This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/YeB.2ACI/252 Message Board Post: Looking for family of Alexander Sims, b 1824 S.C. This is from the Marshall County Ala 1850 Census records. Mother's name possibly Elizabeth(?). Father unknown. Alexander was my gg grandfather. He was killed in action on March 17th, 1863. In DeKalb County Ala on Jan 15, 1851 he married Catherine Olinda Morgan, AKA "Katie O", b 1829, TN/AL? They had 8 children. Any help appreciated. Ed Sims