Posted on: Desoto Co. Ms Queries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ms/Desoto/372 Surname: Lauderdale, Bailey, Draper, Raines ------------------------- I would love to find descendants of this family. I tie into the Raines family. Thanks Mara Descendants of Ely Driver Lauderdale Generation No. 1 1. ELY DRIVER4 LAUDERDALE (JOESPH ANDREW3, JOHN GAMMEL2, JOHN1). He married MITTY BAILEY December 21, 1886. Children of ELY LAUDERDALE and MITTY BAILEY are: 2. i. WILLIAM 'ABNER'5 LAUDERDALE, b. November 06, 1888, DeSoto County, Mississippi. ii. SARAH DRIVER LAUDERDALE, b. July 01, 1891; d. November 1891. iii. ANNIE PERLE LAUDERDALE, b. September 11, 1892. iv. JOSEPH ELI LAUDERDALE, b. November 05, 1897; d. November 12, 1916. Generation No. 2 2. WILLIAM 'ABNER'5 LAUDERDALE (ELY DRIVER4, JOESPH ANDREW3, JOHN GAMMEL2, JOHN1) was born November 06, 1888 in DeSoto County, Mississippi. He married MARGARET DRAPER 1916, daughter of BRICE DRAPER and MARY RAINES. Children of WILLIAM LAUDERDALE and MARGARET DRAPER are: i. MARGARET6 LAUDERDALE, b. June 02, 1917, Hernando, Tennessee; m. SAM CRENSHAW. ii. JOSEPH ELI LAUDERDALE, b. September 28, 1918, Hernando, Tennessee; m. HORTENSE STUCKEY.