Shirley, Thank you, for your response, I am relieved to know that the postings were arriving to the list afterall. Martha Vance Wilson is daughter of John Martin Wilson and Martha Ramsey Vance I appreciate your offer to look into the Reed Family. I have unknown parents for him. William Reed being a fairly common name. There are so many in PA that I thought I better start with McDonough that there may be some record there that will reveal Parents of Wm. ross reed. I understand that he went by Ross Reed (using Ross as his first name. I am trying to tie up a few loose ends in Wilson Bible Transcript of over 2000 names. If your ancestry is from the area and you have any Wilson marriages. I'd be happy to take a look to see if any of you kin are included. (many surnames to look at there) His family is as follows: Husband's Name William Ross REED also known as Ross Reed Born: Abt 1840 Place: , , Pennsylvania Died: 1915 Place: , , California Buried: Place: , , Topeka, Kansas Married: 24 Jun 1866 Place: , McDonough Co., Illinois Father: Mother: Wife's Name Martha Vance WILSON Born: 17 Mar 1845 Place: Industry, McDonough Co., Illinois Died: Feb 1904 Place: Topeka, , Kansas Buried: Place: , , Topeka, Kansas Married: 24 Jun 1866 Place: , McDonough Co., Illinois Father: John Martin WILSON Mother: Martha Ramsey VANCE Children of Wm. Ross Reed 1. Sex Name F. Ada Luella REED Born: Abt 1867 Place: Illinois Died: Place: Deceased 2. Sex Name F Nellie Elnorah REED Born: Abt 1869 Place: Illinois Died: Place: Deceased 3. Sex Name M. David G. G. REED Born: Abt 1871 Place: <, Illinois> Died: Place: Deceased 4. Sex Name M. James Sidney REED Born: Abt 1873 Place: Illinois Died: Place: Deceased 5. Sex Name M Berton J REED Born: Abt 1875 Place: , , Illinois Died: Place: Deceased ____________________________________________________________________