This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HOUSE - NEWMAN - HOLCOMB Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SFk.2ACIB/1723 Message Board Post: Hester Ann HOUSE (b. ca 1833 in IL) was the first wife of John Wesley NEWMAN. She died 1873. John married Sarah B. HOUSE HOLCOMB c 1874-1875. Possibly in Washington Co., IL. I can't find them in the online marriage records. I'm curious as to whether Sarah might be a sister to Hester Ann. I show Sarah B. HOUSE as born May 1832 in IL. (1900 Census). She married John W. Holcomb in 1850 - Washington Co. IL. The 1900 Census says she had 16 children, with 6 living. I only know about 5 children with her first husband. I show that she died 13 May 1904, but I don't have a source for that info. Does anyone know anything more about her? Thanks so very much. Happily in Christ, Harlene Soper Brown GGreat-Granddaughter of John W. & Hester Ann House Newman