BoardStock@aol.com The answer is JOSEPH, spelled out on the original marriage record. (Jos. & Jas. are difficult to distinguish in the handwritten form when so abbreviated.) Nettie S. Clifton, <nettie@erols.com> =========== you wrote: << James T. LIGHT age 30, b. Patrick Co., son of James and Lucinda Light. Married Julianna BOWMAN, age 26, b. Patrick Co., dau. of Mahala Bowman. Married by Minister James Blancett on Nov. 11, 1880. Source: Patrick Co. Va. Marriages 1875-1900 by Eunice B. Kirkman, page 117. No father listed for Julianna on marriage. Joseph T. LIGHT - Julianna BOWMAN, 11 Nov 1880 He 30 b. PCVA, s/ James & Lucinda Light. She 26 b. PCVA, d/ Mahala Bowman. Min: James Blancett Pg. 105 Question: I'm confused. Is this James or Joseph? Thank you.