VSmith1625 wrote: > > Hello, > > I am new to this list and am researching the following names: > > HINDERLITER * HOWERTER * MARKLEY * BAUGHMAN * FORD * BEAM > AYERSMAN * BROWN * GRAY > > Vicki Smith > Dunlap, Illinois I'm also new to the list and have not yet listed my surnames. However, a couple of yours are familiar, namely Beam and Gray. My surnames in Fulton County are mainly Lundry, Matheny, Curfman and Henderson and the history goes something like this: Alexander Lundry, son of Joseph and ? Lundry married Dorcas Henderson, daughter of Nathan T. and Catherine (Larkin(s) Henderson. Their son, David Nelson Lundry married Alta O. Matheny, daughter of David D. and Mary Jane (Curfman) Matheny. There are, of course, many children connected to each generation, and I'll post everything later. But, I do remember that a Lundry girl married a Beam. She died as a result of childbirth, and their son was named "Lundry Beam". I believe he was raised by both sets of grandparents - James Perry and Lonettia (Henderson) Lundry and his Beam grandparents. I also remember a Lundry girl (she may have been a widow and her married name was Lundry) married a Gray. If you think there might be a connection, I would enjoy hearing from you. Linda