Kim, I am posting this mainly for "medical reasons" and the "longshot" that perhaps your John WEBB family has a "history" or "story" similar to our Northern Alabama-Tennessee WEBB family that appears to have come out of North-South Carolina. Much of what I have is by "word of mouth" from older family member which are now gone. Unfortunately, I do not have much in the way of "documentation" for the information that I list below. James Milton WEBB 1802-1854, of High Shoals, Rutherford Co., NC husband of Kathleen "Kitty" WHITE most of their 13 children died young: Nancy, Sherrod Landrum, Toliver Davis, AD, Charlotte, Elizabeth, D. Lewis, Wade, Jason C., Julius W., Catherine, James Pickney, George Milton. Sherrod "Landrum" WEBB 1833-1865 husband of #1 Drucilla HANEY Illinois State Prison Super 1850-1865 (The Alabama BROWN family has his uniform) Sherrod L. WEBB 1880-1949; Shelby Co., Tennesee husband of Ella WILSON (possibly not her maiden name maybe married before?) daughter of Rhoda MULLIGAN. 1881-1910; Shelby County, TN. Ella had property on Reelfoot Lake, Shelby Co., TN. They had only one child: Annie Francis WEBB; born ; 1898 in Northern Alabama (Morgan/Cullman Co.); died 1936 in Decatur, Morgan Co., Alabama. Wife of: John Lee BROWN of Cullman Co., Alabama. John BROWN's grandmother was Amanda MULLIGAN. She had an EB son in about 1921. At her death, she left 7 minor children, two of which told a story of the day their baby brother was born who died the very same day. All of the above named families moved and visited back and forth from TN to AL. My father-in-law always thought of it as a good weekend trip. My granddaughter, was born in the summer of 2005 and is now one and half years old and truly doing amazing things for a child born with a "recessive-recessive" genetic skin disorder known as EB. Simply stated, the protein that holds the upper and lower layers of skin is missing, therefore, the nickname "butterfly children" because they cannot be touched by anything. I have been able to trace one son of John and Annie Francis (WEBB) BROWN to having EB at birth and not living out the day of his birth. The family kept this a secret and parts did not come out until after my granddaughter's birth which was the 7th recorded EB case in the history of Alabama. Since that time, I believe there at least two more in the state of Alabama. EB is treatable in the womb, as the gene can be injected in the first trimester at that point the child can start producing their own needed protein. Knowing it is in the family is important for this reason. Testing in the first three months can change the whole course of a child's life. I found that John BROWN had a MULLIGAN grandparent as did Annie Francis WEBB. I believe that this could be where the two contributing factors started in our family, of course the other parent also has to have the gene; therefore, this is a very "rarely" disorder. Chocy Brown ************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.