"Hello again Cousins!" Or I do surely hope this might prove being so! Might any of you be familiar with DeKalb and White Co., TN, TARPLEY family? Am engaged in an on-going effort to trace the descendants of our CRAIG family from the mid-1700's down through about 1920 or so, as best I might be able, for the benefit of future generations of family researchers. To date I have varying amounts of information for a bit over 5,000 descendants of our CRAIG family coming down just through the sixth generation. I recently learned of the 10 Jul 1853, DeKalb Co., TN, marriage for Elizabeth WILSON to John TARPLEY. Elizabeth being a CRAIG family descendant, I am now hoping to follow her descendants, down through to at least the 1920 census, if at all possible. Yesterday, I was able to get back to Mid-Continent Public Library once again, and was successful in locating this family and some of its descendants in the 1870 and 1880 DeKalb Co., TN censuses, and in the 1900 White Co., TN census. Descendants of John TARPLEY and Elizabeth WILSON and Mary L. HODGE 1. John TARPLEY, born abt 1835 in , , TN He married (1) on 10 Jul 1853 in , Dekalb, TN Elizabeth WILSON, born abt 1828 in , , TN; died bef 9 Jun 1874 in , DeKalb, TN, daughter of Samuel D. WILSON and Dorcas Caroline NESMITH; (2) on 9 Jun 1874 in , DeKalb, TN Mary L. HODGE, born abt 1853 in , , TN. Children of John TARPLEY and Elizabeth WILSON were as follows: + 2 i William TARPLEY, born abt 1854 in , , TN. He married (1) Sarah (---); (2) Nanncy A. (---). 3 ii Sarah TARPLEY, born abt 1859 in , , TN. 4 iii John TARPLEY, born abt 1862 in , , TN. 5 iv Monroe TARPLEY, born abt 1864 in , , TN. 6 v Lemuel TARPLEY, born abt 1868 in , , TN. 7 vi Josie TARPLEY, born abt 1872 in , , TN. Children of John TARPLEY and Mary L. HODGE were as follows: 8 i Henry TARPLEY, born Jun 1882 in , , TN. 9 ii Limmuel TARPLEY, born Feb 1886 in , , TN. 10 iii Nancy A. TARPLEY, born Mar 1889 in , , TN. Generation 2 2. William TARPLEY (John), born abt 1854 in , , TN. He married (1) Sarah (---), born abt 1854 in , , TN; (2) Nanncy A. (---), born May 1845 in , , TN. Children of William TARPLEY and Sarah (---) were as follows: 11 i Thomas L. TARPLEY, born abt 1870 in , DeKalb, TN. 12 ii Earnest TARPLEY, born abt 1872 in , DeKalb, TN. 13 iii Nancy J. TARPLEY, born abt 1876 in , DeKalb, TN. 14 iv Shelby H. TARPLEY, born abt 1879 in , DeKalb, TN. Children of William TARPLEY and Nanncy A. (---) were as follows: 15 i Catherine TARPLEY, born Jun 1880 in , DeKalb, TN. 16 ii Susie TARPLEY, born Jul 1882 in , DeKalb, TN. 17 iii Lannis TARPLEY, born Dec 1895 in , DeKalb, TN. Keeping my fingers crossed here that we might share a mutual research interest some of the same families! TTYL Craig CRAIG Team #8 "Always looking for Cousins!"