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/3AB.2ACI/6897.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Joyce, Thank you once again for all the info. I do know for a fact that William and Eliza Gibson had no children of their own. They did raise their nephew Onie. I have heard about a girl saying with them, but I don't know for how long. Apparently this Ethel in the 1910 census in the girl. She may have been Onie's sister. I still strongly believe that Madison, whose full name was James Madison was Onie's father. He was known as Matt and J. M. He was a witness at the marriage of William and Eliza. He was William's brother and James Madison's wife was Eliza's sister. Her name was Mary Francis "Fannie" Dozier Gibson. I can not get any info on Mary Francis except for her marriage to J.M. Gibson. Onie was born in 1905 and I understand his mother died young. James Madison most likely did stay with William and Eliza for awhile after being widowed. I have heard that Thomas Dozier, Eliza's father, did stay with she and William before he died. However, I do not understand hi! m being there in 1910. His wife, Mattie, did not die until 1917. Thomas died in 1920. Yes, William and Nancy Gibson were William and James Madison's parents. I don't know who the people are in the 1880 census. They may be relatives, however, I have never heard of them. Thanks again! God Bless, Larry