I was asked to send this privately to awesom3som but since I've never posted it to the list before, I decided to see if lures any cousins. Additions and corrections are gratefully appreciated. I won't go all the way back to Richard of Talbot County as that information is readily available elsewhere. +Moses Ratcliff b. abt 1730, Ratcliff's Choice, Talbot Co, Maryland m. Mary Sarah Farmer. +Elam Ratliff b. 3 July 1779, NC - Wife unknown - Anybody know? +Zachaeus Ratliff b. 11 Aug 1824, Onslow, NC, d. 3 Sept 1890, Lawrence Co., Arkansas Barbara Ratliff Irene Ratliff Mordica Ratliff Malinda Ratliff Obediah Ratliff Owen Ratliff Catherine Ratliff Zachaeus Ratliff m. Margaret Martha Underwood (dau of James Underwood and Elizabeth last name unknown) 10 Feb 1848 in Lawrence Co, Arkansas Melissa J. Ratliff - b.15 January 1849 m. Amos Bratcher Elizabeth Ratliff - b. abt 1850 + James S. Ratliff- b. 1852 m. 1st Emma Rebecca Justus, m. 2nd Mrs. Isabel Johnson Mary A. C. Ratiff - b. 1854 Carney Strong Ratliff - b. 27 Dec 1855 David G. Ratliff - b. 1858 William Thomas Ratliff - b. abt 1860 Johnson McAlexander Ratliff - 6 Jan 1863 m. Susan E. Bradford Louisa Josephine Ratliff - b. 25 Aug 1865 m. Isaac Lonnie Frisbee Martha T. Frances Ratliff - b. 23 Nov 1868 Amos John Edward Ratliff - b. 17 Mar 1872 James S. Ratliff m. Emma Rebecca Justus (dau of Stephen Justus and Jane Williams) 1872, Lawrence Co, Arkansas. J. Bascum Ratliff b. abt 1873 + Minnie J. Ratliff b Dec 1875 m. James Henry "Newton" Park (son of Charley Park and Clarissa "Ann" Beavers) 29 May 1892 in Lawrence Co, Arkansas Girdie B. Park Orel Frando Park Susan P. Park Dorah O. Park Ivy Park Hosie Park Mary Park Maggie Park Clara Park + Jay Newt Parke b. 1913 m. Dorothy Lillian Kimbro (dau of Harry Kimbro and Lillian Frances Bruffey) Steven Jay Parke Dorothy Virginia Parke Carolyn June Parke Janet Lea Parke (me) Note the change from Park to Parke. The "e" was added by a clerk in the Navy during WWII and stuck so tight it would have been very difficult to go back to Park. -- Janet Reaves [email protected] ____________