This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bledsoe/Carraway/Curry/Boughers/Perry/Alderson/Beal/Smith//Porter Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hBB.2ACE/222.2 Message Board Post: Kathy I am looking for help in my Bledsoe ancestry research. I noticed Nov. 2000 posting on the Bledsoe Message Board at Ancestry.com regarding Elijah Powell Monroe Bledsoe. It was stated he married Thursia Ann Curry (Carraway) and they had 4 children: John T., Eliza, Wyatt Hoffman. In a September posting it was stated that the family moved to Fayette Co. IL after Elijah was killed in Trigg County Kentucky. Have you gleaned any additional information for your research? The reason I ask is my brother & I have been researching our Bledsoe branch and we may be connect ! Our Bledsoe's are in Illinois and we trace back to Loogootee, Fayette Co. Illinois. Beyond that we get stumped. Our Great-grandfather was Hoffman Bledsoe born October 30, 1850 and d. BEF 1878. He married Samantha Beal September 9, 1873. They had a son Charles Ellsworth Bledsoe b. June 29, 1874. After Hoffman's death Samantha married Hoff's twin brother Wyatt on January 3, 1878. They had 4 children: James Lemuel "Klondike", William Elmer "Guinn", Estella, and Mary "Maude".All were born in Loogootee, Fayette Co. Illinois. Wyatt and Hoffman had a sister, name unknown, referred to as Mrs. Howe in Wyatt's obituary and a brother John T. I do not have a solid lead any further back than Wyatt & Hoffman. Most of this information came from family oral history and Wyatt's obituary. If you have anything that will help me connect my family I would be very appreciative. I have information that I can send on the family coming down from Hoffman, Wyatt, and Samantha. I will anxiously anticipate your response Effie Bledsoe Hannon Lewisville, Texas