Danna, I did a lookup for you from: Birth Records Wise County Texas, 1864-1902 by Julian G. Allen, publ. by Julian G. Allen 1986, Austin Texas. In my experience only about 10% of the births in this period were reported. page 179 S. R. Hudson (b. AL) and Lou Homes (b. TX) had a child: Allie Frances Hudson, born March 31, 1892, F, Bridgeport (reg. # 31826) page 180 Samuel Russell Hudson (b. AL) and Lou Holmes (b. AL) had a child: Samuel Russell Hudson, born Oct 11, 1890, M, Bridgeport (reg. # 20370) In the 1880 Census in Cherokee County TX I find with Samuel Hudson his wife: Cynthia age 21, b. TX, fb. TN, mb. TN So I think she was born in Cherokee County Texas, not Alabama and I think she was born in about 1860, not 1856, even though her headstone says 1856. More census work. 1860 Census, Cherokee County Texas, pg 497, P. O. Rusk, Aug 1, 1860 line 23, dwelling 1101 James Holmes, age 65, M, Farmer b. NC Elizabeth, age 38, F, housekeep, b. TN Archibald, age 15, M, b. GA David, age 13, M, b. GA Lorenza, age 6, M, b. TX Mary J., age 3, F, b. TX No name, age 1/12, M, b. TX line 30, dwelling 1102 James A. Holmes, age 28, M, Farmer, b. GA Emily J., age 18, F, house keep, b. TX Mary E., age 2/12, b. TX line 33, dwelling 1103 F. M. Holmes, age 22, FArmer, b. GA Ingmar, age 19, F, House keep, b. TN D. C., age 10/12, F, b. TX 1870 Census, Cherokee County Texas, page 183, P. O. Atto, no date given line30, dwelling 281 Holmes, Martha, age 37, F, W, keep house, b. AL Mary J., age 15, F, W, b. TX Letty M., age 12 , F, W, b. TX Martha A., age 10 , F, W, b. TX Cynthia E., age 9 , F, W, b. TX Parilee C., age 7, , F, W, b. TX I suspect either D. C. Holmes is Cynthia (Syntha) Lou Holmes Hudson or possibly Cynthia E. is Syntha Lou. Good Luck! Dave Pitts