This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MANESS MANAS MANES MAINES MANUS MANIS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lNB.2ACI/2468.1.2 Message Board Post: Hi Deanna Please help me with the following lady. I have been trying to find who her parents are for years. During her second marriage she lived near Maness Cemetery in what is now Fletcher, MO. This is all I know abt Sarah Maness Mercille Maness. Married Sarah Maness first was. Joseph Mercille B. 12 dec 1816 Washington county, Missouri D. 1857/1859 probably Crawford county, Mo. Joseph Mercille and Sarah Maness were the parents of nine children. + 2 F i Syble Ann MERCILLE-61872 was born in 1842 in Washington Co,MO. She died after 1900 in Alive 1900,Big River T,Jefferson,MO. Syble married (MRIN:23754) James Stephen MC KEAN-61873 on 17 Jan 1867 in Richwoods T,Washington,MO. James died after 1900 in Alive 1900,Big River T,Jefferson,MO. + 3 F ii. Nancy Jane MERCILLE-26384 was born on 6 Aug 1844. She died on 28 Dec 1931. + 4 M iii. George William MERCILLE-22501 was born in Feb 1846. He died on 24 Oct 1921. + 5 F iv. Mary E MERCILLE-37596 was born in Dec 1847. She died after 1900. + 6 M v. Thomas MERCILLE-56513 was born in Aug 1849. He died after 1900. + 7 M vi. Charles Edward MERCILLE,SR-61425 was born in 1852. He died in 1920. 8 F vii. Mary Sarah MERCILLE-61868 was born about 1854 in Washington Co,MO. She died after 1870 in Alive 1870,Big River T,Jefferson,MO. 9 M viii. Joseph William MERCILLE-11444 was born about 1856 in MO. He died after 1881 in Alive 1881,Richwoods,Washington,MO. Joseph married (MRIN:23884) Jannitta PALMER-62187 daughter of Alexander PALMER-61794 and Euphemia ROUSSIN-61795 (MRIN:23721) on 4 Jan 1881 in Richwoods,Washington,MO. Jannitta was born about 1852 in MO. She died after 1881 in Alive 1881,Richwoods,Washington,MO. + 10 M ix. James MERCILLE-61765 was born in May 1858. He died after 1900. After her first husband died, Elijah M. Maness married Sarah Maness Mercille 10-14-1858 Richwoods, Washington County, MO. This marriage ended in divorce in 1860, no cause given. Elijah M. Maness and Sarah Maness Mercille were the parents of two children: 1. Mary Sarah Maness born 1859 Big River twsp., Jefferson County, MO. 2. Daniel Jackson Maness born March 1860 Big River twsp., Jefferson Co., MO. Daniel married Mary (unk) and had one child: Charles L. Maness ANY info would be deeply appreciated. Neva