This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Manis Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XeB.2ACE/3232.1.3.1.1.1.1.2.1 Message Board Post: I suspect there may be a divorce involved here. Eliza (or Louisa) and Andrew disappeared after 1870, and there was a new family in 1880. Not much seems to be known about Nelson Manis' daughter Eliza except that she had child named Columbus born about 1869--no husband is named. Maybe Andrew and Columbus were the same individual. In 1880, Hiram was living next door to Donelson (formerly Palestine) Manis, so I don't doubt that was Hiram father. Cousin marriage was the rule in Hawkins/Hancock counties.