Yesterday, I wrote that: I found, on the 1830 Federal Census of Halifax Co., VA that William NEWTON had a son (age 5 & under 10) and two little girls under age 5. On the 1840 Census, I found the same family, but one of those daughters is no longer with us which says to me that she died under age 14. I do not know her name, nor the name of the one who lived. What I've found since: By the 1850 Census, the same family is shown with the son, Henry James at age 25 still living in the parental home. The second unnamed daughter is no longer in the home, but the other four named daughters are: Julia, Jane, Mary, and Lucy. This means that the remaining unnamed daughter either died OR is married. I believe she married someone named "MOORE." Why? On the 1880 Federal Census, I found the four named daughters (all spinsters) Julia, Jane, Mary, and Lucy, all living together (probably in the same house their parents, William and Jane Farrar NEWTON lived in when they were alive). Along with them are a nephew (William W. MOORE age 10) and a niece (Ellen MOORE age 8). Does anyone have a "Mrs." Moore who died leaving two of her young children orphaned before 1880? Judy jryden@charter.net Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass.... It's about learning to dance in the rain.