This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AFB.2ACI/3545.2.1.1.1.2 Message Board Post: It is possible that Louisa was married by 1880, but not to Nathaniel. The 1900 census says that Nathaniel and Louisa have been married 5 years and the 1910 indicates they have been married for 30. They appear to have died sometime between 1910 and 1920. Are Nathaniel's parents John D. & Eliza Burgess? Louisa and Nathaniel appear to of had only two children, Maria and Ethel. Which do you descend from? Have you discovered Levy Fossett's parents or slave owner(s)? My relationship is through Louisa's oldest sister, Mary.