I too have been away from the mailing list and figured it might be a good time to throw out a line on my families, The Clevengers and the Halls. William Andrew Clevenger was married to Nancy Ann Thompson on Jan 21, 1857. He married Nancy Jane Sinnett in White County, IL in 1868. Only one problem-- he never bothered with DIVORCE. Yep, thats right. He was caught and wife number one, sued for divorce based on the fact that he had another family in White County, and she and her offspring lived in Wayne County. Now the story doesn't end there. He unexpectedly died in Springerton in 1872. Of what I don't know. Nancy Jane Sinnett Clevenger married John Heritage in 1874. One day he got up and took the horse out on an errand and never came back. They found the horse, but no JOHN. Well now, 120 years go by and I am sitting in the Cole County, IL courthouse and there is a very sweet lady helping me out with my Stevens family when we start talking about the various courthouses of Illinois-- Yep you guessed it-- she was a granddaughter of John Heritage, who never did tell my ancestor that he had a wife in Cole County, IL married her in 1878. My Hall ancestor is Elizabeth Hall Clevenger Cross who was very active in the New Hope Church. Her second husband was Levi Cross who was an elder in the church. Thank you for reading my email. If you have any interest in these families, please contact me. Candee Hoff new email address genealogysix@aol.com