Hello all, Some of you may recall my unrelenting quest for info. about my James H. Harris and finding descendants. Well, finally I have found a cousin! And in finding her it has brought me a few steps closer to solving one of the biggest mysteries I've posted. To recap: James H. Harris b.abt.1819 in VA. Find him in Rockbridge Co. VA when he married Elizabeth P. Mateer in 1847. Find him again with Elizabeth on the 1850 census record of Rockbridge Co. VA with two of the children: Romulus and Regina. Find him again on the 1860 census of Ritchie Co WV with an Elizabeth and more children: Romulus, Regina, Mary M., James H., Robert C., Sarah J., Leonides, and Josephine L. Bear age 15. 1870--don't know where he was 1880 finds him and an Elizabeth on the Ritchie Co. census with James H., Leonides, and now William M. the youngest of the kids who was born 1861. The rest of the kids have moved on. You all might remember me posting a query about info. I had found on the LDS site in reference to finding James H. Harris and his children, first posted with the mother Elizabeth P. Mateer and second posted with the mother Elizabeth Miller-Bare. Well, the cousin I have found and her grandmother who is still living, descend from the child Sarah J. Harris. >From speaking with them I have been able to find out that Sarah J. Harris removed to Salt Lake with her husband and family. Sarah's husband, Oscar Brinkley, died in Salt Lake and Sarah moved to California. She did this because her brother, Robert C. Harris was living there. My new cousins grandmother remembers Robert C. Harris, she called him Uncle Dick and what she remembers most was him telling her that he and Sarah were half siblings...they had different mothers. This would diffently explain why I find Elizabeth P. Mateer and Elizabeth Miller-Bare both listed as mother. This would explain why Josephine L. Bear is listed as living with James and family in 1860. Robert and Sarah where next two each other in the birth order. Robert being born about 1855 and Sarah being born about 1857. This would mean that Elizabeth p. Mateer died between 1855 and 1857 and James remarried to Elizabeth Miller-Bare before Sarah was born in 1857. I also know that one of the Elizabeth's died in 1886 and then James goes on to remarry Emily Somers in 1886. What I need to find is an exact death record for Elizabeth P. Mateer and one Elizabeth Miller-Bare (Harris?) Now I know that the Elizabeth buried in the Harris cemetery is the wife of James H. Harris and the tombstone reads 1819 to 1886 but the thing of it is...Both Elizabeth's were born about the same time. I also need to find the marriage of James H. Harris to Elizabeth Miller-Bare. I also need to find where James was living in 1870 as he does not show up in the 1870 Ritchie Co. census records. Please let me know what you all think.... Thanks again, Julie _______________________________________________________ Get your free, private email at http://mail.excite.com/