This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Jeans Sands Dillon Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SMB.2ACI/400.397.1 Message Board Post: I am researching the line of a relative I plan on contacting soon and it seems like the Jeans, Sands and Dillon families were heavily intermixed. I have a Nancy W Jeans, daughter of Alexander and Phoebe (Tateman) Jeans who first married a William Henry Dillon and then a Robert Sands and she had a daughter Valeria Sands in Benton County, Missouri. Modified Register for Nancy W JEANS First Generation 1. Nancy W JEANS was born on 26 Aug 1828 in ,, Kentucky or Missouri. She died on 7 Jan 1913 in Sweet Springs, Saline, Missouri. She was buried in Bethlehem Cemetery,,,Missouri. Nancy married (1) William Henry DILLON son of Meredith DILLON Sr. and Mary Magdalene RYHERD on 20 Jan 1842 in , Callaway, Missouri. William was born on 16 Jun 1818 in , Franklin, Virginia. He died in 1854 in , Benton, Missouri. They had the following children: 2 F i. Pheobe Ann DILLON was born on 6 Aug 1843 in , Benton, Missouri. She died in 1914/1918 in , Saline, Missouri. 3 F ii. Mary Ann DILLON was born on 19 Nov 1846 in , Benton, Missouri. Mary married John GARRISON . 4 M iii. William Alexander DILLON was born on 10 Apr 1851 in , Benton, Missouri. He died on 5 Nov 1914 in Dresden, Pettis, Missouri. William married Mary Ellen HARMAN daughter of Andrew HARMAN and Sarah Jane HELVEY on 13 Apr 1871 in , Benton, Missouri. Mary was born on 10 Apr 1854 in , Benton, Missouri. She died on 5 Feb 1932 in La Monte, Pettis, Missouri. Nancy married (2) Robert SANDS son of James M SANDS and Mary on 5 Feb 1860 in ,, Missouri. Robert was born estimated 1830 in ,, Kentucky. He died before 1900. They had the following children: 5 M iv. Robert W SANDS was born estimated 1861 in Cole TWP, Benton, Missouri. 6 F v. Ellen SANDS was born estimated 1864 in Cole TWP, Benton, Missouri. 7 M vi. Carolinus "Cord" V SANDS was born in May 1869 in Cole TWP, Benton, Missouri. Carolinus married (1) Rosa V BYLER on 7 Dec 1893 in , Benton, Missouri. Rosa was born in Jul 1879 in ,, Missouri. She died in 1906/1910 in ,, Missouri. Carolinus married (2) Clara . Clara was born estimated 1878 in ,, Iowa. 8 F vii. Valeria C SANDS was born in Feb 1871 in Cole TWP, Benton, Missouri. Valeria married Perry F SHEPARD on 26 Sep 1888 in , Benton, Missouri. Perry was born in Dec 1866 in ,, Missouri.