Sue, Thank you so much for answering my query. I have some information on Jesse and Mary Black Shands that you might not have. I have that Jesse and Mary moved to TN in 1862, to Johnson Co, IL in 1864 and by Dec 1865 they were in Stoddard Co, MS. I can't help you with a connection between Mary BLack and the Howell family but a son David Thomas married Mary Jane Howell on 28 Jan 1891 in Stoddard Co and a daughter Mary Catherine married Benjamin Howell on 24 Apr 1898 also in Stoddard Co. If you don't have this, I hope I have helped you some. Thanks again for writing Elaine Sue Eskew wrote: >I can help with Gideon Shands' son Jesse and his family. I am not a descendant but have been trying to connect Jesse's wife's family to my Howell family. >Jesse S. Shands married Mary Catherine Black in Tippah Co. MS 17 January 1861. >They were in Stoddard Co. MO before 1870. Jesse died in Stoddard Co. 20 February 1905. He is buried in the Caroline Dowdy Cemetery near Dexter, MO. Some of Jesse's descendants are still living in the Dexter area. > >Sue > > >eperk@texas.net wrote:This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Surnames: Coker, Perkins, Shands, Brown >Classification: Query > >Message Board URL: > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/iJB.2ACE/990 > >Message Board Post: > >Looking for anyone researching the Coker, Perkins, Shands and Brown families of Northern Tippah county around Ripley, MS.in the 1850 - 1880s. >Would especially like to know what became of the Gideon Shands family. > > >==== MSTIPPAH Mailing List ==== >"Southerners can claim kin with anybody. It's one of our most dextrous talents." >----Guy Davenport > > > > >==== MSTIPPAH Mailing List ==== >"The past is not dead. It isn't even past." >William Faulkner > > > >