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/2AIBAIB/404.1 Message Board Post: If you haven't looked at the Floyd County Web site, please check this out, and then go to the Surnames of Floyd County. It is a wealth of information on Floyd County, Va. people. I'm a Bishop descendant and the Turpin family ties into my Bishop's. Clara Bell Turpin, b. 12/1/1873, d. 10/23/1958 married Columbus Grant Simpkins, s/o Gabriel Simpkins and Timanda Gallimore. Clara d/o Walter turpin and Lydia Showalter - this is taken from the Surnames of Floyd County, Va. Carol