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/1AB.2ACI/3687.1 Message Board Post: Bits related to your question regarding this couple. Riley Hood age 9 and brother James Hood age 7 both born in KY live with their grandfather Rice Sams [Sims] in Blout County, TN in 1880 census James R. Hood married Polly Salms Dec 13, 1866 Carter County, Kentucky. I would like to know how you are connecting this James R. Hood with Hiram Hood?