This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Brown, Duff, Howard, Jackson, Napier, Wilson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GBB.2ACI/1486.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Denny, Good to hear from you again. I have been going through some of my old papers recently and came across a few messages we passed back and forth and have been thinking of you. I have been following my Emiline Brown and Phebe Brown for quite some time and they have given me a run for my money let me tell you. Phebe appears in the book "Pioneer Families of Leslie Co." by Ms. Stidham as Ferbern Brown (her name takes on several spellings over the years), listed with several of her children but no husband. Emiline also appears in the same book married to Theophulus Brown along with several of their children. Phebe shows up in various census living with various children as she ages. Living with son Frank in 1900, daughter Emiline in 1910 and daughter Sallie Sparks in 1920. Phebe Jane died in 1926. I had assumed that she may have gone to live with her daughter Sallie because Emiline may have died, but Joyce Collins found Emiline on the 1930 census for me. I have tried several times to get Emilines death certificate with no luck. But, I did have luck with Phebe Jane's death certificate which clearly states her parents are Adron Napier and Emoline Jackson, so I could establish her as a Napier. Also, Phebe had a sister Fanny Napier that married Henry H. Brown. Actually I had a t! heory that perhaps Phebe married Henry after the death of her sister Fanny but that did not pan out. He was married again to someone else and none of the dates would fit the puzzle. My next choice is to find out more about his brother Jake. Now, back to Emiline. She appears on the 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920 and 1930 census. In 1930 she is living with her son Frank and his family. So I know she died sometime after that. I know what you might be thinking, that she is the Emiline Brown that died on Oct 12, 1952 in Bell Co., KY. However, she is not. I have the obituary for this Emeline Brown and though the birth date is approximately the same nothing else fits. She is the daughter of Adam and Elizabeth Yeary Snavely and was from West Virginia, and her children's names are completely wrong. Her husband was a Jacob C. Brown and I have not done any research on him but he died 20 years before her. Do you know who he is? I appreciate your help, if you come up with anything that can help me establish who Phebe Jane Napier Brown's husband was I would really be grateful. Hope this explaination isn't too confusing, you can e-mail me at my address if it is more convienent with any questions Bettygene.