--------- Forwarded message ---------- From: shirley j laird <sjwrest_1@juno.com> To: mary_bittick_gallano@prodigy.net Cc: sgtdmac@earthlink.net Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 19:22:22 -0600 Subject: Re: [MOPULASKI] Re: James Madison Wilson / Nancy Mccortney Wilson family HI: I read your posting on MOPULASKI about McCourtney family. James Wesley Riden md. Dorcas Elizabeth McCourtney, daughter of Emoline Mathews and Alexander McCourtney, according to what I have, Alexander and Emoline were married Jan. 27, 1825 in Ballwin, St. Louis Co., MO. I don't have Emoline's birth date but born in Tenn. Depending on date of Census possibly 1817. (The date I have has to be wrong for their marriage) Think more like 1845) Dorcas was born March 4, 1853, Piney Twsp. Pulaski Co., MO. She died April 26, 1926, Newburg, Phelps Co., MO. Census for 1850, Pulaski Co. MO. McCarthy, Alexander 5 MO. pg. 0104b.txt Catherine 10 MO. Elma 14 MO. James 13 MO. Joshua 1 MO. Margaret 38 MO. William R. 41 MO. Census of 1860, Pulaski Co. MO., McCortney, Alexander 15 MO. pg. 00263.txt (William & Margaret's son ??) Alexander 52 MO. pg. 00263.txt Dorcas 8 MO. Emily 43 TENN. James 22 MO. (William & Margaret's son ??) James 2 MO. John 16 MO. Joshua 12 MO. (William & Margaret's son ??) Marion 14 MO. Martin 12 MO. Sarah 23 MO. James and Dorcas had 9 children. They were married in 1869?. According to the Census of 1870, James is living with his father and Delilah, 18 years old. His father was Wm. C. Riden and mother Mary Huff. Wm. C. was my gr-gr-grandfather w/second wife, Delilah Adeline Giddens. Have more on James and Dorcas if interested. Shirley