This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/QEC.2ACE/2241 Message Board Post: You can follow Francis in the census beginning with the 1860 Census for Ritchie Co., Va, he is listed with his mother Sarah Valentine, daughter of Henry Valentine, however, Sarah has two children. Shows her and her sister, Harriett, working in the household of Fredric Lemon and his eight children. 1870 & 1880 shows her with 10 children. Shows Sarah as keeping house for Frederick Lemmon. Sarah doesn't marry Frederick until the 1900 Census show them as husband and wife. He is 87 & she is 59. 1910 Census show her as a widow. The explaination that I can come up with was they possibly were Morman or some other religion and he could only be married to one wife at a time. I found this info as I was looking for a George Valentine and she had one, but he died when he was 18 of diptheria. I did find my George & there is probably some connection some where but I haven't found it yet. Hope this helps. Another thing some of her children changed their names to Lemon but Francis! did not.