Morning Folks, I had several requests for info on my Bryson/Shepherd collateral lines so I though I'd post them here. Here are the lines: 1) Emeline Elizabeth Shepherd (12/11/1826 Yancey County - 9/25/1920 Macon, dau of Thomas and Narcissa Welch Shepherd) married James Bryson (9/15/1823 Haywood? County - 6/6/1904 Macon, son of Samuel Decatur and Rebecca Caler Bryson) 2) Sarah Bryson (b. 1827 Haywood County, d. ?, also a daughter of Samuel and Rebecca Caler Bryson) m. Calvin Grandison Shepherd (b. 9/16/1925 Yancey County - d. ?). I have only a son listed for this couple: Joshua John Shepherd. 3) - and this one is a little more convoluted - Samuel Byers Bryson (1829 - 1895, also a son of Samuel and Rebecca Caler Bryson) m. Mary A. Morrison (1841-1911) a) Alice Magdeline m. Jesse Riley Rickman - son Early Oscar Rickman m. Sissie Mason, dau of Jacob M. and Martha Catherine Shepherd Mason b) Pearl m. John Frederick Raby, son of Marcus Asbury and Narcissa Terrissa Shepherd Raby I have some info on descendants of these connections, but any help would be appreciated! Thanks and kind regards, Philip Philip R. Underwood-Sheppard, Beaufort, S. C. Rootsweb Sponsor and Listowner: ncmacon, nctransy, ncswain, ncjackso Transylvania GenWen Page: <http://www.rootsweb.com/~nctransy/> The Jesse Kerr Project <http://web.infoave.net/~sheppard/kerr.htm> Macon Co. Genealogies <http://www.angelfire.com/nc/cowee/index.html>