This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Abston, Smith, Johnston, Shelley Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/jAB.2ACI/1814.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi All--Louis C Shelley had two wives. I don't know who the first wife was but he had Carl and Bernice by her. When you look at the 1900 census they had just married and Molly was noted as having no kids but Bernice and Carl are listed on the census. Therefore, I assume, Louis was married before and Mollie Lee has to be his second wife. I sure would like to know who his first wife was. I am not a decendent of the Shelley line but the family ties into my Abston, Smith and Johnston lines. Take Care, Jim Smith Collinsville, IL smith69@charter.net