Thanks, Roy Well, that is the problem there are many family stories of my ggrandmother, traveling from MS to TX and staying at her sister's house in Lovelady. My ggrandmother's maiden name is Elizabeth Allen, she married William C. Moss but he died in 1860 and she had to let 2 of her daughters be raised in Lavaca Co. by her late husband's brother, with no living descendants. Elizabeth supposedly died around 1869, but we can't find the grave and I was hoping to find it around Lovelady. Her other 2 daughters were left in MS (my grandmother being one of them) and raised by Elizabeth's sister Nancy Allen Word. All the children were under 10yrs when their mother died so, I have not found any documentation. Just word of mouth. If I could just find the almighty letter with her name in it (don't we all wish for this) maybe I could prove something. My belief is that Cyrus Lovelady's wife is either my ggrandmother's aunt, sister or cousin. But I have found no ancestors for Mrs. Lovelady, or anyone with any of her letters. Have you? Linda