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Edwardian Riggses of America (A series in 5 volumes)   Author Alvy Ray Smith   Volume 1 published by Newbury Street Press Boston Dec 2006 Jacobus Award 2007. Available from Picton Press

 Oct. 2006: p. 439, paragraph 1 of sketch 206: Change Elizabeth M. O'Neill's maiden surname to "Dandley."^[1] I could not change the page positions in the manuscript at this late date. I was able to enter the surname in the sketch and in the index under O'Neill but could not insert a footnote justifying it, nor insert an index item under Elizabeth's maiden name.

6 Jan 2007: p. 393, sketch 160, James Samuel Sitton: "married" should be "married (1)^[2]".

23 Jan 2008: p. 268, paragraph 3 (in parentheses), last sentence: Change to "She is not related.^[3]".

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1. Gravestone photograph, by Larry and Linda Kopet,  Evergreen Cem., Crawford Co., Wis., <www.rootsweb.com/ ~usgenweb/ wi/ cemetery/ images/ crawford/ evergreen/ evergreen3089.jpg>, "Jesse Dandley | Died | July 20, 1844: | Aged 50 Years. | Mary | Wife of Jesse Dandley | Died | Feb. 12, 1851: | Aged 51 Years. | Emily A. | Daughter of J. & M. Dandley | Died Sept. 20, 1839: | Aged 17 Years"; Evergreen Cemetery, Prairie du Chien; Crawford County, WI, <ftp.rootsweb.com/ pub/ usgenweb/ wi/ crawford/ cemeteries/ evergreenpdc.txt>, "Dandley, Jessie [sic] died July 20, 1844, age 50 years | Mary died Feb;12 [sic], 1851, age 51 years; wife of Jessie [sic] | Emily B. [sic] died Sep;20 [sic], 1839, age 17 years, dau. of Jessie & Mary"; gravestone photograph, by Larry and Linda Kopet,  Evergreen Cem., <www.rootsweb.com/ ~usgenweb/ wi/ cemetery/ images/ crawford/ evergreen/ oneillelizabet.jpg>, "Elizabeth M. | Wife of | Alexander O Neill | Died | Apr. 19, 1868: | Aged | Aged 51 Years"; U.S. census, 1850, Burlington, Des Moines Co., Iowa, r. 183, p. 503, dw. 1723, fam. 1823, lists Alexander "ONeal," 42, lumberman, born N.Y., Elizabeth, 32, born Pa., with three children including, Augustus, 4, born Iowa, and Mary "Danbey," 50; U.S. census, 1860, Prairie du Chien, Crawford Co., Wis., r. 1402, p. 834, dw. 94, fam. 94, lists Elizabeth "O.Neil," 43, born Pa., with six children including Augustus, 14, born Iowa.

2. Email from Betty Wooten, 5 Jan 2007, "As a child growing up, Dad and Mom told me that James Samuel Sitton did marry a second time.  Leora Sitton George said that she and her sister, Mayme,  broke them up."

3. Email from Anne Webb Nelson, 22 Jan 2008, "She's [Cordelia Webb] the wife of William Henry Webb (1829-1894) not the one related to Statia . . . that William Henry Webb came to Grayson Co, TX c1878 from Newberry Co, SC where they had lived since the Civil War. Before that, they were in Muscogee and Harris Co, GA. DNA has been done and my Wm Henry of Grayson Co, TX and yours are not related."