Okay all you FOX researchers...I have a brick wall that I've been trying to break down for years, and hope someone may be able to help me. Does anyone have a female FOX in their line that was probably born around 1845-50, worked as a housekeeper for the Phineas HEADLEE family in Perry Twp. in the 1860s, and had a child out of wedlock during that time? My husband's great grandfather, Lafayette HEADLEE, was supposedly the illegitimate child of Joseph K. HEADLEE and an unknown FOX. Lafayette (aka Lafe) was born 8 Apr 1865. His father Joseph was only 19 at the time and still living with his parents, Phineas and Nancy (KEENER) HEADLEE. The story goes that young Joseph got the family housekeeper pregnant, and that Joseph's parents raised the child. However, I can't find any evidence of this at all...no census listings, no mention in Phineas's will, nothing. I haven't found young Lafe living with any FOX families, either, nor with his father Joseph K. HEADLEE, who later married Mary Jane DULANEY (daughter of Abraham and Susannah LEMLEY DULANEY). The only real "proof" I have of Lafayette's parents' names is his own death certificate, which lists his father as Joseph K. Headlee and his mother simply as FOX. The informant was Lafayette's wife, Mary (KIGER LEMLEY) HEADLEE. I do have Charles Fox's FOX book, which by the way is a fabulous resource, but it hasn't given me any leads on this mystery. Roland Dulaney Furlong's book mentions this family, but I believe his information regarding Lafayette is incorrect. So...if you're still with me :) does anyone have a female FOX in their line that was probably born around 1845-50, worked as a housekeeper for the Phineas HEADLEE family in Perry Twp. in the 1860s, and had a child out of wedlock during that time? Thanks in advance for any help! Gail Headlee [email protected] ==================== See my database at http://www.gencircles.com/users/gheadlee/1 Hebrews 11:12 "And so from this one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore."