Subscribers to ANY MS list: This is a shot in the dark. For years I have been looking for EDWARD R. MARTIN and I have been unable to find him ANYWHERE. He was b in April 1839, pbly in SC, m Sarah E. Miller, she b in GA in 1841. They were residing in Eufaula, Barbour County, AL in 1870. Their ONLY known child was EDWARD RUFUS MARTIN, b 20 April 1881, d 20 July 1958 - pbly in Catahoula Parish, LA. The elder Edward F. Martin was convicted of murder. Testimony shows that Martin met Pleasant B. Patterson, both on horseback, in a public road about 2-1/2 miles from Mount Andrew, AL on 24 Aug 1883, and Martin shot Patterson. He immediately surrendered himself. Further testimony shows that Patterson had thrown an axe at Martin and then shot him four times BEFORE Martin fired a shot. Nevertheless, Martin was convicted and was sent to prison - pbly in Montgomery, AL. In the meantime, his wife, Sarah E. Miller Martin, went to LA and brought her only child, Edward Rufus Martin. Sarah m in Ruston, LA to a Mr. Fincher - don't know how - there was no document to indicate that Martin was divorced. But apparently Mr. Fincher was abusive to the young Edward Rufus and then Sarah moved to Extension, LA where she resided with the Tom Matthews family. Sarah was still living in Franklin Parish, LA after 1930. The elder Edward F. Martin was PARDONED COMPLETELY in 1893. He was then 54 years of age. We cannot find him. I cannot find his prison papers nor can I find him ANYWHERE in Alabama in 1900, 1910, 1920, etc. He HAS to be somewhere. We have evidence to indicate that some of brothers of the elder Martin was searching for the surviving child. To our knowledge, the family of the elder Martin, all born in Alabama, was: Edward R. Martin was the son of David Martin and Nancy Martin, both of whom were living in Eufaula, AL in 1870. Their family was: Edward R. Martin, b April 1839, m Sarah E. Miller Dau b ca 1841, m before 1870 Dau b ca 1843, m before 1870 Sarah Martin, b ca 1845, unmarried in 1870 Alex (ander?) Martin, b July 1847, m Anna Wright as his 2nd wife; unk first wife except he had 2 ch by first wife: Maud and Robert M. his ch by Anna was Claude M., b Aug 1897 (one record shows that Claude was female) Tobe Martin, b July 1849, m Bula or Eula Padgett and had lee, Cathrean, Annie, Tom and Frank In 1900 Tobe's mother, Laura Padgett, was a widow and resing with him Frank Marytin, b Feb 1853, m Sallie ___; moved to Baldwin County, AL and was residing there in 1900. He had Bessie V., Joseph S. and Frank Benjamin Martin, b Oct 1857, m Edla ___ and had Lee D., Anson F., Lucile, Arthur A. and Eva E.J. Martin, b 1860, residing in Barbour County, AL in 1880. His widowed mother (Nancy) was then living with him. I would sincerely any data on any MARTIN in MS. Does anyone have a correct address for Barbour County/Alabama? Dorothy Walters, Sun City, AZ