This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BALES SUMMERS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/nhB.2ACI/1254.1.1 Message Board Post: I think you may have Henry confused with his father John. Henry was indeed born in 1795, but it is his father, John, who died in 1857 and married Ann THORNBURG. I am still trying to find out what became of Henry and Lucrecy. I have located a Henry BALES in Independence Co., AR in 1840 and 1850. The 1850 census says he was born in TN. He appears to be about the right age to the same Henry who was born in Jefferson Co., TN. In 1850 he was married to an Elizabeth. The IGI says this is Elizabeth PEARSON, married in 1842. But some of the children listed in 1850 are older, indicating that this Henry had another wife. My theory is that the Henry BALES b. 1795 in Jefferson Co., TN could be the same Henry BALES later found in Independence Co., AR. I am looking for anything to support this theory.