This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Dial, Brownlee Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VlB.2ACE/112.125.168.600.599.604.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Don - I use the book as a start for additional research; I like to prove things for myself. The information in the book relating to Ephraim Alonzo Dial was attributed to someone named Nannette C Burleson. I don't know her or her sources and all I can do is quote you what was in the book. All it says regarding this marriage of Ephraim Alonzo Dial is that: "Somewhere in NC he had doubtlessly stopped to work and recuperate. Here he met and m (1st) 1 Aug 1865 Mary A. Brownlee". This info from page 57 of Sweat Families of the South, 2002 Revised Edition Copyright 1998 by Erbon W Wise Now the 1880 Trinity Co, census says that the children of this couple (David B, Mary A, and Jno. L) were born in SC. I took a quick look @ Ancestry.com looking for the marriage & didn't find anything. Additional digging might come up with something. Sorry I couldn't be of more help.