificate names George Lumpkin and Mary Smith, both "born in GA", as her parents. I have been unable to locate any information about these two people. The children of Ella and Rufus Tounsley were Garver (b1885), Samuel (b1890?), Albert (b1892), Hallie (B1896), Rufus (B1899) and Fannie Lucille (b1904). Fannie Lucille is my grandmother; all children were born in the greater Tampa, Florida area. I have found an ELLA LUMPKIN who was previously married to someone with the last name of DRIGGERS/DRIGGARS in GA 1880 census records. He must have died young and left her with two small children: Minnie born about 1877 and Daniel born about 1879, possibly both born in Bibb County, GA. If this is the same ELLA LUMPKIN, she did not take these two children to Florida when she married Rufus Tounsley; I have no further information on these two children. My research seems to verify that ELLA LUMPKIN's parents were GILBERT LUMPKIN and AMANDA V. BROWN not George M. Lumpkin and Mary Smith. Gilbert and Amanda Lumpkin are on the 1860 GA Census in the "Town District" of Houston County. Gilbert was 42 and an 'overseer' for Henry Jackson, a very wealthy farmer and slave owner (possibly the famous Henry Rootes Jackson, politician, statesman, judge, etc.). Amanda was 25 years old. Their children are George, age 3 and Ella, age 1. (Is this my g grandmother???) I cannot connect an ELLA FRANCIS LUMPKIN with the parents listed on her death certificate, GEORGE M. LUMPKIN and MARY SMITH. But I can link her to GILBERT LUMPKIN and AMANDA V. BROWN. I'd appreciate any help anyone can share on this family. Maybe I'm missing something and have it all wrong! Michele Heiderer ==== LUMPKIN Mailing List ==== Atlanta, Georgia was named after the daughter of Governor Wilson Lumpkin - Atalanta Lumpkin. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237