Hello! We are working on our tree and have found in an old family tree paper Absalom born 1800 moved from Mo to Tx in 1845 married to a Virginia Blankenship born 1808. Our relative is one of their daughters, Sarah Elizabeth Phears born 2/12/1843 Platt Co. Mo. She married Isaiah Woody Johnson and they had two children, William Woody and Sallie Phears Johnson. From what I can gather, Sarah died shortly after giving birth to Sallie. Sallie was born with mental handicaps and I believe William Woody took care of his sister all her life. William Woody married Caroline Voss and their daughter, Bessie Bell was my husband's paternal grandmother. If we are somehow connected, I would be happy to share what info we have and would welcome any you have gathered.
thanks!
Mari Parsons