Mary, I'm interested in the Elisha DAVIS you mentioned. JAMES/JOHN Riley Davis was supposedly the father of Mary Jane; Henry; and Felix DAVIS. One researcher I've contacted believes Elisha Davis may have been the father of James/John Riley Davis. Does this connect with your research? Doris From: "Mary E Davis" <mendavis@juno.com> To: <MO-OREGON-HISTORY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 6:51 PM Subject: [MO-OREGON-HISTORY] GIBSON, JOHNSTON, TUCKER, PRATT, DAVIS, BUREL, HURN, PHILLIPPI, JOHNSTON, WILLIAMS, SILLS, NUTTER, STARR, MARICLE > My brick walls are noted by an *** > I am searching many families: > GIBSON (Missouri, Oklahoma) Williamson Osborn Gibson, Missouri --- > Williamson Richardson Gibson, Missouri, Texas, Oklahoma > JOHNSTON (Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma) Lewis, Lewis Peyton, Lewis > Burton, Arra Margania > TUCKER (Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma) Thomas T. and family > PRATT (Missouri, Illinois, Arkansas, Oklahoma) Jesse Richardson and > family > ***DAVIS (North Carolina ?, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Arkansas, > Missouri) Elisha and families need Elisha's parents & siblings > BUREL (France, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, > Alabama, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana) > HURN (Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma) James W. and family > PHILLIPPI (Pennsylvania, Illinois, Arkansas, Oklahoma)Abraham and family > JOHNSTON (Illinois, Arkansas, Oklahoma) Adam Maricle and family (Benton > County, Ark) > MARICLE ( Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas) Jesse Maricle > and family > WILLIAMS (Indiana, Illinois?, Ohio?, Oklahoma) Joseph C and family > SILLS (Indiana, Oklahoma, Kansas) Joseph J. and family > ***NUTTER (Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, > Oklahoma) Peter & Mary Elizabeth Hite Nixon and family need Peter's > parents & siblings > STARR (West Virginia, Ohio, Oklahoma) Captain and family > > These families have break-off families: > Brown (Arkansas, Texas) from marriage with Davis > Sifford (Arkansas, Missouri) Davis > Spikes (Arkansas, Missouri) Davis > Andrews (Arkansas, Oklahoma) Pratt marriage in Seminole County, Oklahoma > McDonald (Oklahoma) Andrews marriage in Seminole County, Oklahoma > Leist (Indiana, Oklahoma) Nixon marriage in Indiana > and many others > > Beth Davis Seminole, Oklahom > > ______________________________