I have been corresponding with a Landiss in Tennessee whose line includes: Grant Lacy Landiss (b 1886 in TN), and his father: William Morris Landiss (b 1858 in IN), and his father: John Landiss (lived in IN). In my data base I have: John M. Landiss (b 1837) (m Sarah Byram), and his father: William Landiss (b 1805 in NC) (m Elizabeth Kincaid) (d 1850 in IN), and his father: William Landiss (b 1764 in NC) (m Mary Henderson) (d 1843 in IN), and his father: John Landers, Jr. (b 1739 in PA?) (m Mary Parish) (d 1825 in NC), and his father: John Landers (b 1718 in PA?) (m Frances --) (d 1757 in NC) Does anyone recall seeing any evidence that John (father of William Morris Landiss) is the same person as John M. (b 1837)? The dates are consistent, the geography matches, and the spelling is Landiss for both lines. The names John, William, and Elizabeth are frequent in both lines. What do you think? Thanks! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dan Landiss <mailto:dan@landiss.com> St. Louis, MO <http://www.landiss.com> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~