This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BkB.2ACE/793 Message Board Post: I am working on locating info for my nephew on his grandfather's family who lived in Jefferson County, Texas possibly in Beaumont. This is what I have so far. John Rilyn Strickland born - April 12, 1901 in Mississippi died - October 12, 1948 in Corsicana, Navarro, Texas buried in Richland Cemetery in Richland, Navarro, Texas He was first married to Mary Louise McLendon and had two children : Lineol Elizabeth Strickland who married Robert E. Veale and Jack Eugene Strickland. Either Mary passed away or her and John divorced and he moved to Navarro County, Texas where he married Dorothy Anglin. Thye had 3 children: John Rilyn Strickland, Jr (lives near Huntsville, Texas), James Allyn Strickland (My brother in law who was killed in a car accident in November 1980) and Edward Ray Strickland who was also killed in a car accident in 1995 somewhere up north. I am trying to find out the names of John's parents and also any brothers and sisters he might have had. Hopefully somone out there can help me with this research. Linda Moore