Steve Don't know whether this will be of any help or not: In my search for my Lee family I found the following family who may or may not be related to my Lees. Lee John b ca 1810 Maryland Eleanor b ca 1824 Virginia [This is Eleanor Hissom/Hissem] Possible children are: John M Lee ca 1858 Ohio Elizabeth J ca 1860 Ohio Francis M Ca 1863 Ohio Laura ca 1866 Iowa According to another researcher, this John Lee was in Meigs Co Ohio. His first wife died, but they had a daughter Julia Ann Lee b 1832 Meigs Co Ohio m Simon M Pickens[also in Chequest Twp]. Looks like they were in Van Buren Co by 1866. Eleanor Hissom/Hissem was John Lee's 2nd wife. There is an anecdote that two of his sons died in the Ohio River on their journey to Iowa. It is not known if this is true or which sons it was. I suspect Eleanor is relation to your line. This is just about all I know of them. Hope it is of some help. Marian Cox In a message dated 9/4/01 9:30:44 PM Central Daylight Time, shissem@san.rr.com writes: > Abner married Caroline, born in 1832, while living for a time in Meigs > County, Ohio. Aner had a daughter by a previous marriage, Serrena J., who > appears to have married Floyd Nicklin on 6 Oct 1877 in Van Buren County. > Abner and Caroline's children, as of 1878, were Martha J., born in 1861 in > Ohio and Arthur W., born in 1866 in Iowa. > >