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/XeB.2ACE/643.648.1 Message Board Post: In the 1850 McMinn Co., TN census is listed the family of E. M. and Ann Minns so you are correct in assuming his middle initial was M. In the 1840, 1850, 1860, and 1870 census, Ephraim and Anna are in the McMinn Co. census. In the 1880 census, he is still in McMinn Co. in the home of James and Sarah Manis. Anna has supposedly died by that time. Depending on the census, Ephraim's name is spelled many different ways. Francis Asbury Manis was not Ephraim's son; he was a son-in-law, but I don't know the parents of Francis. Francis married Matilda Jane Manis. Jane is listed in Ephraim's family in the 1850 census. The children of Ephraim and Anna Lovelace Manis: Sarah Ann, John, William R., Matilda Jane, George Smith, James Harvey. Easter, and Joseph F. By the way, George Smih was my gggrandfather. Another interesting thing about this family, if you don't know already, is that John, George Smith, and James Harvey married sisters - Lucinda, Nancy Caroline, and Sarah, respe! ctively. I hope this information is helpful. Now, can you give me some help. Where did you get the information that Ephraim's parents were William and Elizabeth Lacy Manis? I had not been able to find any information on his parents. If I can be of any further help, let me know.