This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JiB.2ACE/670.1 Message Board Post: It helps others to know when these people were born because I do not find a SS Death index record for William Jackson Dodson in Grimes county. Thank you. According to 1900 Magnolia, Columbia AR census. Joseph P, 7/1860 in AR, married 25 yrs Adeline, 8/1860 in AR, mother of 10 living children of 11 born Martin C, 1/1877 Joseph P, 6/1882 Braxton B, 5/1884 Minnie S, 12/1886 William J, 1/1888, age 12 _rury ? A, son, 11/1890 Samuel, 4/1893 John W, 8/1896 Birian?, dtr, 12/1897 All children born in Arkansas except last child who was born in LA. Joseph Sr. listed as married in 1910 census but not living with his family. Adeline J listed as "head of household" in 1910 with several children including another daughter Lizzie born appx 1905 but Wm J is not in her household. ? Apr 1910, Magnolia, Columbia William Dodson, 21, married 3 yrs Anna, wife, 18, AR Lee W, 1 yr 10 mos ? 1920: Warren, Columbia, AR Lee Dodson, age 11, born AR, father AR, mother LA; listed as nephew of Andy and Maggie Ferguson, both aged 32; Andy from LA. I did not find Wm J Dodson in 1920 record. 1930: Precinct 2, Anderson, Texas Bill Dodson, age 41, born AR, parents AR, first married at 26 Ethel, wife, 31, born TX, father GA, mother TX, first married at 16 Marie or Mares, dtr, 14, TX E K, son, 12, TX Earl, 10, TX Henry, 4, TX Yvone, 1 yr 7 mos, TX Texas birth records begin in 1926 and include parents names through 1949. I did not find Henry Dodson in Anderson county records possibly born in 1925. William and Ethel's children did not have any children born in Anderson county prior to 1949 unless Dodson was mistranscribed. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/txsearch.html Dodson, "Female" [Yvone] born 8-23-1928, Anderson County Parents: Ethel Camp - W. J. Dodson Dodson, "Female" 7-23-1930, Anderson County Laverna Ethel Dodson - William Jackson Dodson 1900: Justice Precinct 3, Anderson, Texas Ed Camp, born 4/1852 in GA, married 17 yrs Mary J, wife, born 4/1862 in TX, mother of 6 living children Laverna E, dtr, born 6/1898, youngest of the children in household in 1900. ? WILLIAM DODSON 08 Jan 1889 - Dec 1972 78212 San Antonio, Bexar, TX ? ETHEL DODSON 07 Jun 1898 - Nov 1974 78218 San Antonio, Bexar, TX No death records found in texas for sons Earl and Henry. I don't know about " E K " unless you know what that stands for if anything.