This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CV4.2ACEB/230.6.2.1 Message Board Post: Jim, My biggest link is Lewis Erastus POSTON b:20Feb1885 married 2Jun1919 +"Mary Jane" Johnnie OWINGS (b:1895-96)b:15Jul1887 in Decatur,Wise Co.,TX.(d:1935) My mother researched this before me.Her notes say Lewis changed her name from Johnnie to Mary Jane because it sounded more like a womans' name.My mothers' mother is their daughter:Pauline Estelle POSTON b:24Nov1919 d:31Jul1984. Johnnie is the daughter of William Edward OWINGS b:14Feb1855 in Roane Co.,TN d:23Nov1925 married about 1878 in Grayson Co.,TX ( 7 children ) + Leona Angelina AKINS b:11Jul1862 d:24Sep1920.Williams' parents are:William Long OWINGS b:abt.1823 Roane Co.,TN d:bef.1900 married abt.1842TN ( 7 children ) + Mary MITCHELL b:1823 d:bef.1900. HIS parents are: Alfred OWINGS b:1797NC d:1855TN married 22Feb1820TN + Mary "Polly" LONG b:abt.1800 d:17Aug1864 in Arcola,Dade Co.,MO. HIS parents are: Edward OWINGS b:1766 Baltimore Co.,MD d:Aug1857TN married 1787 or 1789 both in Burke Co.,NC + Elizabeth SUMPTER b:176! 7 d:1845TN. My research shows a Bezaleel OWINGS b:1721MD d:bef.1790 + UNKNOWN as parents of Edward.Bezaleel is son of Henry OWINGS b:1690-92 and Helen STINCHCOMB b:1696-1700. Henry is son of Captain Richard OWINGS b:7Mar1658/59.I have research showing Captain Richard as being the son of Owen HUMPHREY and Margaret VAUGHN.Do you have something different?