John, let's compare notes, please. I have just now found out about the PURCELL family with a possible link to our Marley family, and woul like to see the 1900 census which shows the Elmer Eugene Purcell family. Evidentally, he would be about 24 when he married in 1908 to your gga, and therefore, would have be born about 1874-1878, which could link into my Frank Purcell, born 1870. THEY COULD HAVE BEEN BROTHERS? COUSINS? I am copying this email to my cousin, Sharon Marley Morris, for reference. I appreciate your writing and giving us this lead. Nell beck Truitt > I don't know if there is any connection at all, but my great-great-aunt Anna > > Hefner married Elmer Eugene Purcell in Alton (St. Mary's Catholic church) > on > 15 Feb 1908. If he was one of your Purcells, I can provide you information > > on their descendants but I don't know anything at all about his parents or > siblings. > > John Coffee