Couple more possibilities....... First had another contact frm that family, and he suggests that perhaps William N's wife was Blackwell not Shepherd (that would acct for the prob we are having doc marr for Wm N and Fanney Shepherd) and Blackwells were in Buncombe co by then and earlier. Second, he also lists more chn than we have for Thomas and Mary Hookes (possibly Hooker?) ie, Charlie, Etta, Dora, John, Joe, Henry, Jeter, and Thomas We have frm his first marr William, Catherine, Milton Lewis frm 2d marr to Mary Ann Hookes/Hooker Leonidus/James, R. Harrison, Fanny, Kenneth Hicks, Arry and Minney lst one born 1879 Now Mary Ann was only 17 when married Thomas Revis in Aug 1868, thus the last census rec we have for them and their children is the 1880 census...she was 27, and would still have been of child bearing years thru ca1905...thus most likely more children, if she did not die, and he did not remarry. So now for the 1900 census, thought I had it, but not. Probably will find them in Madison co (understand there are 3 or 4 there)since that is where he died in 1921. *Barb