Lee: Is the Mary Elizabeth below your Elizabeth? My Great Grandparents are Thomas L. Vier and Hannah Prowell Baird. Their son William R. Vier was my grandfather. He was born Sept 3, 1861 Dekalb Co and died Grayson Co. Sherman, Texas in 1924. Some time back I received a lot of help and information on the Baird family of Smith Co. Buddy Viers (my Mother added the s) Children of Martha Paris and Reubin Baird are: 1. HANNAH PROWELL BAIRD, b Sept 02 1842; m Thomas L. Vier, August 8, 1858: b January 15 1838, in Dekalb County Tennessee. 2. Mary Elizabeth Baird b abt 1839 3 Martha Frances Baird b abt 1844 4. Reuben Baird, b 1840 ----- Original Message ----- From: Lee Blackburn<mailto:LRBlackburn@comcast.net> To: TNDEKALB-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:TNDEKALB-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2004 3:44 AM Subject: [TNDEKALB] RE: BLACKBURN marriage Joanna, This is my line. Thomas Blackburn was first married to Mary Elizabeth BAIRD, but it was 1854 and Smith Co. Thomas was William Thomas Blackburn and went by William, and Thomas and W.T. I have more if ths is the same person you are seeking. Lee Blackburn On Friday, October 22, 2004 12:49 PM, Mamaw@aol.com<mailto:Mamaw@aol.com> [SMTP:Mamaw@aol.com] wrote: > The Dekalb County Tn Marriage Book for the years 1848-1900 shows Thomas > Blackburn was married to Charity Youngblood June 23 1878. > > ______________________________ > ==== TNDEKALB Mailing List ==== NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net<mailto:kathleenburnett@earthlink.net> ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237<http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237>