I am looking for the descendants of Joshua (1813-1897) and Permelia (Smith) HIGHTOWER. Joshua and Permelia settled in Vernon County in 1856 and are buried in Deepwood Cemetery in Nevada. Their children were: Mary Ann (b. 1836) m. Frank CHRISTMAN. Their children were Frank, Kate, Lee and Belle CHRISTMAN. Kate married a Mr. MAYFIELD. Lee married J.H. HARRISON and they had Elna HARRISON. John Henry (b. 1839) m. Emma FORD. They had Clyde Vernon, Robert Lee, William Henry, and Flora HIGHTOWER. Clyde married (1) Gussie McCUCHESON, (2) Goldie GORE, and (3) Mary ?. William Henry m. Cora WILSON and had Clarence, Thelma, Anna, John, Christine, Iris, Arthur, and Dorothy HIGHTOWER. Flora married a Mr. BOYCE. Sarah Catherine "Kate" HIGHTOWER Ruth Elizabeth HIGHTOWER Susan Virginia (b. 1848) m. Commodore HOWARD. Their children were William, Virginia and Mary HOWARD. Virginia married Dr. HUGH DERROUGH and had the following: Gladys, Flo, Roy and Christine DERROUGH. Joshua Thomas (b. 1851) m. Susan COMBS. Their children were Ennis Combs, Dixie Allen, Lula Belle, Nellie Permelia, Robert Pruitt, and Edna Florence HIGHTOWER. Ennis married Maude MADDOX and had Helen, Mildred, Milton, and Ennis HIGHTOWER. Dixie married Nellie COMPTON. Lula Belle married Edward SEAVER. Nellie married (1) Rex POLAND and (2) James WILHOITE. Robert Pruitt married Lucy Ewing MERRILL, and Edna married Donald L. STRAIN. Robert Patterson (b. 1853) m. Nannie BOSCHER/BISHIR Other surnames associated with Hightower descendants are HILTON, SWEARINGEN, NYWARD, DEIFENDORF, FUSSELMAN, MERRILL, ALLOWAY, BLANDSET, STEELE, HUMPHRIES, KENDRICK, DAVIS, ALEE and GLENN.