My great-grandfather, Wiley L. Dunlap WHITAKER was born in MS and moved to Red River Co. and Lamar Co., TX. The death certificate for my great-grandfather states that he is Wiley WHITAKER b. Dec 1862 (census records say 1864) in MS and d. Jul 1917 Red River Co., TX. It says his father is Jno WHITAKER b. in MS. (Jno = John?). No mother listed. It appears that Jno must have died and Wiley went to live with relatives because in the 1870 Chickasaw Co., MS census, Wiley was 6 years old and living with W. Hamp WHITAKER and wife Nancy (Martin) Whitaker. The census shows that Hamp was born about 1835 in AL. He died in 1904 and is buried in Lamar Co., TX. I'm sure this is the same Wiley since they are living next door to the L.D. GOTCHER family (with daughter Sarah E.) and L.D. GOTCHER was bondsman for Hamp and Nancy's marriage in Chickasaw Co. in 1870. (See Gotcher below.) Also, I have William Bert WHITAKER b. 1866 in MS and d. 1913 in Red River Co., TX. I've been told by Bert's son's widow that Bert and Wiley were brothers, but I have not been able to connect them in any census records. Bert's census records show that his father was born in TN. (I know that census records are not a fully reliable source of information, as I have found errors in my grandfather's census records.) They both married GOTCHER sisters - Wiley married Sarah Elizabeth "Bettie" GOTCHER, and Bert married Mary Louise GOTCHER - both marriages in Red River Co., TX in the late 1800s. The Gotchers were in Red River Co., TX in 1880, but I have not located the Whitakers in that census. Wiley and Bettie (married), the Gotchers, and Bert and Mary (married) were in the 1900 Red River Co., TX census. WHITAKER - Jno (John?), W. Hamp, Wiley - others? WHITAKER - Wm. Bert, Mary Louise (Gotcher) - children: Margaret (Maggie), Nellie May, Sherman L., Loula Bell, Birty Bee, Jessie Monroe, George Thomas. GOTCHER - L.D. (Luther or Lewis), Sarah (Sally Ann) (?maiden) - children: Sarah Elizabeth (Bettie), William, James, Martha, Mary Louise, Robert C., Georgia A. Any help on these families would be very much appreciated. Betsy (Whitaker) Lemaster Danville, CA ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.