This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: dorothybrenner1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.tennessee.counties.greene/9408.1.2.1.1.1.4.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I will check my very huge FTM after I sign off of the internet, as it won't open when I'm on for some odd reason, and let you know if I have John Anderson's parents. I think we can safely assume that his first wife Ellender Bryan died before he married the second one, probably in child birth like many in those days. Ellender only married once on 14 Nov 1833 to John Anderson and William Anderson attended the wedding so he could be John's father or brother. They applied for a license on 26 Oct 1833. You might check a 1850 census of Greene Co. for a list of their children. I don't have the data in front of me re his second marriage so I don't know right now if she died before 1850, but if she did, then it is his second wife and children you are looking for, and often the children of the first deceased wife are with the second wife. As for where I find all this stuff, lots of places--censuses, USGenWeb and its archives, cemeteries, marriage lists, etc. etc. Try going to Usgenweb.org and then to the ARchives in TN, VA, and other states and just type in the name Bryan or Anderson, or whatever and you will find a wealth of data. Also go to Rootsweb.com and do the same thing. Greene Co. TN Genealogical Society publishes the Pioneer bulletin which is well worth the money, even the back issues. And their Genealogy Librarian Don Miller is a treasurer in himself. As I said I don't know much more about Blue Drain. Where was he buried? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.