This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HKB.2ACI/1087.1300.1422.1.1 Message Board Post: Sorry, my Eli Martin was the son of Zebulon Martin and Lucinda Shoemake, and my Eli was born Jan. 17, 1851 in Arkansas. Zebulon had several children, however, John T., William C., Emma E., and Richard Martin, who very well could have had a child named Eli, which apparently had been a family name. I will keep my eyes open for your Eli Martin. Cher