Gosh, Carol, you have jumped back in with both feet. I am impressed! I am very glad, too, to find Salomi -- she had been a mystery to me, only seen in the manuscript of Mrs. Irwin Smith -- now I know why -- she wasn't b. until after the 1880 census! Now I'll present you with the following, hoping you'll stumble upon it in your masses, this particularly since you're a Price descendant, too. (I posted this this week at SC Genealogy Roots. Sorry for duplication if that is the case.) Tilman (or Tillman) Shealy was bca 1879, probably Lexington. He shows up in the 1880 census with Emanuel & Eve Ann (Jackson) Shealy: 1 Emanuel "Andrew" Shealy, Sr. b: 1822 d: Aft. 1880 <Lexington, SC> .. +Rebecca Price b: 1828 m: Sep 28, 1845 St. Paul's, Hollow Creek, Lexington, SC; Rev. Godfrey Drehr, officiating d: Bef. 1860 <Lexington, SC> Father: Christian Price, Sr. Mother: Sarah _ *2nd Wife of Emanuel "Andrew" Shealy, Sr.: .. +Eve Ann Christena "Tena" Jackson b: ca 1840 GA m: Bef. 1860 I did find yesterday at DAR that Tillman may have be the son of Ella Jane "Janie" Shealy, d/o Emanuel and his first wife Rebecca, with the father of Tilman being Dave Rivers, who later became her husband. 1 Ella Jane "Janie" Shealy b: 1858 <, Lexington, SC> d: ca 1886 <_, Newberry, SC> .. +David Aaron "Dave" Rivers b: Feb 23, 1861 _, Lexington, SC d: Jul 30, 1938 Mollohon Mill, Newberry, Newberry, SC Burial: Union Luth, near Delmar, Newberry, SC, Rev. J. B. Harmon assisted by Rev. Miles Cullum, officiating. Father: James Robert Rivers Mother: Sybil Elizabeth "Sibbie" Fikes ----------------- Here is my note now under Janie: In Lee's George Jacob Price Family History, she is listed as having 5 children with David Rivers: Tillman Shealy Willie Shealy David Horace Rivers Lawrence Rivers Florence Rivers This is the first instance I have seen of either Willie Shealy or David Horace Rivers. Presumably from this, Dave and Janie had 2 children together before marriage. Tilman Shealy is listed in the 1880 Census with the family of Emaunel and Tena Shealy, Janie's father and step-mother, with whom Janie was also living. Although Eve Ann Christena "Tena" (Jackson) Shealy would have been young enough to be Tilman's mother, he may well be a grandchild, as written in Lee's "The George Jacob Price Family History." I have not seen him listed elsewhere as a child in the Shealy books or in the Rivers Family manscript provided by Deborah Harrison and Mrs. Irwin Smith. Lee does not mention, however, 2 children which are included in the Rivers Family Manuscript: James Harris Rivers and Forrest Rivers (twins b. Jul 06, 1884, with the latter dying at birth). The two children that both references agree on are twins Florence and Lawrence Mays Rivers (b. May 06, 1886). ------------ My husband descends from Lawrence. Any assistance on the children of Janie and Dave Rivers would be appreciated. (For the record, Janie died and Dave married her half-sister, Laura Rodella Shealy, and had 8 more children.) Thanks, Bonnie Butler skyvine@alum.wofford.org (permanent email forwarding)