DVHaack@aol.com suggested that our James LEE might have come from the LEE line of Butler Co., KY. I checked marriage records there and found 18 LEE marriages including; William H. LEE who md Missouri A. PARRISH - on 5 March 1856 It seems very likely that they could be the missing parents of your ancestor; Missouri Adeline LEE Birth Place: Hickman Co., Clinton, KY Death Date: Sep 17, 1898/1899 Death Place: Scott Co., Sikeston, MO Burial Place: Bertram, MO Let me know what you think?? The other LEE Marriages were for Benjamin, E. P., George M., James E., Jesse, Jesse J., Jincy, John, John W., Louisa, Lucinda, Mahala, Margaret H., Nancy, Miss S. E., Sarah Elizabeth , William H. and William M. LEE. Helen@Hewick -- Hewick@Prodigy.Com - Helen Nichols Battleson, Hewick Plantation B&B, POB 82, Urbanna, VA 23175 in Middlesex County, the 1678 home of Christopher Robinson, Esq. Catering to Genealogists & Travelers to the Tidewater area, convienent to Gloucester, Matthews, Lancaster, Essex, K&Q,& King Wm. Cos., Publisher of the "ROBINSON Family Journal" since 1991. Host of the ROBINSON (342 Members) & HIGGINBOTHAM (70 Members) Family Discussion Lists on the Internet, sub to Robinson-L@Rootsweb.Com & Higginbotham- L@Rootsweb.Com- Visit me at: http://www.inngetaways.com/va/hewick.html