Janice and Peggy, If it helps, according to census information, Amelia was from Tennessee and her mother, Harriett, was from Virginia or Kentucky. Her father had died before the 1850 census so I came to a dead stop trying to find out his name. Ken -----Original Message----- Peggy, you sure come up with some interesting information! Ken followed up with the comment that James Allen Holmes was the son of George Washington HOLMES and Amelia J. WALKER. I don't recall an Amelia J. in any of my Walker files. Have you ever come across her before?