I have a puzzle for all of you. It has to do with two CARNEY men that I have yet to definitely connect, but who are very likely to be related in some manner. Starting with Jacob SCOTT he had two lovely daughters (he had more, but for this scenario we are only going to discuss two of them). Those girls were Martha Ann SCOTT b. April 01, 1848 in Putnam Co., IN d. January 12, 1929 in AR. and her younger sister Malinda SCOTT b. April 28, 1850 in probably IN d. November 13, 1930 Milton-Freewater, Umatilla County, Oregon. 1. Martha married Jonathan (John) L. POYNER and they had a son named Jesse James POYNER who married Galeenah CARNEY. Galeenah's father's name was Chesterfield Monroe Carney b. March 1849 Port Royal, Montgomery County, Tennnessee d. December 29, 1928 Ft. Smith, Sebastian Co., AR he was s/o Harry D. CARNEY and Sarah MURPHY. At age ll Chesterfield had disappeared from the face of the earth and didn't surface again for 32 years when he married my great grandmother Columbia Porter BRANHAM in 1892, Crawford County, Arkansas. In trying to figure out where he was I and other researchers have found his name mutilated in many ways, ranging from Carny, Corny,Carey, Corney, etc. On ancestry for the 1900 census the index shows him as Cluster F. Corny. I've found him as CM and CF as well, not to mention the possiblity of the variations of Monroe (his middle name). One researcher recently showed up a Ches. Carey born PA (not TN) on the soldier's site on ancestry that is the right age to be my Chesterfield Carney, married to a Louisa Vickery in MO. Could he have gone to his northern relatives as a Union Sympathizer? He once told a grandchild that asked what he did in the Civil War that they put young boys in prison for stealing the horse's corn to eat. Was he imprisoned? That would be a long stretch, but Jacob SCOTT was in MO at one time. In that afore mentioned 1900 census Cluster F.(Chesterfield) is listed in the home of Mary ALEXANDER. Jacob Scott's second wife was Ellenore Ellen (ALEXANDER) COUCH/KUTCH. Yet another long stretch, but a similarity. 2. Malinda Scott married Samuel VANCIL, they had a daughter Anna Genetta who married Uzal Wesley CARNEY on October 12, 1898 in probably OR. He was b. 1874 in possibly IL or KY and died 1939 in OR. Uzal was the s/o Francis S. CARNEY and Martha Sophronia Perry d/o Uzal Perry. The Apr 1910 census lists Uzal as born in IL. It says his father was Ire-English, and his mother was born in IL. Sam and Malinda VANCIL were living with Uzal and Anna in Apr 1910 in South Milton Pct., Umatilla, OR Apr 1910 census South Milton Pct., Umatilla, OR family 210, Farmer, wheat farm The name Uzal has been found mutilated to Usual and the Hebrew spelling of it is Uziel or Uzeil (forget which ds said when he looked it up for me). Both Uzal and Chesterfield married the same generation of Jacob SCOTT's offspring (gdaughters). That's the tale I have so far. I feel these two men are related in some way, but where do I look next? Anyone have any suggestions? Jan who just knows that all of this ties together in a neat package some how in OK