The Vowells are from my wife's side. However, I have not done that much research on that line. I believe the farthest back I have found is a John F. Vowell, born around 1851. Most of her Vowells were in the Lauderdale/Dyer Counties of TN. Ed ----------------------------- See home page at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~adams1895