In a message dated 6/18/99 10:32:08 PM Central Daylight Time, jnturner@gte.net writes: << a.v. ayers b. about 1846 in al. d. 1913 in texas. wife annie b. about 1852 in tx. d. 1911 in tx. billy marshall. b. 3/1811 in ireland. d. 3/1891 in tx. wife louise b. ireland d. tx.. >> Found: William Marshall died 29 Oct 1885 age 25 died in Galveston,TX of consumption. This was in the EARLY TEXAS DEATH & LEGAL RECORDS FROM JOSEPH FRANKLIN'S DIARY & JOHN GRIFFIN'S SEXTON RECORDS Will do some more research on this query later in other books as I have to run a few errands. Bertha Ellen