This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hale Inman Sanders Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZMB.2ACI/1810.1.1 Message Board Post: Dear Ms Folck: Thank you so much for answering my query. It is hard to find anyone who is doing any research on this family. I think that Mary Ann Inman Hail is buried in California. The one I am talking about married Reuben Hail(1802-11973) Reuben was born 1802 in Tennessee. He moved to near Sparta in the 1830s. His first wife, Lucy Weaver, died. Reuben then married Lucy's sister, Martha Weaver Taylor. They are in the 1840 census near Sparta. There are several Taylor families living near them. Martha then died in 1849. In 1852, Reuben married Mary Ann Inman. Mary Ann and her sister, Elizabeth Ellen's mother, died in about 1835 and their father moved on. Mary Ann and Elizabeth Ellen were raised by Martha Weaver Taylor Hail. In the 1840 census, you can see Reuben living very close to Elizabeth and her husband, William Fielding Taylor(he was the son of Martha. Living with William and Elizabeth Taylor, was her sister Mary Ann Inman. (I hope that makes se! nse) They later moved to California with Reuben. Reuben married Mary Ann Inman in 1852. They had twin daughters. They moved to Merced County, with the Taylors, in 1853. Mary Ann died shortly after they arrived in California. I suppose that they buried her there. I have searched for her grave online, but with no luck. One of the twin girls died before she was three years old. The other one, Sarah Jane, married John Hardin and lived most of her life in Umatilla County, Oregon. I hope that I have explalined this fairly well. It took me a long time finding out all of this. Reuben died in 1873 in California and is buried there in Plainsburg Cemetery. Please tell me anything that you know about The Sanders-Inman-Hail family. Mary Ann's mother was Sally Sanders. Sally died in Parke County, Indiana, in a horse accident(as far as I can tell) Mary Ann's father left all of his children when she died. He went on to get married and have another 10 children with anothe! r woman. Any other info that you have please share with me---there is so little known about this group of families. Please stay in toucn. thanks brian in springfield mo Please tell me about your ancestors.