This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/nBB.2ACI/2832.1.1.1 Message Board Post: You say Serena was born Nov 1890?? Do you have a death certificate or something else that states this particular date? The 1900 Knott Co census gives her birthdate as Mar 1893, age 7, so I wonder about the Nov 1890 date. There are two good possibilities for Eli Ritchie, father of Serena. Both are closely related to Chloe : 1. Eli W. (born 1870), son of John Ritchie & Cynthia Hall. This John was brother to James Ervin Ritchie. Eli married Sarah Combs in 1899. 2. Elijah W. (born 1869) son of Thomas Ritchie Jr. & Susan Bailey. This Thomas was likewise brother of James Ervin Ritchie. Elijah married Rachel Combs in 1894. 3. A less-likely younger Elijah (born 1878) was son of Henry Ritchie & Sarah "Sally" Smith. Henry was first cousin to James Ervin, John, & Thomas mentioned above (via father Gabriel Ritchie).