Mary: Have answered in red below. . . . Mary Becker wrote: > Debbie McArdle wrote: > "I am working on John O'NEAL (b NC abt 1775) who married Dorcas MIDYETTE / MIDGET (b Cape Hatteras, NC, abt 1795). > They married in Wilson County, Tennessee 1812. Their daughter, Nancy O'NEAL married McCollister EDWARDS in Wilson County, Tennessee in 1843, and then they moved to Muhlenberg Co., KY. near her father-in-law, John EDWARDS. > > McCollister EDWARDS had a sister with an unusual name of Manar Edwards. She > married an O'NEAL before 1855, but I don't know who. I am wondering if your Martha O'NEAL could be my Manar O'NEAL???????" Since I wrote that query, we answered the question about Manar O'Neal. Her name was actually > Mariah Edwards Taylor O'Neal. Mariah had the top of the "H" missing in a document, and so when it was written it appeared as Manar. She is found in family #95 of the 1850 Muhlenberg County Census, as the wife of William > O'Neal. Her daughter from her earlier marriage to John Taylor is living with them. > > Debbie - who is the John Edwards who is the brother of Manar O'Neal? I have several John Edwards in my line - John David, John Thomas, etc. Do you know the spouse of this John Edwards? John Edwards is the father of Mariah > (aka Manar) Edwards O'Neal. He was married twice. All of his children were by his first marriage to Mary Polly BASS, daughter of Theophilus BASS and Rachel VINSON, originally from Franklin County, NC, and from Wilson > County, TN after 1800. His second marriage took place in Muhlenberg County, to Nancy WELLS. I assume WELLS is a married name for this Nancy. I do not know her maiden name. Does anything look familiar? Debbie > > > Mary K. Becker > Corydon, IN > > ============================== > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2