Greg, The dates you give and those in this abstract are not the same.......... Following from an abstract (ref. SIH655) which we have not got posted yet at: Southern Illinois Biographies: http://members.xoom.com/annable George Washington Mathis, born 18 Jul 1869 in Johnson Co marr: 23 Aug 1893 - Minnie E Morray, dau of JB and Gussie (Haley) Morray 8 children: Gussie V; Alvin; Mabel E; Kate Lucinda; Archie; George; Wayne; John H father: Robert D Mathis, marr. 1858 to Lucinda Fairless, dau of Robert and Matilda (Buchanan) Fairless, Gal.Co. their children: John P; George W; Olonzo F; Lilliam V grandfather: William Mathis, born KY, marr: Cynthia Scott of Trigg Co, dau of William and Mary (Moore) Scott their children: Robert D; Elizabeth E; John B; Margaret A; James P great-grandfather: John Mathis, native VA and pioneer Trigg Co, KY marr. Margaret Brown in 1846 Ed Annable -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ed & Diane Annable - PO Box 186 - Cypress, IL 62923 Southern Illinois Biographies - http://members.xoom.com/annable Annable's Genealogical Register - http://members.tripod.com/~annable Family History Page - http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/2240 Annable Surname Information - http://www.userworld.com/users/annable Ed Annable Publishing - http://www.angelfire.com/biz/edannpub ed.diane@usa.net annable1@accessus.net --------------------------------------------------------------------