Jim, I didn't have any luck finding Frances/Francis Wall in the 1880 census. I did, however, find his mother living with her family: Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: District 6, Lawrence, Tennessee; Roll: T9_1266; Family History Film: 1255266; Page: 255.2000; Enumeration District: 108; .Census Place: District 6, Lawrence, Tennessee 109/111 Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace Judith WISDOM Self F W W 46 TN Occ: Farmer Fa: SC Mo: SC Amanda WISDOM Dau F S W 17 TN Occ: Keeping House Fa: TN Mo: TN John WISDOM Son M S W 10 TN Occ: Works On Farm Fa: TN Mo: TN Judith WISDOM Mother F W W 88 SC Fa: VA Mo: VA Frozzell WISDOM Other F S W 2 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN 110/112 Pinas WISDOM Self M S W 22 TN Occ: Farmer Fa: TN Mo: TN Jemima WISDOM Mother F W W 52 TN Occ: Keeping House Fa: TN Mo: TN Saroah E. WISDOM Aunt F S W 18 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Clarisey WISDOM Aunt F S W 62 TN Fa: TN Mo: SC Roseanah WISDOM Aunt F S W 60 TN Fa: TN Mo: SC Willie WISDOM Cousin M S W 3 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN Susan WALL Aunt F W W 45 TN Occ: Farmer Fa: VA Mo: SC Becky millet@consolidated.net "The best measure of the future is the record of the past." -Benjamin Franklin