This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Polston, Calavan Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/RAB.2ACI/558.243.1.1.1.2 Message Board Post: This may or may not be of any help to someone searching the Calavan, Polston line. Michael John Polston married Sarah Elizabeth Calavan in 1848 in Whitley, Ky, Their first children were born in Kentucky but the later ones were born in Missouri. The Polston Children I know of are Andrew, Gritt, Marvel, Emily Jane, Sarah, Michael and Nancy. Of course each of the boys would also carry on the name.