This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Jh.2ADI/1377.1.1.1.1.2.1 Message Board Post: yes Elizabeth did die , I have it from the "Sturgeon Burials in Brown County"also from Marion's granddaughter, Venetia Rose Sturgeon Allgood. Marion and Elizabeth did have three children William Cecil Sturgeon born in b 1889 d 1927, Clark Sturgeon b 1898 d 6-23-1992 and Hazel Sturgeon she is not in the Brown county burials. Marion died in 1950 Elizabeth died in 1953. now for Ransom and Elizabeth Rose Lane Sturgeon the burial of Brown County has Elizabeth buried but no date. But he married a Zoda Slater not Lydia. They married about 1894. also I misstyped on the headline Ransom was b 1838 not 1858. I guess we all make goofs don't we. I also got from rbyrne this copy of Ransom's Obit. Ransom Surgeon died last Thursday at home, six miles southwest of Nashville, at age 82. He was born within a 1/2 mile of where he now rests in Schooner Cemetery, born on August 26, 1838,. About 63 years ago he married Elizabeth Lane. The had 5 children, 1 child is deceased. Surviving Children are Frank, Gilman, Susie Oard and Marion. A son Charles, died about 40 years ago. His first wife, Ellizabeth died. He married, second, 26 years ago to Zoda Slater, who survives. Also survived are many grandchilden. Burial was in Schooner Cemetery--- Brown County Democrat, October 7, 1920