Nancy, Yes, you are right about the John C. L. Maberry being another son. I should have stated more precisely that I had only found one child so far. And I think there may have been a third child, too, which I will discuss a little later in this message. I have been concentrating on identifying the people in Lawrence County records with the surname of Moore and have not yet started tracking down those descendants with a different surname, that is, children of Moore daughters who married [except in my Moore families]. At this point I am just trying to identify all the Moores and get them into families. So I had not checked all the Maberry records and was primarily using the probate file, as you suggest, and also a biographical sketch. The biographical sketch of William M. Watterson in the 1974 History states "His third wife was Mary J. (Moore) Maberry (b. 1835 - d. 1921), from Tennessee, who was the mother of two sons: T. Henderson Maberry (b. 30 Oct. 1858); and Charles Alexander Watterson (b. 21 Aug. 1866)." Thomas Henderson Maberry's sketch does not mention any siblings either. It should have said "two sons who lived to maturity" but it is likely that the writer of the sketch didn't know about the other Maberry child(ren). The Watterson article also says that he only had one son by his first wife, but there are two boys living in his household in the 1860 census, George W., 10 (the named son) and James L., 7 (unnamed in the biography). Also, in Thomas Henderson Maberry's sketch it says his mother Mary Jane (Moore) Maberry Watterson died in Feb. 1920 rather than 1921 as in the Watterson sketch. I could not find a tombstone inscription for her, so will have to research this further. This reinforces the warning to never depend on secondary sources, especially biographical sketches, for accurate information; always check the data in primary sources. According to the LCHS Tombstone Inscriptions, John C. L. Maberry is the earliest death dated stone in the cemetery. There may be earlier burials, but there are no stones or at least no earlier death date or no readable earlier death date. Now to the possible third Maberry child. In the LCHS volume is another broken stone between Lafayette and John C. L. Maberry which was transcribed as: _____ J. Maberry, Sept. 6, 1854 - Dec. 16, 1864. It does not indicate that this is a child of L. & M. J. Maberry, but that could be on the part broken off with the first name. Interestingly, Mary Curry in her volume of Lawrence County Tombstone Inscriptions also transcribed Chesapeake Campground Cemetery. Although she misspelled the name as Mayberry, she transcribed the broken stone as: Mayberry, (broken) J. 6 Sep 1854 16 Dec 1854. Because it is easy to misread "5" and "6" on stones, it is possible that this is another child who only lived a few months. This child does not show up in the 1860 census. Also, this child would be a quite likely birth between John C. L. in 1852 and Thomas Henderson in 1858. I have not researched the Maberry family, so this could also be a child of another member of Lafayette's family. There is a one year old son Thomas in the household of Lafayette's parents, John and Sally (Williams) Maberry. It is also possible that this child could be a child of theirs born after the 1850 census or a child of one of Lafayette's brothers. Lafayette, Mary Jane, and Thomas are the only persons surnamed Maberry (spelled Mabry by the census taker) identified in the index of the published 1860 Lawrence Co. census. I haven't checked on where the John & Sally and the rest of the family were in 1860. There are also a couple of Moore stones in with the Moore family with names and dates that I have not yet proven are connected to this Moore family, though I think it is very likely that they are members of it. It may be a case of difficulty correctly reading dates on badly deteriorated tombstones. I haven't been to Campground, but may have to stop there when I am in Missouri next time or the time after. Between John C. L. Maberry and his uncle, Alexander A. Moore, are two stones which are transcribed in the LCHS volume as: Margaret C. J. Moore, Oct. 23, 1835-Sept. 19, 1857 Mary J. E. Moore, Feb. (16?), 18(53?)-.....eroded..7 Curry transcribed them as: Margaret C. Moore 23 Oct 1855 19 Sep 1857 Mary J. E. Moore 16 Feb 1863 23 Oct 1887 If Curry is right about the dates for Margaret and the 1835 should be 1855, then she was born and died between censuses and that explains why I don't find her in a family in the 1850 census. And if LCHS is right about Mary J. E.'s birth year of 1853 and she died in 1857 instead of 1887, then she also would have been born and died between censuses. Also, both girls would have died at about the same time. I think that these are very likely daughters of Alexander A. and Nancy J. Moore. They are buried right beside Alexander and Nancy and their other daughter, Nancy Ellen, is buried on the other side of mother Nancy. I don't know if they are in the same lot or not, but they probably are. The reason I believe this may be true is not only the suggested changes in the reading of the tombstones and the placement of the stones, but also in the 1900 Census, Nancy J. Moore, Alexander's widow, states that she had 4 children, only two of whom are living and there is no record of her ever remarrying. Since there were only two children living at Alexander's death on 1 Nov. 1862: Nancy Ellen Moore, born 3 Apr 1859 and Franklin A. Moore, born ca. 1862, it is very likely that these two girls, Margaret C. J. (possibly Catherine Jane after her grandmother) and Mary J. E. are the two children who didn't live. I have not found a marriage record for Alexander and Nancy, but they are old enough to have been married soon after the 1850 census; Alexander was 24 in 1850 and Nancy was 16, if the dates of birth on their tombstones are correct. That is all for now. Have you tracked down the rest of the Maberry family in 1860? Ross Cameron >>> <APUND@aol.com> 04/05 9:34 PM >>> Ross, thank you so much for the information on the use of titles as names. I had never come across it before. The earlier spelling of General Lafayette Maberry's family name, at least in TN, seems to have been Mabry. And thanks for the information on the Moores. This really fills in a big hole. So three Moore siblings married two Williams siblings and a son of a third Williams sibling. You wrote: "General Lafayette Maberry and Mary Jane Moore had only one child." I thought that the infant, John C. L. Maberry, identified on his tombstone as "son of L. & M. J. Maberry," who lived from Oct to Dec. 1852, was likely a son of Lafayette. Were you going by the probate abstract and 1860 census? Thanks again. I really appreciate getting all this information. Nancy Pundsack