Dear listers, I am searching for more information on the family of Samuel Love Sr, who died in Knoxville in April 1826, "an old and respected citizen" per the newspaper. His second wife was Mary (Polly) Smith. Who was his first wife? Was she a Perry? Samuel listed 7 sons in his will, all of whom were by his first wife. He and Polly had no children. In his book on the Lyle and Wear families, Oscar Lyle showed a son of John Love and Nancy McSpadden as the son of "Samuel Love and Miss Perry." We know for certain he was son of John and Nancy. Did Lyle make a mistake and list the grandparents by accident? If so, who is "Miss Perry?" Could her first name have been Margaret or Rebeckah? In Samuel's will he left to several granddaughters named Margaret and Rebeckah (although, there were other granddaughters with those names who were not so favored, and a lot of other granddaughters who were not mentioned at all.) Is this a clue that those names had special meanings? (We believe Samuel is son of Joseph Love and Mary Teas so they are not named for his mother.) Samuel's son Isaac Love, born 1782 in TN (Possibly Knox Co?), married Phoeba/Phoebe Connelly/Conley about 1810. Where did they marry, and whose family is she from? I find Isaac in Rhea county in several records until the mid 1820s. In 1830, believe he was in Vermillion County IL, and by 1840 was in (present day) Maries County, MO (then Pulaski County MO). Both died and are buried there. The only reference I find to her family is in a Goodspeed's history on one of her grandchildren which says her "father was a wealthy East Tennessee slaveowner." Not much to go on! There is an Olivia/Olivey Conley who married Robert Rhea in Knox County ca 1809. Some years later Isaac and Phoebe had a granddaughter living with them named Olive. Is this a clue? Are Phoebe and Olivey sisters? I'm hoping for a "millenium miracle" - that someone out there will recognize them and be able to break down this wall for me. Happy new year to all of you -- Judy Germann