This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: talesofthesevenseas Surnames: Dalton Manis Arnold Smith Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.tennessee.counties.hawkins/3303.1.1.1.2.2.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Here is another interesting tidbit on Isham Dalton. He appears making a statement for my g-g-grandfather Baker Arnold on his Civil War pension records. He verifies Baker's service as a soldier and he states that the two of them walked home together following their release at the end of the war. Much later, following the death of his wife when Baker was in his 80's he married Mary Manis (a younger Mary Manis than the one mentioned above. This Mary was 18 at the time of their marriage) I am guessing because of the close friendship of Isham and Baker and that they both married Manis girls that Rhoda and Mary were related, but I have not researched this. I have the marriage record for Mary and Baker, as well as complete Civil War records on Baker. A neat story was told to me by the descendents of Baker Arnold and Mary Manis. When asked why she married a man so much older than she was, Mary would always say, "I'd rather be an older man's darling than a younger man's slave!" Sounds like Mary Manis Arnold was one smart gal! She later remarried into the Smith family following Baker's death in 1925. 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.