This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: petty or waggner Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/zJB.2ACE/1081.1 Message Board Post: I believe we are related. My gr grandfather Herbert Petty was a brother of Charles B. Petty. Herbert's father William Petty died in 1879 and is buried at Civil Bend Baptist Cemetary, I believe William was born about 1837 and his middle initial may have been W though for many years I thought his middle name was Harlan. Herbert and Charles mother Emmaline remarried a Dr. Waggner whose wife died, they lived at Civil Bend. A sister of Charles and Herbert lived near Martinsville, I believe her name was Della Sweaney. Herberts wife was Alice Rush from Red Oak, Iowa. Herbert had a son Tophel Earl Petty of Albany, MO and Harlan Petty of Sebastophol California Tophel married Dorothy May Chips and had a son Carol Lee Petty of Omaha, Nebraska and a daughter Lois Marilyn Petty of St. Joseph, MO Carol has two children, Jeff and Becky Petty Lois married J.D. Marsh and had Cathy, Debbie and Terry There are other siblings of Herbert and Charles B. Petty. I'll look up what information that I have. I'm also working on this line. I saw a picture of William Petty in what looked like a Civil War Uniform. I can't find it to inspect it further.