I apprieciate your response. I hope you don't mind me using you as a sounding board. Here is the story: My husband's ggrandparents were Jasper Nutun Simpson and Sarah Ann Fraley. His grandmother, Mrytle Simpson, was born in 1886 in Arkansas (according to the census). I found Mrytle and her new husband, John William Sutton in the 1900 San Saba census. They had been married for less then a year. (She must have married at the age of 14) John and Mrytle were married in Rogers, Bell County, TX. In a packet of genealogy material sent to my husband I found a marriage annoucement of Mrytle's father- Jasper Nutun Simpson and her step-mother, Frankie Stevens. I think the name Frankie is a nic-name for Frances. Other then the announcement, I can't find any record of Jasper Simpson. I can't find any record of her natural mother- other then the name being listed on the death certificate of Mrytle. To be honest, I haven't gone thru all the census of TX- I used the soundex index. And, I have searched thru Belton- which was where the announcement said. Since Mrytle was married in Rogers, perhaps i need to go back and search that census. The Jasper Nutun Simpson I found (same spelling) was in a different county. The wife's name was neither Sarah nor Frankie nor Frances. I think it was something like Iva. He was from Kentucky. And they had a 14 year old daughter listed. However, there were two younger children that were both 6 (maybe 4). The odd thing was that next door was another Jasper Nutun -- can't remember the last name. That family was from Arkansas. Do you have any suggestions? Thank you. Pam -----Original Message----- From: BADOVINAC3@aol.com <BADOVINAC3@aol.com> To: TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com <TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, July 31, 1999 7:47 PM Subject: Re: [TXBELL-L] asking for suggestions >Pam, >I hope you don't completely rule out the Joseph Nuton Sutton you found. Is >his age about right? He may have married in 1898, but things could have >changed in two years--another marriage is not completely out of the question >by 1900, though I believe the number of years married was one of the >questions on the census. Could the woman's name be a nickname? > >Also, the census records are not mistake proof, and his place of birth could >have been wrong. I have seen Tennessee, Mississippi and North Carolina given >as my gr. gr. grandfather's birthplace, in different census years. > >Just something to think about...! > >Rose Mary > > >==== TXBELL Mailing List ==== >Boards Are Available At The Bell County Page To Post Bible Records, >Wills, Pensions, Obituaries, And Biographies, And For Surname Queries. > >