I may have posted this before; but, maybe there are some new people on the list who might help me. My g,grandmother Mariah (Minerd)Whetsel/Whetzel had a daughter by the name of Hazel prior to her marriage to my g,grandfather, Delmar Whetzel. It is the understanding in my mother's family and is confirmed in the marriage application of Mariah Minerd and Delmar Whetzel that Mariah had not been married before. There is a note left by a sister of Delmar that simply states that Hazel was a Stillwagon. Are there any Stillwagon descendants on this list who may have heard of Hazel? Another part of the Stillwagon/Minerd mystery is that there are court documents where Mariah Minerd sued two Stillwagon brothers for money owed her re some land which she had loaned them funds to purchase. Hazel (?) was born in 1882; and, Mariah married Delmar Whetzel in 1889. Hazel later married Elmer Maurice Whetzel b. 1881, who was the son of Mary Minerd and John Homer Whetzel. While Elmer was her first cousin on her mother's side, she was no relation to Elmer on the Whetzel side. Both Elmer and Hazel died within months of each other while in their thirties leaving 5 small children orphaned. The Inks and Hagen families provided care for the children. Since Hazel was my grandfather's half-sister, we would like to solve the mystery of Hazel's heritage. Thank you, Marilyn, Lake Co., IL