Here is the Wootten/Morris connection that I am looking for: ---------------------------------------------- Descendants of William Morris Generation No. 1 1. WILLIAM MORRIS. He married MARY ?. Child of WILLIAM MORRIS and MARY ? is: 2. i. MARY MORRIS, b. May 05, 1804. Generation No. 2 2. MARY MORRIS was born May 05, 1804. She married GEORGE STEPHEN WOOTTEN September 13, 1834, son of WILLIAM WOOTTEN and HETTY. Children of MARY MORRIS and GEORGE WOOTTEN are: i. GEORGE WILLIAM WOOTTEN, b. October 20, 1838; d. 1894. ii. JOSEPHENE WOOTTEN, b. October 13, 1836. iii. ISSAC WOOTTEN, b. August 29, 1841; d. September 1841. iv. MARY E. WOOTTEN, b. December 02, 1842; m. JAMES M. ROBINSON, June 27, 1864. v. HETTY E. WOOTTEN, b. December 02, 1842; m. SYLVESSTER KIRKENDALL, May 1873. Generation No. 3 3. GEORGE WILLIAM WOOTTEN (MARY MORRIS, WILLIAM ) was born October 20, 1838, and died 1894. He married STACIA ANNE HAMPTON April 08, 1875 in Modesto, Stanislaus Co., CA, daughter of REUBEN HAMPTON and SARAH RITCHEY. Notes for GEORGE WILLIAM WOOTTEN: Elias Wootten witnessed the marriage. Notes for STACIA ANNE HAMPTON: b. 1852 Grundy Co., TN moved to CA around 1860 (Her mother was found in the TN census in 1860, not in 1870) Children of GEORGE WOOTTEN and STACIA HAMPTON are: i. ETTA SARAH WOOTTEN, b. October 23, 1880, Hanford, CA; d. March 28, 1964; m. JOHN W. TRIMMER. ii. WILLIAM RUEBEN WOOTTEN, b. June 09, 1883, Hanford, CA; d. February 05, 1954. iii. EVA MAY WOOTTEN, b. January 29, 1888, Santa Anna, CA; d. April 09, 1964; m. PERRY JONES. iv. JAMES BARDIN WOOTTEN, b. December 02, 1893, Traver, CA; d. April 12, 1985, Tolleson, AZ. Generation No. 4 4. WILLIAM RUEBEN WOOTTEN (GEORGE WILLIAM, MARY MORRIS, WILLIAM) was born June 09, 1883 in Hanford, CA, and died February 05, 1954. He married ETHEL CHARLES, daughter of WILLIAM CHARLES and CARRIE WILDFANG. Children of WILLIAM WOOTTEN and ETHEL CHARLES are: i. WILMA LOUISE WOOTTEN, b. February 03, 1926. ii. GEORGE WILLIAM WOOTTEN, b. March 17, 1923; d. October 27, 1994. iii. SHIRLEY MAE WOOTTEN, b. February 18, 1935; d. July 27, 1952. 5. JAMES BARDIN WOOTTEN (GEORGE WILLIAM, MARY MORRIS, WILLIAM ) was born December 02, 1893 in Traver, CA, and died April 12, 1985 in Tolleson, AZ. He married CLARA LUCILLE WOOD November 26, 1919, daughter of GEORGE WOOD and MARY KERR. Children of JAMES WOOTTEN and CLARA WOOD are: i. JAMES BARDIN WOOTTEN, b. July 01, 1920; m. PATTIE UNKNOWN. ii. KEITH WOOTTEN, b. November 11, 1921; d. August 06, 1972, Phoenix, AZ; m. PATRICIA MCCATHY. iii. DONALD WOOTTEN, b. October 03, 1922; m. JANET ANDLER. iv. Twin girls born and died early about 1924. v. SAMUEL WOOTTEN, b. September 01, 1926; d. June 23, 1997, Hialeah, FL; m. HELEN BIMAT. vi. Samuel had a twin sister who died shortly after birth vii. ROBERT LEE WOOTTEN, b. September 09, 1928, Hanford, CA; m. PEGGY RUTH FESPERMAN, February 05, 1949, Woodlake, CA. viii. FRANK WOOTTEN, b. June 06, 1930; d. June 06, 1990, Tolleson, AZ; m. (1) CONNIE SMOTHERMAN; m. (2) JOANNE HAGGARD. --------------------------------------- James Bardin Wootten was my grandfather. Ruth Michunovich [email protected] http://www.inficad.com/~markermaid