This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Barry_Ashby Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.counties.ohio/7077.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Erma92, If I'm reading you correctly, you are seeking the parents of ELIZABETH JANE ELLISON b. Abt. 1831 in McLean County, KY. (She married PENDLETON ARMSTRONG BECK b. 1828 Tennessee.) Have you looked on RootsWeb.com at the database titled "All of Us - So Far" by Keith Whitfield? Mr. Whitfield believes Elizabeth's parents are AKISS ELLISON and CATHERINE RIGHTMER. (See below.) I always welcome additions and corrections. Generation No. 1 1. AKISS2 ELLISON (JESSE1) was born Abt. 1795 in North Carolina, and died 1835 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. He married (1) CATHERINE ROARK. He married (2) CATHERINE RIGHTMER 1816. She was born Abt. 1799 in Virginia (now Kentucky). Notes for AKISS ELLISON: !The vast majority of my genealogy information - names, dates, and places - on Akiss Ellison, his birthplace, his parents, his brother, his wives, his children and his children's spouses, was extracted from the RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project Database: "All of Us - So Far" , by Keith Whitfield posted 4 Jan 2004. Notes for CATHERINE RIGHTMER: !1840 Census of Kentucky, Muhlenberg Co, page 345, line 18. !1850 Census of Kentucky, Muhlenberg Co, Sub Division 2, page 236, stop 144. Child of AKISS ELLISON and CATHERINE ROARK is: i. NANCY G.3 ELLISON, b. 1810, Kentucky; m. JOHN JARVIS, SR.; b. 1781, North Carolina. Children of AKISS ELLISON and CATHERINE RIGHTMER are: ii. JOHN P.3 ELLISON, b. 1819, Sacramento, McLean County, Kentucky; d. 1896; m. MARY ELLEN GRUNDY, 1844, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky; b. 1824, Kentucky. iii. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ELLISON, b. 1820, Sacramento, McLean County, Kentucky. 2. iv. DORCUS ELLISON, b. 1822, Sacramento, McLean County, Kentucky. v. WILLIAM C. ELLISON, b. 1824, Sacramento, McLean County, Kentucky; d. 1905; m. SARAH GRUNDY. vi. ISAAC BODINE ELLISON, b. 1828, Sacramento, McLean County, Kentucky; d. 1912, Robertson County, Texas; m. ELIZABETH CAROLINE BUTLER; b. 1837, Alabama. vii. J. B. ELLISON, b. 1828, Sacramento, McLean County, Kentucky. Notes for J. B. ELLISON: !1840 Census of Kentucky, Muhlenberg Co, page 345, line 18. Residing with mother, Catherine Ellison. !1850 Census of Kentucky, Muhlenberg Co, Sub Division 2, page 236, stop 144. !1860 Census of Texas, Limestone Co, Eutah, page 8, stop 50. 31 yo J. B. Ellison is residing with his married sister, Mrs. Dorcus (Ellison) Smith. viii. MARY ANN ELLISON, b. 1828, Sacramento, McLean County, Kentucky. 3. ix. ELIZABETH JANE ELLISON, b. 1831, Sacramento, McLean County, Kentucky. x. FRANCES ANGELINE ELLISON, b. 1836, Sacramento, McLean County, Kentucky; m. JOHN BOWMAN NOFFSINGER, 1854, McLean County, Kentucky; b. 1832, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. Generation No. 2 2. DORCUS3 ELLISON (AKISS2, JESSE1) was born 1822 in Sacramento, McLean County, Kentucky. She married ERASTUS SMITH Abt. 1845 in Kentucky. He was born 1823 in Virginia. Notes for DORCUS ELLISON: !1860 Census of Texas, Limestone Co, Eutah, page 8, stop 50. Children of DORCUS ELLISON and ERASTUS SMITH are: i. JOHN B.4 SMITH, b. 1846, Kentucky. ii. ELIZABETH A. SMITH, b. 1848, Kentucky. iii. JOSEPH SMITH, b. 1850, Kentucky. Notes for JOSEPH SMITH: !1860 Census of Texas, Limestone Co, Eutah, page 8, stop 50. !1870 Census of Texas, Falls Co, Precinct 1 - Martin, page 21 (stamped 11), stop 151. iv. AZRA SMITH, b. 1852, Kentucky. v. FLOYD E. SMITH, b. 1854, Kentucky. vi. MOLLIE SMITH, b. 1857, Texas. vii. RUFUS SMITH, b. 1859, Texas. 3. ELIZABETH JANE3 ELLISON (AKISS2, JESSE1) was born 1831 in Sacramento, McLean County, Kentucky. She married PENDLETON ARMSTRONG BECK. He was born 1828 in Tennessee. Child of ELIZABETH ELLISON and PENDLETON BECK is: 4. i. MEDORA E. "DORA"4 BECK, b. 1857, Kentucky. Generation No. 3 4. MEDORA E. "DORA"4 BECK (ELIZABETH JANE3 ELLISON, AKISS2, JESSE1) was born 1857 in Kentucky. She married WILLIAM J. STEWART 1878 in Ohio County, Kentucky. He was born 1850 in Kentucky. Child of MEDORA BECK and WILLIAM STEWART is: i. SEARCY W.5 STEWART, b. Aug 1893, Kentucky; d. 1930. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.