In a message dated 1/15/99 7:19:35 AM Pacific Standard Time, mrhorn@indiana.edu writes: << Glen: What part of Illinois did the Grace's go to? Wasn't White Plains or White County, Ill., near Alerton????? So many similiarities in your family with mine. I have a grandmother who was a Hensley. Her maiden name was Ethel Hensley, born >> =========== Hi Rosie, This is "Kitty" responding to the above note you sent Glen. My great- grandmother was Martha HENSLEY, born December 9, 1849. I don't have a birth "place" but have that she married my great-grandpa near Queen City, Missouri March 8, 1912. Martha is my link to the GATES family. Her dad, Elcana Delaney HENSLEY was married to Mary Elizabeth GATES (daughter of Abel GATES). I don't know if Glen has any "HENSLEY's" in his family -- there are no "Ethel's" listed in the tiny bit of HENSLEY data I have. But who knows, maybe we are cousins! HOLTON-L List Owner The Rootbound Researcher * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Kitty (CURTIS) Martin Kent, Washington k9504m@aol.com Researching: CURTIS, GATES, HENSLEY, HOL(E)TON, JAMES; ZIEGLER, SWIFT, POLK, GREGORY, GRACE (etc.) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Woods/8946/index.htm