Dear Friends sorry I guess my message was scrambled .Will resend ! Dear Evelyn, Well, thisis exciting!; We are cousins! MargaretAnn Amason's (b. 1839-1842 in AL, d. c. 1863 in Nacogdoches Co. TX)father was Matthew Amason (b. c. 1814 in GA, d. c. 1869 in TX, probably Nacogdoches Co.). Margaret's mother was named Louisa (maiden nameunknown). You willfind the family of George &;Amasson&, Margaret's brother, in the1870 census of Nacogdoches Co. TX.&; His wife was Emer Arnold.; In the household is Eliza &;Amosson;, age 59, b. GA.&; I believe Eliza is none other than Louisa Amason, widow of Matthew.&; Rebecca Amosson, the youngest sister, was also in George's HH in 1870.; In 1880, L. Amorson was head of household with R. Amorson, daughter, and ; grandchild L. Amorson, age 4.&; George and Emer must have died before 1880?? ;Somerecord I have, from Nacogdoches Co. TX shows Matthew; Amason present in 1868, but I didn't enter the source in my database....and of course, he is missing in 1870, so I presumed a death date of 1869, but I would behappier if I had entered the source in my database!! Anyway,Matthew was in Nacogdoches County, TX by 1862, two months after he mustered out of a Louisiana C.S.A. unit. Obviously Margaret was in Nacogdoches Co. TX sooner than 1862, since she must have married John Claiborne Norris before 1859, since their first son, John was born by then. That makes me believe that Matthew was in Texas before 1860. Unfortunately,Matthew's family, his brother, Rufus' family and their mother, Elizabeth are missing from 1860 censuses. I have found their brother, Elisha in Monroe Co. AL in 1860 and their sister's family is in Monroe Co. AL in 1860, as well, but Nancy had died by then.; Matthew and Elisha had died by 1870. My 2nd ggrandfather, Rufus, probably also died by then (Rufus is missing in 1870 as well, but his son, my ggrandfather was in Shelby Co. TX in 1870) and Jesse died in 1870.; Three widows can be found in Shelby Co. in 1880: Sarah A. Amason, widow of Jesse, Ara AnnAmason, widow of Elisha and Mary Ann Amason, widow of Rufus. I have allof Matthew's children, but I don't know what happened to all of them,yet...I'm always looking!! These are probable children of Matthew Amason and Louisa (Matthew was awfully young for the earlier children to be his...and I have this theory that they may have been children of his older brother, Washington, whom I've never found in census records...so perhaps Matthew married his brother'swidow??). Some ofthe information below is tentative. ; I know that Matthew had a male child in his household in 1850 named James and that a James W. Amason married Susan Browder (a widow) in Montgomery Co. AL in 1864. Since I don't know of any other James Amason in any Amason HH in Montgomery Co. AL, except Matthew's HH, I have assumed that James W. Amason was same person as James, son of Matthew. Susan E.Amason married Joseph Andres Flores and their family is well documented in census info and in local histories of Nacogdoches Co. TX. Again check out the Amason website....our families are detailed under Descendants of Uriah Amason of Montgomery Co. AL. It isn'tevery day that I find descendants of our particular Amason family,because they are so difficult to follow!! Your cuz, Sandy AMASON * AMERSON FAMILY Website at <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/1722/">http://www.geocities.c om/Heartland/Meadows/1722/ </A>Descendantsof Matthew AMASON