I have a William Harris in my family, born November 28, 1809. He married Tacy Saltzman in Beetown, Grant County, Wisconsin on July 10, 1849. However, family legend has it that he was married before. Given his age at almost 40 when he married Tacy, it's almost a certainty that he had been married before. He came to California in 1850. Supposedly he was accompanied by a son of a first marriage, Israel Harris. William Harris was accompanied by a Silas Beasley. There is a William Harris and a Silas Beasley in Posey County on the 1830 census. It could be that my William Harris married Margaret B. Waller on November 6, 1828. He was just a couple of weeks short of age 19. In any event, it's not unreasonable and Waller is certainly a better name to look up than Harris. Does this story resonate with anyone? Ken Harris