This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: RATHER, HARRIS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CkB.2ACI/2292 Message Board Post: C. C. (possibly Christopher Columbus) RATHER and Susan M. (Mattie) HARRIS married between 1855 and 1860 believe in Bell County, Texas. They had six children: 1. J. E. Rather 2. John Walker Rather (b Oct 1860; m Minnie B. Hague 1888, Kaufman Co. TX) 3. William E. Rather b abt 1863 4. Luda Rather, b abt 1869, married Allan Dow, date unknown 5. Maude Rather b abt 1872, married Ed E. Sinclair, date unknown. These are buried in North Belton Cementery, but no dates listed. 6. Haywood Rather (male), b abt 1874 I would appreciate anyone who is in the courthouse searching the old marriage records checking for any or all of the above. Thank you for this assistance. Ann Gary Researching descendants of James B. (Bright) and Clementine G. Smith HARRIS. James B. Harris was a Cumberland Presbyterian Minister in Belton prior to his death 1879,