Please add, correct, and/or connect as you can below .... Anderson B. Mathis (son of Josiah Mathis and Mary Harmon) was born 1818 in Trigg County, KY. He appeared in the 1860 census for Stewart County, TN. He died 13 Feb 1862 in Stewart County, TN. He married Martha W. Francis on 27 Jun 1841 in Stewart County, TN. Martha W. Francis was born 1824 in Trigg County, KY. She is somehow related to Tabitha Francis (b. 1820 in Trigg County, KY) who married into the Joiner family, possibly a sister which would make her father John Francis of SC. Anderson B. Mathis and Martha W. Francis had the following children that I know of: 1. Mary A. Mathis born abt 1842 in KY. She died after 1860. 2. James H. Mathis born abt 1845 in KY. He died after 1860. 3. Margaret E. Mathis born about 1849 in KY. She married first an unknown HARRIS (who died prior to 1870) and had daughter Mary Harris (b. 1867). She married secondly William PARKER on 26 March 1872 and had children Henry C. PARKER (b. 1873) and Anna PARKER (b. 1874). 4. Malinda Ellen Mathis born Mar 1850 in KY. She married George W. KNIGHT in Stewart County, TN and had the following children: Chelsey Cornelius Knight, Cora A. Knight, Mary Knight, Mattie Knight, Katie Knight, George Knight, James Frank Knight, Ernest Norman Knight, and Vernon Norman Knight. She died after 1892. 5. Nancy J. Mathis born on 18 Dec 1852 in KY. She died after 1860. 6. Emaline Mathis born 1855 in KY. She was married to John Wesley PRYOR on 2 Dec 1874 in Trigg County, KY. 7. John A. Mathis born Feb 1857 in Trigg County, KY. 8. Joseph Mathis born 1859 in TN (probably Stewart County). He died after 1860. Kathy in FL mamkmm2@prodigy.net http://www.easyfunschool.com Free Newsletter: EFSNewsletter-subscribe@yahoogroups.com