In doing a little more research, I have discovered that I was in error as to Mary Dotson who married Samuel Edwards being the daughter of Thomas & Louisa Dotson. This Mary Dotson Edwards, was born approx. 1840 in TN, whereas, Mary E. Dotson, daughter of Thomas and Louisa, was born approx. 1854 in MO. Thank you, Robin , for bringing this discrepancy to my attention. In "The History of Stone County" on page 399, there was confusion on my part in how I interpreted what I read, and after re-reading, and doing a little more Census hunting, I discovered that I had made an assumption that was incorrect. I am sorry for this, and any of the list members that took what I said on this list as fact, please correct your information. It does seem that Mrs. Edwards' fathers' name may have also been Thomas, but not the one I had her connected to. Wilma