Margaret, the part you wrote where your Cherry family moved to ARK caught my eye. I have a John Cherry in N.W. ARK on a document for my GGF, Rev. Crowell L. Howell.It should have been in the 1890s or so. I remembered the name as my neighbor here is also John Cherry. If you think your family connects to NW ARk I will look thru my dusty old books and find it. Sheila Texas _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com