This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: CindyHeaden Surnames: Overby/Overbey, Wells Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.pittsylvania/3322.1.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Sallie, Boy...you are fast!! I am not sure if this is who I am looking for or not. Recently, I decided to take another look at the info leading up to one of my biggest brick walls and was pointed in the direction of the Overby/Overbey family. I have collected quite a bit of census info in the past few days, but haven't been able to make a definite connection. Below is a synopsis of the info. I don't really know how all of this connects yet (or if it does), but here it is. Thanks for the prompt reply, Cindy -Emma Edward Wells married James Silas Shelton 25 Dec 1901 in Pittsylvania Co., VA. They are my great grandparents. She died shortly after the birth of her 13th child in 1922. My grandmother was her 2nd child. That is all the info I started with. -I found Emma living with her parents and some of her siblings on the 1900 census in the Tunstall Dist. of Pittsylvania Co., VA. Her parents are listed as Edward J. Wells, b. Feb. 1849, and Nancy E. -?-, b. Nov 1852. -After much searching, I was able to locate Edward & Nancy/Nannie on the 1910 census in Danville. She had died by 1920 and I was able to locate Edward on the 1920 and 1930 censuses in Danville. -I had been unable to find them before the 1900 census according to which they had been married for 30 years. I did find the birth of a son, Charles, in Pittsylvania Co. in 1875. -The first clue I found in my "revived" search was the headstone of Nannie Overbey Wells 1856-1913 in St. Johns Methodist Church, north of Danville. Since the family had lived in the Tunstall/Whitmell/Swansonville area, this burial place would seem to fit. Also, there is another woman buried there with a connection to my Shelton family of the area. The birth date for this Nannie does not fit with the birthdate of 1852, but I thought it was worth a look, sooo..... -I have been looking at the Overby/Overbey family. In doing so, I found in Leaksville, Rockingham Co., NC in 1870: Edward J. Wells, 21, b.VA in the household of P. Brodnax. Three houses away is Nannie Overby, 17, in the household of H.W. and Nan Overby. -The family of HW is in Pittsylvania Co. in 1850 and 1860. -The only marriage in Rockingham Co. that fits is: Henry J. Wells and Nancy E. Overby issued 31 May 1870 and married 6 Jun 1870 Yet, I can find no Henry J. Wells in VA or NC on the 1870 census. Further, why would they be listed in separate households (in Sept 1870) and her with her maiden name if they had married in June....Just one of many questions? -In the death records of Pittsylvania Co. is the following: Smith Overby, d.1860, Old Age, 86 yrs., b. Pittsylvania Co., VA, reported by son, H.W. Overby. -To complicate things, if the Nannie in the 1870 census is "my" Nannie, it appears from the different censuses that she went by the name Nancy/Nannie most of the time, but could have also been using Mary at times. I found the whole family listed as Johnson instead of Wells on the 1910 census!!!! Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.