This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ratliff Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/RGCBAEB/846.1 Message Board Post: I believe that the George N. Ratliff that you are looking for was my grandfather, George Nelson Ratliff. I know that he had been married before my grandmother, Rhoda Alifair (Sexton) Ratliff. My father, George's son, knows that he has half brothers fathered by George Nelson named Stanley, Nelson and Oscar, and that there may have been other half siblings. George N. Ratliff and Rhoda Sexton may have been married at Portsmouth, Ohio or at Welch WV, between 1910 and 1914. Their children: Georgia Ellen Ratliff, born 1914, Portsmouth, OH Irene Valier Ratliff, born 10 Sep 1915, Bartley, WV, died about 1936 - 1937. Woodrow Wilson Ratcliff Charles E. Ratcliff, born 14 Apr 1920 Living Ratliff James Arthur Ratliff, born 11 Apr 1922 Living Ratliff Living Ratliff George Nelson Ratliff may have been born in Virginia (perhaps Smith County or Wythe County) about 1879 - 1880. His known siblings were Clay S. Ratliff, Thomas D. Ratliff, John F. Ratliff, and sister Mrs. Frank Scott. An obituary, found in my Aunt Georgia's scrapbook, of Clay S. Ratliff indicates that his and, I assume, George Nelson's father was James Smith Ratliff. The obituary says that Clay S. was born in Olympia, VA. George Nelson Ratliff died in a coal mining accident at the Fall River Mine, close to Roderfield, WV, on 9 Nov 1928. I would like to hear what you have learned about our mutual ancestors. I'm happy to share with you what I know and learn. Please write to me at red4stone@centurytel.net. John Ratliff