Dear Vern, I vote that anyone who names a child James or John should be shot!!--ESPECIALLY in successive generations and brothers and sisters naming first cousins James and John etc. I think that was about all they knew how to spell. You are correct and Jim Wiley is correct--the James McHENRY buried in the BURCH CEMETERY on Burch Ridge, Marshall County, West Virginia--is indeed, the James McHENRY that is the son of James McHENRY and Rebecca WHITE McHENRY.--Indeed--this particular James McHENRY did have TWO WIVES--the first one being Anna BERKLEY and then the second wife was Mary Jane MOORE. I do not believe that Anna BERKLEY was S(arah)? ANNA BERKLEY McHENRY, and I will tell you why!!! On this most recent and thorough reading of the BURCH CEMETERY (Remember that there are two Burch Cemeteries--BURCH CEMETERY and BURCH RIDGE CEMETERY) where Tammy Burch and her husband cleaned up the cemetery and "read" it,--there are buried two children for James and Anna (BERKLEY) McHENRY, those being "Franklin McHENRY, son of J. and A. Mar. 25, 1857; and Margaret J. McHENRY, daughter of J. & A. December 14, 1856." Then there is one child for James and Mary Jane (MOORE) McHENRY--that being "Benjamine McHENRY, son of J. & M. J., died Dec. 11, 1860--8yrs 4m 14days which would make him born on July 27, 1852 which would be fine because James and Mary Jane were married in 1850 in Wetzel County.) Then there are the other three children in this McHENRY area of the Cemetery-- 1. "Amstard McHENRY, son of J. and S. A. died Mar. 2, 1859--8yrs" 2. "Anaslow McHENRY, son of J. and S. A. died Dec. 19, 1856--6yrs" 3. "Hiram McHENRY, son of J. and S. A. died April 7, 1855--11yrs 6m 12days" (This means that Hiram McHENRY was born on September 26, 1843.) I do not wish to conterdict my esteemed fellow researcher--Jim Wiley--who said--"I've made some leaps of logic from those early tombstone listings, while dodging poison ivy and snakes (definitely NOT MY FAVORITE PLACE TO WANT TO BE), plus some other date, and have some time ago included as siblings of children of James McHenry and Sarah(?) Anne McHenry - Amstard, Ansalow, and (Benjamin?) Franklin McHenry. Seems James had a historical bent, naming his sons Benjamin Franklin, Francis Marion, and John Westley (?) McHenry. So, it comes as little surprise that George McHenry was George Washington McHenry, I'd bet." Now my Comments-- These three children can not be the children of James McHENRY and his first wife Anna BERKLEY McHENRY because: 1: "Amstard McHENRY" was 8 years old when he died in 1859 which means that he had to be born about 1851. James McHENRY was already married to Mary Jane MOORE (married 1850 in Wetzel County). 2. "Anaslow McHENRY" was 6 years old when he died in 1856 which means that he had to be born about 1850. James McHENRY married Mary Jane MOORE in 1850 in Wetzel County. 3. These two children, it is my conclusion, belong to another McHENRY that we do not know about at this time. Neither of these two children are listed with ANY McHENRY family in the 1850 Marshall County Census record and it is probable that "Anaslow" would have been listed as a child of someone. 4. "Hiram McHENRY, the third child listed above, seems to be a different question. it is my definite opinion that this child is a son of George W. and Anne (McHENRY) McHENRY, because he is definitely listed as one of their children in the 1850 Marshall County Census Record. The original reading of this Cemetery by Mrs. BRIGGS showed that Hiram was a son of C & A McHENRY and I feel this is probably closer to correct and the "C" really was a worn "G" and that would make sense. I stand corrected on the death date of Isabellah McHENRY BURCH with May 6, 1874 as the correct date. This family is so confusing, that maybe with all of us working together we can figure out who belongs to whom. Sure would LOVE to give my James N. McHENRY a real daddy. I am inclined at this point in time to believe that Vern, you have the right answer--he really is the son of Robert McHENRY and Eliza (BURCH) McHENRY. Sure wish I could prove that. I am sour that I am WRONG--he is NOT the son of John and Mary (DYE) McHENRY, as the 1860 Marshall County Census record bears that fact out that their James is single and still with his mother in 1860 and my James N. got married in the spring of 1856 (a fact that I did not know until about 6 months ago.) So would someone please probe that my JAMES N. McHENRY who married Martha Ann WILLIAMS does have a momma and a daddy!!!! Thanks! You folks are the greatest. Carlisle Bowling e-mail [email protected]