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/ikB.2ACE/195 Message Board Post: Searching for the ancestry of William Barnes and Margaret Nelson. William Barnes born perhaps about 1820, perhaps in Tennessee, perhaps elswhere. Died before 1880. He married before 1854 Margaret Nelson. Margaret Nelson, b. about 1823, Nashville, Davidson Co, TN. She is listed as a widow living with her daughter Laura and son-in-law Snowden Hubbard in the 1880 census for Montague County, Texas. Known child: Laura Aurelia Barnes, b. 4 Nov 1854, d. 10 May 1932, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA m. 3 Jul 1877, Sherman, Grayson Co, TX to Snowden Hubbard