Jean: I received your packet. Thanks. The only changes I would make to the line would be to the information on Granderson Nevill. He died after 1880 and tradition has it that he died in Tx. No tombstone has been found to date. He had four known wives: 1. Minerva Peterson who married 2. Meredith Howard. She had one child by Granderson who died young. 2. Martha E. ________. She married Granderson in 1835, and they had three sons by 1840. Names unknown. She is probably the mother of my ancestor also named Granderson D. Nevill, b. 1841 in Dickson Co., TN. She may be the Martha E. Nevels who is in Tishmingo Co., MS in 1850 with three children under the age of ten: Anderson D., Susan P., William D. Martha divorced Granderson in 1845 in Dickson Co., TN. What became of her after that is still unknown. 3. Annette Travis [McAllister's great-grandmother] who was a great- grand daughter of George Nevill of Montgomery Co., TN. She married Granderson just a week after his divorce from Martha was final. That seems to lend credibility to Martha's charge of adultery. This may also be why McAllister shys away from mentioning the other marriages. Or it may be why his grandfather Nevill does not provide him with more helpful information. She had two sons by Granderson. Have not found the divorce record for Granderson and Annette yet. She married 2. Phillip Crotzer. 4. Elizabeth Caroline __________. She is the last known wife of Granderson. In 1886 she patents a homestead in Crawford Co., AR as a widow. She and Granderson are together on the 1880 census of Crawford Co., AR. Granderson was a school teacher later in life. It his earlier life he was a farmer, horse trader, tanner [he was a partner in a tannery in Bowie Co., Tx in 1858], teamster [ran a freight line between Mt. Pleasant, TX and Jefferson, TX]. In 1873 there is a "Professor Nevills" teaching in a one room school in the Blackfork community in Scott Co., AR. Several things suggest that this Granderson: 1. Granderson D. ["Granvil"] patented a homestead in Scott Co., in 1871 and was still living there in 1873; 2. this teacher is boarding with a family, suggesting that he is a bachelor--this is probably Granderson between wives; 3. Granderson lists his occupation as teacher on the 1880 cenus; 4. McAllister's family seems to lose communication with Granderson by 1878 [when McAllister says G.D. dies], so Granderson must have been teaching before 1880. This 1878 date may indicate when Granderson moved to Crawford Co., AR. Granderson very likely had other wives and children who have not been located yet. He seems to have stayed in touch with his children throughout his lifetime--no letters have ever been discovered, though. Kathy