Hello Phyllis, thanks for emailing. My Hannah DURHAM married Ira Franklin BELISLE in 1871 Missouri. Ira descended from Littleberry BELISLE, an early settler in Stewart Co, TN. Ira's father was Ira BELISLE Sr, who married Lucinda SMITH 1835 TN (my records say they married in either Bolivar or Hardeman Co). Littleberry, the patriarch, married Milly BELL sometime around 1815 in NC. Both her and Littleberry were born in NC around 1790. It could be that the DURHAMs, the BELISLEs AND the BELLs all moved from NC to TN around the same time (by 1827). I know I have seen tax records for Littleberry BELISLE in Stewart Co, TN as early as 1827. Do you have any records of the siblings of your John DURHAM? Perhaps one of them moved away from TN to MO before 1855? Thanks, Ginger ----- Original Message ----- From: <Hoodslanding@aol.com> To: <TNSTEWAR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2004 12:42 PM Subject: Re: Fw: [TNSTEWAR] Grace (Durham) Brown Obituary > Ginger, My Durham ancestors were from Stewart Co but I dont see any names > that ring a bell. I am off of John Durham and Nancy. John is from NC and > Nancy > is from Ga or so the census in 1850 says so. There maybe other children > besides the ones listed on the 1850 census. I am thru their son Robert > Durham that > married Cynthia Bell. Phyllis > > > ==== TNSTEWAR Mailing List ==== > Bookmark the Updates page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnstewar/update.htm > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >