My Reid line married into a McDonald family, but I have little on them. Francis Isabelle (Belle) married John W. McDonald 22 Dec 1880 in Morgan Co. They had children: Pearl, John, William, Adelia, Hettie m a Haley and Jeanette (Nettie) McDoanld. Adelia married Biege Profit, Nettie married Ernest Francis. I remember my mother was in touch with Nettie over the years, but I still know little about them. Nettie would have been her lst cousin. Belle Reid McDonald died 24 Apr 1924 in Jacksonville, she was the daughter of Abraham Reid and Ann Mary Hamilton (I was named after her and their daughter Annie, my grandmother). I have no dates on John. I see no connection with yours but one never knows :-) Mary Ann At 05:25 PM 3/6/2004 -0800, you wrote: >I have an ancestor, William Smith married to Maria McDonald (McDaniel) and >in the 1850 census Patsy (10) and Marion (9) Samples living with them. In >the 1870 Census, Maria McDonald's brother John McDonald and wife Martha >are living in the same household as a Theodore Samples family. There must >be a connection somewhere but I haven't figured it out. > >Also, my McDonald family married into an Anderson family. I believe that >John McDonald married Martha Anderson, and his brother James McDonald >married Jeanette or Jane Anderson. I also believe that Andrew Anderson >may be a brother to Martha and and Jeanette, and Andrew married an >Elizabeth Cole, the sister of Malinda Cole, who married George McDonald, a >brother of the two mentioned above. > >If anyone has any connections to these families or can confirm any of the >above, please do contact me. Thank you very much. > > >==== ILMORGAN Mailing List ==== >Contribute your Morgan County ancestors Obit; Probate/Will; Deeds; Bible >Records; >Photo's; Pensions; any Misc. items to the Morgan Web page or the >GenConnect Boards: CONVERSE CONNECTIONS http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~makaylor/index.html MY FAMILY GENEALOGY http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~converse/index.html