Hello Listers, I am resarching John M. WILLIAMS. I found his widow, Maria (Mariah) and children, Jemima (b. NC 1844), Margaret (b. TN 1846), Catherine (b. TN 1848) and Andrew G. (b. TN 1844) on the Gallatin County IL 1870 census. That December, Catherine (my gg gm) married Ira Hutchinson. I have been able to trace her; I visited her grave it Posey County IN. I am trying to determine when the WILLIAMS family got to Gallatin County. I do not know where in TN any of the children were born, nor do I know when or where John and Maria were married. I know that they were both born in NC. Family information says that John died during the War Between the States, by drowning. He is supposedly buried in Dover, TN. I did not find him there, even when I was there. Family also says that when the WILLIAMS got to IL that they had two girls with them, children of a former marriage. It is unknown whose previous marriage. They were not living with Maria in 1870. I have been unable to find any of my WILLIAMS on any census prior to 1870. I have the following marriages for the WILLIAMS children: Jemima WILLIAMS m. Unknown GINGER, unknown date Margaret WILLIAMS m. Melton CAPEHEART, unknown date Catherine WILLIAMS m. Ira HUTCHINSON, Dec 1870 Andrew G. WILLIAMS m. Laura E. CAPEHEART, Mar 1871 (The CAPEHEARTs were neighbors). Any ideas for me? Kathryne from New York