Becky, Thanks. I'll give it a shot. ...Marjorie ==================== In a message dated 12/11/2006 7:49:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, millet@consolidated.net writes: Marjorie, I'd contact the gentleman that posted the O'Brien family info on rootsweb. He also lists William Daniel O'Brien as the father of David and James...and James as the father of Eliza. I'm sure he would share his source with you. Becky millet@consolidated.net "The best measure of the future is the record of the past." -Benjamin Franklin ----- Original Message ----- From: <Mamt1984@aol.com> To: <TN-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 12:20 AM Subject: Re: [TN-CENSUS-LOOKUP] Eliza O'Brien > Thanks so much, Bill, Georgi, & Becky for all the very helpful > information > that you sent regarding Eliza O'Brien and Wm. Brownlow. I printed all of > it. > > Unfortunately, I'm still not sure of the connection to my O'Brien line. > I > don't have a large amount of info on this line of my family. > > My ggrandfather was James Daniel O'Brien b. 1860 in Washington County, TN. > He married Margaret Eveline Householder in 1887 in Knox County. > > James Daniel O'Brien's father was David P. O'Brien b.1822 in Carter > County, > TN. He married Sarah Mottern in 1850 in Carter County. David P. O'Brien > had > a brother by the name of James, but I have no informtion on him. > Therefore, I > don't know if this would be the same James O'Brien who was the father of > Eliza O'Brien. What do you think? > > I've been told that the father of David P. O'Brien and James O'Brien was > William Daniel O'Brien of Berks County, Pennsylvania. I don't know the > source > of any of this info. > > Thanks again, > Marjorie >