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/4h.2ADI/155.670.671.673.699.703.1.1.1 Message Board Post: The copy of the 1848 marriage certificate looks clearly like Eller (the last letter is distinctly different from the "s" at the end of Dowers), and the 1850 census supports this, so I wonder if the Ellis is a transcription error. Thanks for responding; I appreciate your taking the time. I sure wish I could find out who this Nancy Dowers is tied to in Ripley county.