This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/1MB.2ACI/382.1 Message Board Post: Hattie Ethel Parkins is my Grandmother. She was married to my Grandfather Charles Yocam. James Marion Parkins was her father & Eva Belle Atwater was her mother. James Marion was born 30 Aug 1853 at Hermon, Knox County, Illinois, USA and died 30 Jan 1933 at Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri, USA. Eva Belle was born 31 May 1863 in Wisconsin, USA and died 19 May 1930 in Joplin. James Marion's father was Andrew A. Parkins and his mother was Catherine Shumaker. Andrew was born 20 Jun 1813 in Greenbrier Count, West Virginia, USA. His father was Jeremiah M. Parkins and his mother was Sarah Haptonstall. Sarah was born 17 Feb 1793 in Greenbrier Count. Does this match info. that you have obtained? I just today signed up on "Ancestry.com".