My great grandmother Mignonnette (Nettie) Horton, maiden name Peacock (b 1864 TN - d 1 Apr 1889, Jersey City, bur. Arlington Cem.) Had my grandfather in 1881 while just a teen. The father, I assume her husband, Harry E. Horton had to have been at least 40 since family tradition has it that he fought in Civil War for the south. I have Mignonnette's ancestry down pretty good, but know nothing much about Harry. I traced a baptismal cert. from St. Peter's in Jersey City for my grandfather, Rufus Wiley Horton - which is how I discovered Harry's first name. Was surprised to see the Catholic baptism since Peacock ancestors, and Hortons since have been Methodist. Mignonnette's mother, Martha Davie Peacock, died in TN when she was only about 6, when her father, Dr. Rufus Wilie Peacock remarried Ann Martha (Norfleet) McCullough and moved to Jersey City in 1870, while Dr. Peacock attended NYU Medical School (1875 grad.), then set up practice. My elderly aunt seems to feel (whether remembers hearing or surmises, I don't know), that the Catholic element may have come in if Mignonnette had been put in a Catholic school for girls or convent (My aunt used the term for "incorregable" girls.) Does anyone know if there was such a place in Jersey City where girls were boarded. Harry Horton was apparently out of the picture almost immediately (died or left) - he's not buried at Arlington, where she and her father Dr. Peacock are buried. Mignonnette died at age 25, and my aunt remembers hearing that she was sent away with some illness, then brought back and died at Dr. Peacock's home. Any info to help trace Mignonnette's life and Harry appreciated. Ray _______________________________ Ray and Joyce Horton and family "Horton Family" <sunray@erie.net> 2720 Ellsworth Ave. Erie, PA 16508 814-454-7191 (work) 814-864-2958 (home)