Carole asked me to look up Middletons in the census books. This is what I found. 1830 - none 1840 - none 1850 - no township supplied, Mary Middleton age 45 , Pickney, age 10 male. 1860 - Marion County Court House, Mary Middleton age 46, occ. seamstress. James, male, farm labor 1870 -213/ James E Middleton, age 24 occ. Keeper of bridge Mary, age 24 Julia, age3 James S age 2 Mary Middleton age 50 1880 - 54/James E Middleton, age 35, grocer Anna T. wife, age 28, keeps house Julia A, daughter, age 12, at school Sidney A, son, age 10, at school 55/ Mary J. Herring age 55 mother in law. 1880, 155/ Mary Middleton, age 60/ single/ housekeeping. I found Mary and James in the Misc School records. Page 89 Commissioners of free schools to D. S. Henry for tuition of the following students. School commened (sic) at Marion C.H. 15 April 1857, closed 10 Sept. 1957 (should be 1857) Marian District: Parent - Mary Middleton children - Jas. Middleton. If anyone want copies of these pages I can get them. The library charges 25 cents per copy. Helen