This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Grizzle, McCollum Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BBB.2ACI/100.178.1.1 Message Board Post: Herman, Elam's 1st wife was Annie McCollum, daughter of John and Sarah McCollum, by whom he had at least 9 children. His 2nd wife was Clarissa (Claressy) Ballenger. They are listed on the 1850 census for Kenton Co., KY. If they had any children, they did not live to adulthood. He married 3rd, Elizabeth Forbes with whom he had at least one child, Jeremiah. Regarding the marriage of William Grizzle and Ann McCollum, since the marriage record says Ann was a widow, I was under the impression that McCollum was her married name and that James Mc Collum was a relative of her deceased husband. Do you have proof that McCollum was Ann's maiden name and that James was her father? Also, I don't know the relationship of William Grizzle to Elam Grizzle. Supposedly Elam's father died when he was a young boy and he was raised by a family named Hampton. So William was an Uncle, Grand-Uncle, a Cousin??? Regards, Becky Griswold