Hi to all - I just joined this list so I thought it might be a good idea to see if anyone connects to my family line. My grandparents were born in Hardin County, Tennessee. I just started tracing the family back and after a lot of conversations, bits I knew, and census records I have discovered that my great grandmother, Penelope Stockton was born in Itawamba County. Some of her brothers and sisters apparently came to Hardin County sometime between 1880 and 1900. I found her older brother John, living with his widowed mother Susan and younger brother and sister Dallas Stockton and Jackie Stockton in Hardin in the 1900 census. I tracked back and found Susan with her husband, Andrew and older children - Marthy, Oscar, and John in Itawamba County in 1880. A little more digging and I think the following is my line in Itawamba County. Andrew Jackson Stockton (b: 1854) m. to Susan (Hall) (b:1847) ........Children: ........Marthy (b.1872) ........John (b. 1875) ........Oscar (b. 1877) ........Almeda (b. 1878) ........(the above were on the Itawamba 1880 census) ........Penelope Hightower Stockton (b. 1882) (my great grandmother married Walter Shipman ........in 1895 in Hardin County) died in 1957 ........Dallas (b. 1883) married to Elzie in Hardin County, died in 1954. ........Jackie (b. 1891) married to Edgar Cresap in Hardin County, died in 1955. John married Fannie Parnell...don't know where they are buried. Almeda is listed as being married to John Worley in 1896 in Hardin County, but I don't have information on where they are buried. Mysteries .....I don't know what happened to Martha or Oscar in the family above. They don't appear on the records I have in Hardin County. I don't know what happened to Andrew Jackson Stockton. Because there is no 1890 census there is a very large gap of my knowledge in this family. (I'm sure members of this list have had the same frustration as the 1890 census gap!) Any information on this branch of my family would be greatly appreciated! Looking forward to learning more about Itawamba County family history! -Beryl Reid- in Massachusetts