I am interested in finding the history of James C. Long, the proprietor of a livery stable in Paducah from at least 1850-1880, and his first wife, Eva (or Evalandes) Best, in McCracken County, and their ancestors before that. I am descended from the marriage of their daughter, Julia Carson Long (b. August 1842 in Paducah, d. 19 June 1877 at the home of a relative in Jackson, TN) and James William Cole, an Englishman who married Julia when she was 16, in 1858. While I have much information about his family on the Isle of Wight, and in the United States after Julia died, I have very little about her ancestors or siblings, and I have never done research in Kentucky. J. W. Cole moved his family of nine children to Florida and then to Georgia after his wife's death, so there is unlikely to be anyone from the family living there today. Is anyone else interested in James C. Long or his first wife, Eva Best? I know from the 1880 census, when James C. Long had another wife (he is said to have had three in all) that he was probably born in Virginia in 1812, as were both his parents. My father said that he was fairly neutral during the Civil War, until the Union forces came and took some of his prized horses. I know that there were a number of children from his first marriage, including perhaps twins. I do have at least one photo of Julia, as well as letters she and her husband wrote to his relatives on the Isle of Wight during the War which were returned to us in the 1950's by relatives there, as the Coles seem to have kept in contact fairly frequently, even though J. W. Cole never went back to visit. All suggestions appreciated! Judy Koehl