This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: NUNNALLY, HARRIS, SHEPARD, GRAY Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/1hB.2ACE/2580.1 Message Board Post: John Aaron NUNNALLY was born 12 Jul 1882 in Fannin Co TX and died 05 Mar 1941 in El Reno, Canadian Co, OK. Audrey [SHEPARD] was born in Aug 1885 Fannin Co TX and died 12 May 1969 in El Reno, Canadian Co, OK. John & Audrey are buried in the El Reno Cemetery. John Aaron NUNNALLY married Audrey [SHEPARD] abt 1907. Audrey was the daughter of a George SHEPARD and Lavina [unknown] who are shown as married with no children on the 1880 Fannin Co TX census. By 1900, Levina is widowed and living in Fannin Co with her only child, Audrey. Re the 1870 census (copy below), this is John Howard LAWSON and his 2nd wife Martha Minerva [DAVIS] : they married abt 1865 in Panola Co MS. 1870 Hunt Co TX/Greenville/HH 347-343/pg 327a (10 Oct 1870) Lawson, Jno H /HH/wm age 35 Ms LAWSON, Martha M /wf age 28 Ms Lawson, Wm H /wm age 17 Ms Lawson, James E /wm age 15 Ms Lawson, Kate E /wf age 13 Ms Lawson, Walter C /wm age 11 Lawson, Orah A /wf age 09 Ms Lawson, Danl J /wm age 08 Ms Lawson, Harry /wm age 04 Ms Lawson, Alice /wf age 02 Ms **HARRIS, Edie E /wf age 09 MS Edie [HARRIS] age 09 MS is John Aaron's mother and his father is John Daniel NUNNALLY son of Judge Aaron Ellis NUNNALLY and Catherine [GRAY] who died in Shelby Co AL in the early 1860's. I have not proven who Edie (actually it's Eddie) Harris' parents are..... it would seem that she is the daughter of Martha Minerva [DAVIS] by a previous marriage BUT she could be a niece or cousin of either Martha Minerva [DAVIS] or John Howard LAWSON .or just an orphan....... Eddie [HARRIS] and John Daniel NUNNALLY married by 1878 as their first known child, William Ellis NUNNALLY was born 04 Nov 1878 either in Hunt or Fannin Co TX. I wish I could find their marriage record ! They are shown on the 1880 Fannin Co TX with William as their only child but I suspect that there was another child born after this census and before John Aaron was born 12 Jul 1882...... I have found John Daniel NUNNALLY and his other sons (William Ellis, Harris Davis, Claude Miles) on all of the censuses except 1900 and this is a critical census not to have! I have searched TX, Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory every conceivable way I can think of using just partial given and partial surname with wild cards, soundex, just age and birth place, etc etc and come up with zilch so far. My heartfelt thanks for any additional search suggestions in the 1900 census !!! Kathye