To John Whaley Jr., Pam Shelden, and Jeane Freeman, etal. Lately we have been trying to find parents and other ancestors for Newton Price Whaley, ancestor of John Whaley Jr.. Pam Shelden came up with his parents--James Elijah Whaley and Martha___. Pam descends from Hugh, brother of Newton Price. There were two other brothers who died in infancy. Jackie has been scouring her records for the elusive James Elijah in MO. She has a list of Civil War pension recipients, and went through that and found JAMES E. and MARTHA MATHIS of MO. James served in the Civil War-MO-10th Regiment, Company C. Of course it was a shock to find that we already have a FGS for James E. (Elijah) and Martha Mathis on disk. AND--that shows that James Elijah was s/o Thomas R. Whaley and Eliza Evans. And Thomas R. was s/o Elijah Whaley and Rebecca Dougherty. And Elijah was s/o Thomas and Margaret Bratten. So this gives John and Pam more generations. AND it hooks them up to the group that descends from Thomas and Margaret Bratten's son Elijah who m Rebecca Dougherty. We have a FGS for James Elijah and Martha, Elijah and Rebecca, and Thomas and Margaret. Jackie will send me the FGS for Thomas R. and Eliza Evans so I can enter it and make it available. I can attach the others to you who want them. So a *welcome* to John Jr. and Pam to the large group that is working on different descendants of Thomas Whaley and Margaret Bratten. It is always a pleasure to see Jackie come up with some answers. *Way to go, JW!!* Ruby