Thanks Mary, That is wonderful information. The death date jives with this old letter I have, so I think we can all say the Uncle Perry Stafford Emma wrote about is this James P. Stafford who married Sarah C.Harkey. I think from what Mary Russell, Judith, Pat, Alma and some others sent we can say for certain Sarah C. is the daughter of Moses M. Harkey. Thanks a million to all of you for working on this and answering my question. Mary, do you happen to have anything in the cemetery records showing a death date for Ambrose Moudy? Emma may have spelled his name wrong in this old letter. If we had a death date for him, and if it is close to the date of this old letter then we could say for sure it was Ambrose instead of Ambers Moudy. Then we need to find out who Ambrose married. From the book "Marriages of Yell County, Arkansas 1831-1900" by The Yell County Historical and Genealogical Society I fine a marriage showing W. T. Moudy to Ida Harkey, but she was a cousin to Emma Harkey's husband, and this would not have made him an Uncle, so I think Ambers or Ambrose Moudy would have had to marry one of the older Harkey girls. Also in the same marriage book I see: A. William A. Moudy to Mrs. Lizzie Thomas on 2 Aug. 1878, but find in the Thomas marriages; Lizzie Dawson to James H. Thomas 25 Feb. 1866. This appears to be the (MRS.) Lizzie Thomas who married the Moudy. So........ it appears she was not a Harkey but a Dawson. And that brings me back to my original question last night, who is this Uncle Ambers (Ambrose) Moudy?? Thanks, Flora ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Fowler Leek" <mleek@bellsouth.net> To: <HARKEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2001 6:16 PM Subject: Re: [HARKEY-L] Stafford / Harkey marriage > | This marriage information can be found in the following source: > | > | Yell County Historical & Genealogical Society. Book: "Marriages of Yell > | County, Arkansas 1831 - 1900". Pub 1994. pg. 131 (Danville, Yell Co., > | Arkansas Courthouse, marriage bk A, pg. 168) > | > | The entry reads: > | > | STAFFORD, James P.; 39; to HARKEY, Sarah C.; 27, both of Yell County; 24 Nov > | 1868; by Sims Sugg, J.P.; A-168 > | > ====================================== > > To follow up with a little more on this couple: > > [Source: Yell Co.Historical & Genealogical Association. Book: "Cemeteries of Yell County, Arkansas, Vol 1", pub. 1993, pg. 83] > > Stafford Cemetery, Yell County, Ark. > > This cemetery is located near Spring Lake. At one time Stafford was a Village in Yell County, 8 miles from Danville and 18 miles from Dardanelle. Population 25. H.R. McKinney, Post Master, M.S. Sides, General Store, and Stafford and McKinney, Grist Mill. Page 456 Ark State Gazetter 1898-99 > > Stafford, J.P. 11 Dec 1827 17 Jun 1894 > Stafford, Sarah C. 8 Dec 1840 18 Jun 1888 > w/0 J.P. > > Hope this is helpful. > > Mary Fowler Leek > > > > > ==== HARKEY Mailing List ==== > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.harkey > Enter queries, deeds, pensions, obits etc on this page > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library >