Hi Daryl, >Wife: MARY BARKSHIRE >Birth: 4 Jun 1800 Place: KENTUCKY >Death: 21 Mar 1889 Place: VERMILION CO., ILLINOIS >Burial: Place: ROSE CEMETERY, BISMARCK, ILLINOIS >Father: JOHN BARKSHIRE >Mother: MARY LEISURE I have the following people in my database: Edward Harvey BERKSHIRE; b. 3 Mar 1863; m. Arla Elora Sale. Children of Edward Harvey Berkshire and Arla Elora Sale were: i.Lola Lavena BERKSHIRE; b. 24 Dec 1896 Vermilion, Illinois; m. Harrison McKinley Seals, son of Francis Marion Seals and Lena Catherine Hillyer, 22 Apr 1920; d. 7 Feb 1992 Rossville, Vermilion, Illinois, at age 95. I haven't researched Lola's ancestry because the line I'm working on is the SEALS, but I thought I'd pass on this information to you, just in case it adds in some way to your knowledge of BARKSHIRE. I can't help thinking that BARKSHIRE and BERKSHIRE are related. >8. F Child: MATILDA SMITH >Birth: 10 Nov 1836 Place: ILLINOIS >Spouse: ELIJAH MCELHANEY >Marriage: 26 Jun 1853 Place: VERMILION CO., ILLINOIS I also have Elijah McELHANEY in my data. His son Max married my great-grandaunt, Ruby REYNOLDS. Do you have any more info on the McELHANEYs? Generation One 1. Elijah MCELHANEY; m. Eva Kiser; m. Matilda Smith 26 Jun 1853 Vermilion, Illinois, USA. Children of Elijah McElhaney and Eva Kiser were: 2 i.Max MCELHANEY, b. 1903 Warren, Illinois; m. Ruby Reynolds; m. Myrtle (--?--). Generation Two 2. Max MCELHANEY; b. 1903 Warren, Illinois; m. Ruby Reynolds, daughter of Harley Johnson Reynolds and Marie Krueger, 9 May 1925 Rossville, Vermilion, Illinois; m. Myrtle (--?--); d. Jul 1980 Advance, Davie, North Carolina. Children of Max McElhaney and Ruby Reynolds were as follows: i.James L. MCELHANEY; m. Mattie (--?--); m. Candice (--?--); b. 30 Oct 1925 Danville, Vermilion, Illinois; d. 27 Apr 1998 Prescott, Yavapai, Arizona, at age 72. He was a physician in Redondo Beach, California. ii.Peggy Maxine MCELHANEY; b. 29 Oct 1927 Rossville, Vermilion, Illinois; d. 12 Feb 1949 St. Louis, Missouri, at age 21. Michele Chavez Palmdale, California michelec@qnet.com