Searching for more information on the following family: Lewis S JOHNSTON born ca 1806 Columbia (Maury) TN may have died in Smith Co TX 1861 married 21 Feb 1826 Maury Co TN Zelida A M WORTHAM born ca 1810 VA died ca 1861 Smith Co TX? Family was in Monroe Co MS for the 1850 census and Smith Co TX for the 1860 census. Children: 1) William Creed JOHNSTON, born ca 1827 or 1829 probably Maury Co TN, died in Civil War married Ophelia Ann WORTHAM in 1849 Lamar Co TX (Found in 1850 Lamar Co TX census with one child, Elizabeth, born 1850) 2) Nancy Ann W? JOHNSTON, born ca 1831, probably Maury Co TN, died 1904, buried Deaf Smith or Randall Co TX married Harmon K HODGES 1848 in Monroe Co MS (family lived in Grayson Co TX) 3) Mary Magdeline JOHNSTON, born 1834 Maury Co TN, died 1918 Stephens Co OK married Logan LOWRANCE ca 1850 Monroe Co MS (in Montague Co TX for the 1880 census) 4) Lemuel A JOHNSTON, born 1836 Monroe Co MS, died 1893 Hunt Co TX married Zelida L WORTHAM 1860 Hunt Co TX (in Hunt Co TX, Timber Creek, for 1870 census and Taylor Co TX for the 1880 census) These are my ggg grandparents. 5) Jesse W JOHNSTON, born ca 1839 Monroe Co MS, died unknown 6) Lewis M JOHNSTON, born ca 1840 Monroe Co MS, died unknown 7) Ottiway Ann JOHNSTON, born 1842 Monroe Co MS, died 1858, buried Salem Memorial Cemetery, Smith Co TX 8) Zelida JOHNSTON, born ca 1846 MS, died unknown 9) Eliza JOHNSTON, born ca 1849 MS, died unknown 10) Robert JOHNSTON, born ca 1852 TX, died unknown If the parents, Lewis and Zelida, did indeed die in 1861, who took care of the remaining children? I already have information on the children 1 through 4 but am most interested in children 5 through 10, what happened to them, who they married, etc. Thanks for any help or direction anyone can provide. Jeanette WA state __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com