This name is used "excessively" as a middle name in my McClellan/McKinley lineages in NC. I have a missing Starnes female down that way too, so I thought I'd put my two cents worth in. Martha Starnes b. ca 1839 in NC m. in 1854 to Eli Linker b. ca 1829 in NC. Eli died in the Civil War and it is believe Martha Starnes Linker married Calvin Allman in Sept 1864 dying a short time later as Calvin marries again. I'd love hearing about the name "Statira" if you figure anything out, and of course anything on a Martha born about 1839 give a few years... don't think she could be any younger. Thanks, Peggy Sue Wilson pwilson411@aol.com http://members.aol.com/PWilson411/indexe.html <<According to the Van Wagenen book about Isaac Stearns . . . (page 517) Charles Stearns, born Mar. 15, 1814, son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Heywood) Stearns, of Vermont; married March 1845, Elvira Statira Jones, daughter of Alexander and Louisa Jones, of Jamestown, Chautauqua Co., N. Y. According to the Bond book on Watertown, Massachusetts . . . . (page 513) Charles Stearns, born in Brattleboro, Vt., Mar. 15, 1814; married March 1845, in Jamestown, Chatauque Co., N.Y., Elvira Statira, daughter of Ellie and Louisa Jones of Jamestown, Chatauque Co., N.Y. Can anyone tell me which of these is correct? It seems that the Van Wagenen would be more likely to be correct . The Bond entry doesn't have Elvira as having the same last name as her parents. So . . . is it Elvira Statira or Elvira Statira Jones? And is her father Ellie Jones or Alexander Jones? Thanks in advance for any help you can give me!