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/2775.1.2 Message Board Post: I found the answer to my question of whether Lydia Carlton-Mathis was the same person as "my" Lydia Bell. I thought at first that Lydia Carlton-Mathis might have married a Mr.Bell after her husband William T. Mathis died c.1847 in Gibson Co. TN. But the answer is that both Lydias are found in different 1850 Gibson Co TN Census ! Note: 1850 Gibson Co, TN Census Dist 1 [Lydia Carlton-Mathis b: ABT 1782 in North Carolina ] (widowed) with Pheobe J. Senton age 11, TN in household Thanks for sharing, So I am back to the drawing board.......