Okay, I Believe I have it sorted out now. I just need to find the few records that Proves this: (partially extracted from here:http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/u/d/Edwin-C-Hudson-GA/GENE11-0008.html__ Sellers Family) Joel Sellers and Rebecca (unkn) Sellers (Brunswick Co NC) Had: 1. Daniel W. Sellers b. 1832, Brunswick Co, NC. Married SUSAN R. THARP. (1857, Brunswick Co, NC). 2. Amos Sellers b. abt 1833 3. Matilda Sellers b abt 1836 4. George W. Sellers b. abt. 1839 5. Alva Sellers b. abt 1840 6. James Calvin Sellers. b. abt. 1846 Now, This researcher has a death date of Aug 26, 1868 for Daniel W. listed on his site, but no additional information on this particular family. HOWEVER, in 1870, Bladen Co, NC we have: D.W. SELLERS, 38M W NC, CARVERS CRK , PAGE 383, FARMER SUSAN? 36F NC W FANNY B. 15F NC ADDIE 12F NC W. L/S 10M NC T. D. 8F NC M. 6F NC J.C? 7/12 M NC This is quite obviously the SAME Daniel W. Sellers, son of Joel who married Susan R. Tharp in Brunswick Co, NC. But now the family has been placed in Bladen Co, NC 2 years after his death. This leads me to believe that herhaps the death date was mixed up with another Daniel W. the chances of TWO Daniel W. Sellers Both being born abt. 1831 in NC and BOTH marrying Susan R.'s are almost a million to 1. now that we know that Joel's son Daniel WAS alive in 1870, we can now continue on. in 1880 we have this: 1880 Wash Co. AL= District 181, Beat 4, Washington, Alabama Source: FHL Film 1254034 National Archives Film T9-0034 Page 142D D. W. SELLERS Self M 49 NC Fa: NC Mo: NC Susan R. SELLERS Wife F 37 NC Fa: NC Mo: NC William L. SELLERS Son M 17 NC Fa: NC Mo: NC Talula D. SELLERS Dau F 14 NC Fa: NC Mo: NC Minnie SELLERS Dau F 12 NC Fa: NC Mo: NC John D. SELLERS Son M 9 NC Fa: NC Mo: NC Jeneva SELLERS Dau F 7 NC Fa: NC Mo: NC J. RUSSELL Other M 20 AL Fa: VA Mo: VA (this is probably a boarder or a farmhand, the latter being more likely, esp since he was of african-american origin) This is Obviously the same as the 1870 Bladen Co, NC family. (which is obviously the same as the Daniel W, son of Joel.) Some of the ages dont seem to match up quite right, but the names of the children, and the age difference between them is still the same. 1900 WASH CO, AL, 10 PREC DEER PARK S. R. SELLERS 53F NC, , M 35, 6/6 BOTH PARENTS BORN NC,page (Jen)EVA 26 NC, M 7, 1/1, BOARDER, BOTH PARENTS NC (I believe this Jenevea) LES/LEO/LEE? 4M AL, GRANDSON crossed out and BOARDER written above, dad ms/mom nc This is Susan, living with her daughter (jen)Eva, apparently Divorced from Daniel W by this time as between 1894-1898 Daniel W has 3 children with a woman from AL. : 1910 AL Census: Washington Co, Precint 11 Daniel W. Sellers 79. NC f. NC m. NC Famer Self Daniel L. Sellers. 16. AL f.NC m. AL Laborer Son Amos sellers 14 AL f. NC m. AL None Son Vira (?) Sellers 12 AL f. NC m. AL None Daughter And that seems to be the connection to my wife's line. So, I still stand by what I have said about our Daniel W. in AL being the son of Joel, however, I was a little off in the steps I took to get there. Mari has helped calrify this immensely. This logic seems to fit almost to a T. Can anyone think of anything that might disprove this? (aside from the lack of actual documentation). My wife is working on getting her great-grandfather's obit from her great-aunt, so that might help. The two main questions I see at this point are: 1. who did Daniel W marry between 1880-1894? and what happened to her between 1898-1900? Did she die, or did she too divorce him? The fact that the 1910 Daniel W. Sellers had a son named AMOS, and a wife named Susan R. fits with Joel's son who had a borther named Amos and a wife name Susan R. Tharp. This has been quite an interesting piece of deductive reasoning, and quite a mess. But hey, its fun. ;) I will continue to search for the records to back this up, now that I know exactly what I am looking for, but I am now 100% positive that this is correct.