This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ReB.2ACE/2778.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: It was common for the wife to end up with her maiden name as a middle name. My grandmother's headstone reads Maggie M. Farmer and her middle name was Peete. The "M' is for her maiden name McLeary. Now, we have Wards in our family tree. Mattie McLeary of Gibson Co. Married William H. Ward. They are both buried in Brock Cemetery in Greenfield, TN. William was born Mar 30, 1882 and died May 9, 1935