This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Sarles/Sirles/Searles, Elliott, Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/yAC.2ACE/117.2.4 Message Board Post: Sue, My husband's great great grandfather, William Sirles/Sarles/ Searles. Whose wife was Nancy Bell. A sister to the Elizabeth Bell that married Curtis Elliot. Their son William Sarles/Sirles/Searles,Married first Elizabeth Elliott, daughter of Curtis and Elizabeth. They were married 1835 in St. Louis, Mo. They lived in Jersey and Macoupin Co.IL They went to Mo.that fall and.had a daughter born May 18,1836..William came back to ILLINOIS after that. As his wife Ellizabeth had died, maybe in child birth or results of. William married again to Sarah Stevens Modglin on 29 of Nov. 1836,in Greene Co.IL. William was married four times., as each of his wives had died. On July 23, 1840, William married again to Mrs. Ann Tolman. And Oct.12, 1847 he married Mary Rhoads Dolbow.. Myhusband Dale's great grandmother. Have I confused you, Ihope not.I would love to hear from you. Laverl Hilyard