Hi all, Recent trip to Haywood, Jackson and Swain Counties, NC was very successful. Old 1885 homeplace of my g.grandpa, Rev. James Henry Queen now documented with a number of GPS and altimeter readings (longitude/latitude/elevation) now plotted on a topo map. Also located some photos of late 1800's and early 1900's log homes of a couple of great great aunts. Question for the analytical experts in the group... It has been handed down through the family that my Alfred of 1810 died before his wife... and that after Alfred's death the kids wanted their mom, Mary, to move up Carson Branch. She agreed to the move after they promised to, upon her death, return her body down the mountain for burial at the Love Cemetery beside Alfred's grave. They agreed. We don't know when Alfred died, but church records reflect Mary's death as May 5, 1878. When did Alfred die? At least what was the approximate year of death? Alfred was alive at the time of the 1870 census and Mary died in 1878...so Alfred died between those years. His first child to marry did so in 1871. Another in 1873, another 1874. Alfred was not a witness to the marriage of any child. The 1873 marriage of son, Joseph, was to Lydia Jane Carson. Both Joe and Jane are buried at the Carson Cemetery up Carson Branch. The minister and one witness to the 1874 marriage of dau., Martha, were the same as for Joe and Jane. W. T. Carson was a witness. The 1874 marriage of Martha was at the home of "Mary Queen". Why did Alfred not attend the wedding of his first child, Mary in 1871? Okay, so he didn't like her pick for a husband, so he sulked and stayed home....a Queen trait? But what about son, Joe, in 1873 or dau., Martha, in 1874? Is there a clue here, or did dads simply stay away from weddings back then? Thanks for any thoughts. Gene