This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ledsome, Dye, Robertson, Criss, Copen Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DFC.2ACI/273.663.1083.1243.1419.2 Message Board Post: Do you mean to suggest that Ransom's last name is also Ledsome? Daniel and Drusilla Dye Ledsom definitely had a son named William H., born abt Jan 1837 in Wood Co., VA (now WV). William H. first married a Juliana Robertson on 10 Sept 1856 in Wirt Co. I have her parent's names, but not much more information on her. Between them, they had 12 children, none named Ransom, as far as I know. William H. then married Nancy Ann (Criss) Copen on 6 Jul 1894 in Wirt Co. I only recently learned more than her first name, so I regret that I cannot help you more. If you know the precise number of children Nancy had, and with which husbands, it would be helpful to me. In the many years that I have been researching, I have never found anything to make me question the connection between Daniel Ledsom and William. Especially given William's brother Dussaway, who was named for his maternal grandfather, the original Dussaway Dye--a quite colorful character!