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/gVB.2ACI/2791 Message Board Post: If there is anyone out there who could help, I would appreciate it to no end. I am looking for more info on my grandfather. What I think I know (and that isn't a lot) is the following. I need help to prove or disprove this information. I would love it have his obit if someone is willing to look it up. What I know to be true has been marked with an asterisk (*). Ondas Cornelius “Buddie” MITCHELL b. 7 Apr 1901 (alt b. Oct 1895) in possibly Smithfield, Johnston, NC (The first b-date is what he told my grandmother & family, but I think this may have been when his mother died. The alt b-date is on the 1900 US Census, NC, Johnston County, West Beulah Twp, ED 49, Sheet No. 5b.) d. 22 Dec 1956 Fayetteville, Cumberland, NC (This I know for sure because my mom was there, she was 13.) ???? PARENTS: This is a guess from the above mentioned census record and word of mouth through family. Cornelius Oliver MITCHELL b. abt. 1851 Smithfield, Johnston, NC d. ukn Mary E CORBETT or CARLTON b. 1858 Smithfield, Johnston, NC d. abt. 1901 NC MARRIED 1 abt. 1910-1916 (family story says Ondas married at 15, the first day he wore long pants, so depending on DOB plus 15 years) Betty SASSER b. abt. 1893-1899 d. 4 Mar 1927 Smithfield, Johnston, NC (I not at all sure this was her name, this information was passed word of mouth. I believe she died from complications of childbirth since death date is exactly 1 month after the birth of my uncle, Rayford “Junior” MITCHELL) CHILDREN OF MARRIAGE 1: *Margie Marie MITCHELL b. 13 Feb 1924 Smithfield, Johnston, NC d. 1 Mar 1993 d. Goldsboro, Wayne, NC *Rayford "Junior" MITCHELL b. 4 Feb 1927 Smithfield, Johnston, NC d. 27 Mar 1983 Mauk, Taylor, GA NOTES: Margie MITCHELL and Rayford MITCHELL went somewhere after the death of Betty SASSER MITCHELL, I've been told either, her sister or parents took them and it took Granddad several years to get them back. I do know for sure that it was after he married Grandmother. I would like to know with whom and where. *MARRIED 2: 11 Jul 1931 Parkersburg, Sampson, NC (date is right, but place is assumed) *Margaret Ronie JOHNSON b. 7 Oct 1912 Parkersburg, Sampson, NC d. 1 Sep 1994 Fayetteville, Cumberland, NC (my grandmother) CHILDREN OF MARRIAGE 2: *Oliver Coleman “OC or Mitch” MITCHELL b. 6 Feb 1933 Parkersburg, Sampson, NC d. 16 Dec 1978 Smithfield, Johnston, NC *5 Living MITCHELL – females (my mother and aunts) *1 Living MITCHELL – male (my uncle)