> I tried looking for all the M. Patterson women. No luck. So Marcella Dodd > Patterson was probably not using her Patterson married name in 1880. This > is what I did find. She was widowed after 1877. > > Precinct 5, Titus, Texas page 364 A > M.E.PATTERSON Self F W W 32 AL > Henry PATTERSON Son M S W 11 TX > Tom PATTERSON Son M S W 3 TX > J.D. GAGGERS Other M S W 32 AL > > this confuses me...if it was marcella dodd, the initials should be : M.L. > or L.M. Patterson......IF it was malissa Patterson DODD? her initials are > correct, but her children would be DODDs...not pattersons? judy