I am searching for the parents of Matthew Wilson Bowling...he was born somewhere in Virginia in 1818 (maybe 1819) He lived in Rutherford County in the 1830's and probably in the 1820's...he was married twice, first to Susan Yardley, on January 1 1842 and then to Nancy Sanders on November 19, 1863. He had at least nine children, maybe more. Nancy Sanders is our line, and the son, Marshall Lee is my husband's grandfather. Matthew was a farmer, and as far as I know, so was Marshall. I am pretty sure that Matthew had a brother named James who was born in 1815 in Virginia, and married Rebecca Herrod on November 10, 1846. He died in 1868 in Rutherford County. If someone has information on this family I would appreciate that also. One of James' descendents was Zadie Beatrice Bowling who married Edward Key. Zadie was born October 20, 1921 in Murfreesboro and died August 31, 1992 in Murfreesboro. I believe that she worked in the library at the University there. We know that Zadie was my husband's cousin, and we talked to her several times and have letters from her, and also copies of some of her genealogy records. Zadie's son, John, gave a lot of her papers to MTSU history department before he moved to Texas, and they have been kind enough to check those papers for more information on the Bowling family, but found nothing that would help. If anyone has any information on ANY Bowling in the Rutherford County area or either of the wives, I would really appreciate the help. We had the DNA test done for the Bolling Family Association program, and we are supposed to be in a Benjamin Bowling line, but don't know which Benjamin. It is all very confusing!!!! Thanks for any help. -----Original Message----- From: Teresa Elliott [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 4:28 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [TNRUTHER] Roll Call List has been a little quiet lately, so calling a roll call. Who are you researching???