Stella, There were one or more Minnis families in Sumner County, and there was at least one Minnis/Gant marriage. For further information, I suggest you contact Cliff Gant at: cgantfam@local.net I believe he may be a Minnis descendant. Helen Gant Donald Sdlflys@aol.com wrote: > Does anyone have MINNIS in their family group? They were an Irish family, > and could have been from Sumner or Blount County, migrating to Iowa and > Missouri. Stella