In a message dated 7/17/01 10:55:06 AM, bobnroa@pipeline.com writes: << Robert Law is not listed with a wife named Elizabeth or Betsy. >> AHA! Franklin Co. Marriages (Merritt) lists #1541 Robert Law s/o Ransom and Nancy age 19 m. 9/10/1866 Elizabeth Harrison Maynor WID #1542 Robert L. Law s/o Ransom and Nancy age 23 m. 6/1/1870 Mary A. Young d/o Mosely and Nancy Young. Robt. not listed here as WID (oversight?) Robert and Mary age 23 listed living in Ransom and Nancy's hse in 1870 census. PROBLEM (or part of it) SOLVED? Peter Ramsey