William was 67, born in Va according to the Dallas Co, Mo 1850 census records. His wife Mahala, 46, Tn, and daughters Mahala 18 and Sarah 16 both born in Kentucky are listed with him. His children, David, 21, Ky, w/wife Nancy Elizabeth Rowden and two children born in Mo live on one side of him. His daughter Mary Ann (Polly), 28, Ky, m. Elcaner Hamlet in 1848, has one child born in Mo lives on the other side of him. Later, Sarah b 1834 m. my gggrandfather Simeon McCoy and Mahala May b. 1832 m. James F. Phariss.

William, Mahala, David's wife Nancy, Sarah A., her husband Simeon and their daughter Sarah E. are all buried close to each other at the Phillips Cemetery, Windyville, Dallas Co, Mo. Nancy Elizabeth died 7 Apr 1854. William's date is 1854. M. A. has no date. Sarah A. died 25 Mar 1890. There is also a Nancy Lawson 17 Mar 1808 - 1 Apr 1851. What is her connection?

Does this fit with anyone else? We can't seem to trace William any farther back. Is he the William who is the brother of Isham, Nathan, and James in Whitley Co, Ky, 1830 census? Where is he in 1840?

Gayla H.