Thank you all for your interest in Felix Hickman Bilbrey. I found a post dated Sept. 16, 1998 that was written by my cousin Bob Bilbrey that states Felix was born in Cookville, TN in 1841/42, served under General Nathan B. Forest during the Civil War, married Mary Ann Gulley in 1865, went to IL to study medicine, moved to Puxico, Stoddard Co., MO and died in 1909 in Puxico, MO. This was on the Bilbrey Family Genealogy Forum at Genealogy.com/GENFORUM. Bob Bilbrey died this past spring (2003) . I am told by his brother Jim that Bob was the family genealogist and his records are packed away so his wife can move at this time. My father, Wm. R. Kinney (who was the son of Jennie Lee Bilbrey d/o of Felix Hickman Bilbrey), told me that his grandfather, Dr. Felix Hickman Bilbrey, died of consumption. This could be the medical disability that Hickman Bilbrey had if they are one and the same person. At this point I am considering them the same person. If they are not I sure would like to know it. Any help on this will be greatly appreciated. Ruth Kinney Townsley