This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/GJB.2ACE/244.245.247.249.348.1 Message Board Post: NELS BOTTOMS, OR NELSON BOTTOMS MARRIED THE WIDOW MORGAN IN ILL. WESLEY ALWAYS SAID THE ONLY REASON HE FOUGHT FOR THE SOUTH WAS TO GET EVEN WITH THE S.O.B. WHO RAISED HIM. JOHN DESKIN, WESLEYS FATHER WHO DIED, LEFT BEHIND THE 5 BOYS AND WIFE. SOMEHOW, THEIR LAND WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM SO THEY WENT TO MARION COUNTY ILL. WHERE THE ARNOLD FAMILY LIVED AS DID JOHN DESKIN'S SISTER, MARY.