Your Henry Caleb Queen does not appear in the household of his parents in the 1860 census of Wayne County or in the 1870 census of Lincoln County. [In 1870 the southern tip of Wayne County had been temporarily attached to Lincoln County.] In the 1880 census of Wayne county I found Henry C. Queen, age 8, listed among the children of Henry and Molly Queen. Had July 4, 1871 have been his date of birth he would have been age 8 on June 1 1880, the census day - a perfect match for your later date. The 1851 date had probably been a copy error. The book by Paul Dyer on descendants of John Queen gives the correct date of July 4, 1871. Ken ----- Original Message ----- ------------------------------ X-Message: #4 Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 22:44:34 -0500 From: Jeff Drake <familyhistory@mac.com> To: QUEEN-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <B68E73D1.8A7%familyhistory@mac.com> Subject: [QUEEN] Henry Caleb Queen -------------------------------- Got a slight problem here. My wife and I know that Henry Caleb QUEEN is the father of Basyle Franklin QUEEN. We also know that he (Henry) is the son of Henry QUEEN and Mary ³Molly² BELCHER. We even know that Henry was born on the fourth of July in Wayne co., (West) Virginia; we just don¹t know what year. (Henry would later marry Armenta HAGAR on 2 Dec 1892, but we still don¹t know when he was born!) Paying a visit to various web sites has only confused the matter. Some sources say Henry C. was born on 4 Jul 1851, others say 4 Jul 1871. So which is it? Either one fit into the lineage! Help! Thanks in advance, Jeff