To DeVere, Yes I received the info on the Martins. Just have not had time to decipher it all. Thanks I am sure it will help. Esta To Steve The Telithea Martin b 20 Feb 1818 d 10 Sep 1895, I am connected to was married about 1832 to David Edward Cowen Sr. b 12 Sep 1812 d 23 Nov 1871. They were both from NC. The person you have may have been a relation. Their children per the 1860 census Jackson Township, Maries Co. MO were Miriam #1 no info Andrew B1837 Mar. a Melinda John F. Cowen b 1839 c about 1900 Mar. Elizabeth Martin (both are buried in AK) My gg-grandparents James Canada Cowen b1843 Mar #1 Mary ? #2 Nanny Bernardine Doyal Louisa Evaline Cowen b 1844 d 1918 Mar. William Marcus Copeland Joseph Cowen b 1848 no other info Elizabeth Cowen b 1845 Mar. John Conner Eliza Cowen b 2 Jan 1848 Mar. E. P. Barnhart David Edward Cowen Jr. b 1853 d 1919 Mar #1 Elizabeth Pendleton, #2 Annie ?, #3 Tennie M. ? Albert Cowen 1856 William Cowen 1858 I believe that "Stacy Cowen" should be Anastasia Cowen a sister to David Edward Cowen Sr. She married William Vineyard on 23 Oct 1830. I show Mary Ann (Polly) Cowen to be the sister of David Edward Cowen Sr. who married Telithea Martin. Mary Ann (Polly) Cowen married George William Martin b1792 d 1860 Mar. on 11 Oct 1840 making her the stepmother of Telithea Martin. Telithea Martin's brother George W. Martin b1822 d after 1860 married 4 times once to a Mary Vaughn 3 children, Eliza Atkinson 2 children , Nancy Hughes 1 child, Elizabeth Ann Breeding 3 children (one Elijah T. Martin married Mary Ann Helton) I hope this makes things a little clearer. Some of the info I got from the Kings history and I read it many times to make it clear to me. Thanks for your help. Esta