HaHaHaHaHaHa!!!!!! Blacksheep,in the Hall family??? Moonshine? I'm sure they were "revenuers". Yea that's it!:-) :-) I keep telling people that I've got kin that used to preach agin' it upstairs and make it in the cellar. The Christian Co. Mo. rootsweb site has everyone sending in there "blacksheep" story's right now. This would be right in line with the others. It's the color that makes our past interesting to look back on. My Grandfather, Alva Franklin Hall, left the family in 1930 to go to California to make his fortune. My Grannie didn't like being stranded where ever it was. So she went back home, Christian Co. Mo. with their 4 children. He didn't support the children or her. She cleaned houses and did ironing to make a living. In May 1946 he shot his girlfriend and himself in Omahan, Nb. So we all have "blacksheep" even if no one talks about it. How neat to have that picture. Thanks for sharing with us. Nancy cking@ruraltel.net (D King) wrote: I guess I need to post my one little lonely but important Hall name as I have been on here lurking for over a week now. Angeline Hall, b. 1848, in possibly Iowa married Thomas (according to the death certificate) or W.H. (according to the funeral home) Porter. This is my gg-grandmother and this is all I have. They did have children: William, b. 1864 in Des Moines, Iowa; Rose Ella, b. 1870 in Iowa; James R.; and Jane Porter. I cannot find a record of their marriage. This family always said they were Cherokee, but how the Cherokee got to Iowa during this time frame leaves me to wonder. Also, I cannot find them on census reports. And also, if you were a bootlegger would you be on the run so much that you wouldn't ever make it on a census? This is something I am beginning to wonder about. I do have a Porter picture and it appears that they had themselves a nice little business going. Does anyone else have Halls in Iowa or native American Halls or a Hall that was a little bit of a blacksheep? <VBG> This one is tough! Thanks, Connie ____________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.