In a message dated 9/20/99 11:14:48 PM !!!First Boot!!!, [email protected] writes: << it sounds like your Southern woman was a lot like mine. >> There is one, my g g grandmother, who was quite a gal. In 1842 a family member received a letter from a nephew in Mount Pleasant, TN. His wife had just died and left him with a bunch of children the youngest not yet 3 weeks. He asked that his aunt come and bring one of Cousin Betsy's daughters. The aunt and one of Cousin's Betsy's daughters, Caroline, went from Center Star, AL to Mount Pleasant, TN either by horse or stage. That's a long ride. Any way a year later Caroline and Carlisle were married. And moved to Center Star. Betty.