This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ScB.2ACE/666.2.2 Message Board Post: To my knowledge, John Besley (aka Stage) was married to a woman named Anna according to civil war pension records. His father's name was Oliver but not the one in Bradford County. I have census information also with the name of Eleanor was Oliver's wife but I have not been able to find of Oliver's parents....a few guesses but nothing else. Perhaps this is a second wife. There are so many Besleys with the same given name (0liver, James, John, Charles). Seems to be an Oliver around every bush. Please contact me through my email address if you would like some of the additional information I have on the Besley's of New York, Pennsylvania and points south and west. I will be more than happy to help. Joyce