This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ihB.2ACI/4188 Message Board Post: I think I have just made a tiny chip in a brick wall I've been facing for ages. I am seeking anything I can find about the parents or siblings of LOUISA STUART, who was born sometime around 1832 somewhere in Tennessee. She married Alfred Church sometime in the early 1850s -- where I do not know. They lived for a while in Wilkes County, North Carolina, where Alfred was originally from. Then they settled permanently in Jackson County, Alabama. Alfred died during the Civil War, and Louisa died of 'flu or pneumonia not many years later, leaving four children, who moved in with three different families. One of those children moved in with VALENTINE and KISSIAH McCOLLUM in Bellefonte (Jackson County), Alabama. Here's the exciting chip I just made in the wall: I found out from some family trees on the web that Valentine and Kissiah (by various spellings) McCollum were both from Greene County, Tennessee, and that Kissiah's maiden name was STUART. I think it is quite likely that she was Louisa's relative. Although Kissiah was a good bit older than Louisa, it's possible that she was her sister. Or she might have been an aunt or cousin. If any of you can give me any leads in finding Louisa Stuart's family, I will be eternally grateful! -- Natalie Maynor http://www.maynor.net/Genealogy/