This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SPOON, HOBOCK, PINNER, CLEMMONS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/jhB.2ACI/242 Message Board Post: I am searching for information on (Mary?) Kate SPOON and George HOBOCK. Family tradition says that their son, Luther N. HOBOCK, b 7 SEP 1895, was adopted by John Stadler SHREVE and his wife Mattie Liberty (BLANE) SHREVE in Graves County, KY in 1899. Luther later changed his name to Rudy Norton SHREVE. He was my grandfather and died 1 FEB 1961. Kate had a sister, Amanda Caroline SPOON, who married Alvin Maleal (Al) PINNER, 6 JUN 1880, in Hardeman Co., TN. Kate also was married to a CLEMMONS and their children were Gerdine and Walter, b ca 1890. I have located the following information: 1880 CENSUS TN Hardeman Co. Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace Jane SPOON Self W Female W 49 TN Keeping House TN TN Malon SPOON Son S Male W 17 TN At Home TN TN Mary SPOON Dau S Female W 13 TN At Home TN TN Billie SPOON Dau S Female W 7 TN TN TN Alvin PINNER SonL M Male W 22 TN Laborer TN TN Caroline PINNER Dau M Female W 15 TN TN TN If you have helpful information I would certainly appreciate any contact that you could offer.