This is in reply to several posts regarding the Mississippi Avens. I am searching John Taylor Aven who married Martha Sophia McGuire. 1900 Census shows John, Martha,Thomas A., Annie B.,Mary Lou, John H. --Calhoun county, MS. Letters from Sophia: 1929-Enid , OK; 1931 Celeste, TX; from Annie Belle Jan. 1951 in Celeste, TX. The 1920 Census shows Martha S. Aven living in household of John Henry Aven.John Taylor died OK; buried in coalgate; sophie died in Celeste TX; bur in Coalgate, OK. Annie Belle died in Greenville, TX, bur in Merit Cem.,Hunt, TX. Write for more.