Eleanore wrote: >> Hi, does anyone know whose daughter Virginia S.MASSIE is? she married 12/1865 to in Rusk Co.TX to C.M. BUTTS; thanks,Eleonore.<< Betty Marsicek" <[email protected]> wrote: The 1850 census for Rusk Co. (p 288) shows the following family: John W. Massey, M, 42, Physician, b. VA [$10,000] [born 1807/8. VA] Jane Massey, F, 27, b. TN Virginia Smith Massey, F, 3, b. TX [b. 1846/7. TX] Martha E.Massey, F, 1, b. TX Mary M. Massey,1, b. TX Cisero D. Alston, M, 10, b. MS Mary Ann Alston, F, 8, b. TX I just wrote Eleanore that the 1850 Rusk census doesn't show Virginia - I was quoting from Judge Massey's MASSEY ON CENSUSES (1980) (p. 394). Actually Cousin Frank wrote: "Children by name of Alston , all b, in Miss. [sic] ,. in household but both too old to be Jane's children. [sic]" Nothng about the 3 Massey children. I didn't check the original. Good show, Betty! Now, Eleanore, we must find out where Dr. Smith came from. With a worth of $10,000 in 1850 he must have left some tracks somewhere in 1840. Theron. Theron Smith