This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kNB.2ACI/1999.1 Message Board Post: Sandy, I searched through the 1870 census,Texas County cemetery transcripts and marriage records(1850-1888).I was unable to find Jim Parsons or his wives.Do you know what part of Texas County they lived in?They may have gone to a neighboring county to be married.Sorry.Traci B.