This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Howard, Stidham Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/nBB.2ACI/2451.1 Message Board Post: Teresa, Hello! I just read your message board posting from 2002 about Howard/Stidham family. My great grandparents were Isaac Howard and Mary Ann Stidham, so I come from both lines. Isaac was the son of Esom/Esau Howard. When Isaac and Mary Ann married, both had children from their previous marriage. They had 3 sons together, Dewey, Ray, and Rex. Dewey was my grandfather. My dad, Wilmer Howard, said grandpa used to tell them that his father Isaac once claimed to have been born a Napier and took the name Howard after he was adopted by Esom Howard. Have you come across anything like that in your research? I just started our family tree and would be interested in anything you have on the Howards. Thanks, Jeff