Sharon, This is the info I have on the Melissa Rumsey Robb family. Judy Descendants of Melissa Lucinda RUMSEY Generation No. 1 1. MELISSA LUCINDA3 RUMSEY (RICHARD2, JOHN1) was born 06 May, 1858 in Floyd Co GA, and died 23 September, 1930 in (New Liberty Cem). She married (2) JAMES NEWTON ROBBS 02 March, 1881 in Richard RUMSEY'S Res., Pope Co IL, son of JAMES ROBBS and CATHERINE RANDOLPH. She married (3) JAMES LAFAYETTE SAYLORS1 18 March, 1886 in Richard RUMSEY's Res., Pope Co IL, son of JOHN SAYLORS and MARY DYER. Child of MELISSA LUCINDA RUMSEY is: i. MISSOURI4 RUMSEY, b. 21 May, 1878. Children of MELISSA RUMSEY and JAMES ROBBS are: ii. JAMES "MAN" RICHARD4 ROBBS, b. 09 June, 1883. iii. SAMUEL"NEWT" NEWTON ROBBS, b. 30 July, 1885; d. (Sulphur Springs Cem). Children of MELISSA RUMSEY and JAMES SAYLORS are: 2. iv. NANCY MELINDA4 SAYLORS, b. 01 September, 1889, Pope Co IL. v. PEARL SAYLORS, b. 30 September, 1887, Eddyville, Pope Co IL; d. 20 March, 1979; m. CHARLES HERBERT STONE, 09 May, 1909, Glendale, Pope Co IL. 3. vi. ULYSSES LAFAYETTE SAYLORS, b. 30 September, 1894, near Eddyville, Pope Co IL; d. 10 April, 1927, (New Liberty Cem). vii. MELISSA SAYLORS, b. 30 September, 1894, Eddyville, Pope Co IL; m. THOMAS S. MITCHELL, 24 November, 1912, Glendale, Pope Co IL. Generation No. 2 2. NANCY MELINDA4 SAYLORS (MELISSA LUCINDA3 RUMSEY, RICHARD2, JOHN1) was born 01 September, 1889 in Pope Co IL. She married JAMES ARTHUR POE 11 February, 1906 in Lafayette SAYLOR's Res, Pope Co IL by J.T. DAVIDSON, J.P., son of DANIEL POE and MARY BRUSH. Children of NANCY SAYLORS and JAMES POE are: i. JAMES HOWARD5 POE, b. 11 July, 1907; d. June 1908. ii. MAUDE POE, b. 10 September, 1910. iii. MABEL POE, b. 10 September, 1910. iv. NORMAN LESLIE "RED" POE, b. 18 October, 1920. 3. ULYSSES LAFAYETTE4 SAYLORS (MELISSA LUCINDA3 RUMSEY, RICHARD2, JOHN1) was born 30 September, 1894 in near Eddyville, Pope Co IL, and died 10 April, 1927 in (New Liberty Cem). He married ZURA EZEL CUMMINS 22 September, 1917 in Mrs. CUMMIN's in Pope Co IL by R.M. RUMSEY, Min., daughter of EDMOND CUMMINS and ANNIE COMPTON. Child of ULYSSES SAYLORS and ZURA CUMMINS is: 4. i. JAMES E. "J.E."5 SAYLORS, b. 15 March, 1927. Generation No. 3 4. JAMES E. "J.E."5 SAYLORS (ULYSSES LAFAYETTE4, MELISSA LUCINDA3 RUMSEY, RICHARD2, JOHN1) was born 15 March, 1927. He married LYDIA SHOCKLEY 05 July, 1947. Children of JAMES SAYLORS and LYDIA SHOCKLEY are: i. KAY6 SAYLORS, b. 01 August, 1948; m. ARNOLD. ii. LULA RAE SAYLORS, b. 05 November, 1949; m. MYRICK. iii. KIM SAYLORS, b. 11 September, 1961. Endnotes 1. Ricky T. ALLEN, 1870 Federal Census and Mortality Schedule of Pope Co IL, (1987), Page 65, 06 July 1870 T12S R6E P.O. Eddyville 146/146 [should be 147/147] Living in household of Mary BROADWAY, 58 KY and several other people. Lafyett SALIERS, 21 TN; Salina A. 20 GA; Samuel 2 IL; John W. 1 IL. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Southeastern Illinois Resource Books [Pope, Massac, Johnson & Hardin] http://www.angelfire.com/il/leefoss Judy Foreman Lee Document your research & cite your sources. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ On Sun, 03 Jan 1999, The Browns wrote... >I have contact with Dee Robbs's step-granddaughter. Dee is from Eddyville. His >grandmother was Melissa Rumsey Robbs. I've noticed some Rumsey kin on the line. Anyone >intestested? I have Dee's father (must be Samuel Newton Robbs) married to Grace >Whiteside in 1908. Dee was born in 1903. Does anyone know if he had a first wife? Or, >are the dates wrong. I got my information from Bruce Morse. Also, I understand that >Dee had one brother, John, and two sisters. One sister was Fern and the other M >(will have to check)something lived at Vienna. >