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/JFHBAEB/398.401.402.442.589.2.1.1 Message Board Post: I have information on all the siblings of Charles Nelson. But I cannot/have not found parents/siblings of James, the father of Charles N. I do not attach the middle name 'Lewis' to James, because I have not found anything to substantiate that, and also because 'James Lewis' was the given name of Charles' first son/child, born 4 Feb 1860. Since the father, James, was born in 1804 or 1806, middle names were not at all common at that time. Not unheard of, but not common. Elizabeth, who married Jacob McClurg (rather than McClarg)was not a Sherwood. After the death of James, Rebecca married Elias Mitchell (1844), and Elizabeth is from that marriage, b. 1845. But Elias Mitchell seems to have disappeared after a short time, Rebecca was again 'Rebecca Sherwood' by the 1850 Census. (I have not been able to find a death record for Elias.) And, Elizabeth was known as Elizabeth Sherwood. Do you have an Acrobat Reader? If not, I can send family group sheets in plain text. Acrobat just makes them 'prettier.' There was a Martin (Martin V. or B. or V.B.- my guess is Martin V.B. - for Martin Van Buren??), and a Marvin. I think I've found a Marvin who might be the right one in Michigan, but not sure.