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When all else fails,,,,,,,,

Greetings! I know it has been over a month since I have written.  I am sorry.  I have been obsessed with finding one of my ancestors.  He has been quite the mystery. My great great grandmother Emeline Elen Bennett Parker's sister was Frances Bennett Anderson (according to her aunt's will.)  However, I have never found any records of Frances with this Anderson person.  In 1840 she is still single and living with her mother and sister.  The mother is a widow by 1840.  Both sisters seem to marry sometime between 1840 and 1842, but no marriage records to prove it yet. In 1850 Frances shows living with her two youngest children, Edward L Anderson and Isaac H Anderson.  Her other 3 children are living in the home of her mother and step father. Frances never shows with her husband and I have no idea who this Anderson person is.  Keep searching! In 1855 Frances is living in the home of her mother and step father with all 5 of her children, still no husband. It appears that Fr