It was not uncommon for parents to name a living child the same name as one whom died. Especially if it was a name sake of someone in the family. ----- Original Message ----- From: "donald drury" <ddrury5840@sbcglobal.net> To: <ilrandol-l@rootsweb.com>; <kynelson-l@rootsweb.com>; <kywashin-l@rootsweb.com>; <mdstmary-l@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2007 5:29 PM Subject: [ILRANDOL] Charles P. Brewer - Perry County, Misouri > Dear Folks, > > I am trying to find the parents and birth date of the Charles P. Brewer who married Elena Dolson (or Dotson) d/o Stephen Dolson and Elizabeth Creely on 10/19/1844. (Marriage Records - Randolph County Illinois 1809-1870 by Mrs. Frank Torrens p. 13). Researchers in the area report that Mrs. Torrens copied these records directly from the original documents in the Randolph County Courthouse in Chester, Illinois. Charles and Elena had at least one son, Richard Hayes Brewer born in 1847. > > These additional marriages are recorded on that same page; > > Brewer, George T. Signer, Lucinda 4-28-1846 > Brewer, John W. Longway, Mary 9-20-1847 (date of license) > Brewer, Wm Horne, Elizabeth 2-19-1848 > Brewer, Pious Signer, Cordelia M. 2-24-1850 > > > Some of you have placed a Charles Brewer as marrying Margaret Ellen Wimsatt 5/7/1844 with several children born between 1845 and 1852 after which she supposedly dies in 1853. Other sites list him as Charles P. Brewer. > > My confusion concerns the middle name of Charles Brewer and who he married. > > It is possible, of course, that these were different individuals, or that Pius Brewer had more than one son he named Charles. Erica Cooper and William Mattingly in their files on Ancestry upated in 2004 list him as Charles Leo Brewer born in 1818. Jerry Wimsatt in his database has him as Charles Brewer born abt 1812. Another Ancestry entry has Charles P. Brewer s/o Pius Brewer and Tabitha Blanford born abt 1812, Nelson County, Ky. married to Margaret Ellen Wimsatt 5/7/1844. > > So we have 3 Charles Brewers listed as a s/o Pius Brewer and Tabitha Blanford in various databases and a fourth who is a possible son: > > 1. Charles P.Brewer b. ? m. Elena Dolson 10/19/1844 (perhaps a son of Pius and Tabitha) > 2. Charles P. Brewer b. 1812 m. Margaret Ellen Wimsatt 5/7/1844 > 3. Charles Brewer b.abt 1812 m. Margaret Ellen Wimsatt 5/7/1844 > 4. Charles Leo Brewer b. 1818 m. Margaret Ellen Wimsatt 5/7/1844 > > Does anyone have any additional information to help clear this confusion? > > Thanks very much for your attention and any help you can provide. > > Don Drury > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILRANDOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message