This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Shelton, Tuell, Dismore Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wNHBAIB/1692.3 Message Board Post: Hi! I know I'm a little late to this, but I'll give it a try. I have a 4th gr grandmother named Sarah Ann. We have always assumed that she had the maiden name of Tuell. We know have serious doubts about the name Tuell. It seems that in the 1850 Jackson County, IN census she lived next door to a man named Henly Shelton. Family lore, no records, indicate that Henly Shelton was her first husband. Her second husband was Nathaniel Dismore. There are records to back this marriage up. They show marriage between Nathaniel and Sarah Ann Shelton. Henly married his wife Rachel in 1834 in Jackson County and was till married to her in 1850. So the marriage to Sarah seems unlikely to say the least. On top of that, why would someone live next door to their ex spouse? Plus, Henly ended up following Sarah as she moved to Iowa. The two of them are buried in the same cemetery in Union County, Iowa. We suspect now that Henly and Sarah Ann were brother and sister. We've got two questions on Sarah Ann. How in the world did she get connected with this Tuell surname? (I have her death certificate and it doesn't mention Tuell.) What was her relation with the Shelton family? Below is my family page url: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/c/h/Robert-L-Schneider/index.html Thanks in advance! Robert Schneider Berkeley MO 63134