Carolyn, You gave us the marriage date of Aug 1877 for John Thurman and Miss Brashear. Thanks again. From that I would gather that Cassandra Thurman was born sometime between 1878 and 1882. I have estimated her DOB as about 1881/1882 since family lore has it that she married at 13 and had her first child, Lilburn Brashear May on 22 Aug 1895. I do not have a DOB for her half-brother, Marvin Thurman, but he was supposed to be John Thurman's child by his first wife, so I would presume that he would have been born a few years prior to 1877. Anymore information anyone has on these people would be appreciated. Ruth Harbison