This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0AC.2ACE/946.1 Message Board Post: have a name or two for you. my geneolgy angle has really only come about because of my search of family csa vets. i have a hard time figuring exactly who's who at this point. william h CHEWNING: (9th va cavalry, co e "mercer cavalry"); parents: george CHEWNING & delilah HILMAN. w h CHEWNING married sarah jane LUMSDEN, my family namesake. charles l LUMSDEN: (ellet's co va light artillery "crenshaw battery") and henry clay LUMSDEN: (ellet's co va light artillery "crenshaw battery") and james fife LUMSDEN (9th va cavalry, co e "mercer cavalry") and william a LUMSDEN (30th va infantry "mt pleasant rifles"), as well as six other siblings were all born to richard LUMSDEN & martha HILMAN. i doubt that this helps you at all, but it seems that were are related somewhere down the line. just the same, let me know if martha and delilah are relations. rich