interests not stated).

In the following family of James 4 and Mary (Smith) Luna, the dates of birth appear to be from a Bible record. They were supplied by Wayne T. Dixon of Longview, Texas. They are in good agreement with all available data, including census records of 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850 and 1860. The arrangement is the one thought to be in agreement with the ideas of Mrs. Evelyn Duran of McAlester, Oklahoma, who has studied this family intensively and extensively.

Harriet 5 Luna  b. 19 July 1805.  Probably married her first cousin, Robert 5 M.
	Looney (Peter 4).  In 1878 Robert M. Luna was an heir of James 4 Luna.
	See Fifth Generation.

John 5 Smith Luna  b. 15 Jan 1807.  See Fifth Generation.

Lunsford 5 Long Luna  b. 25 Sep 1808 (gravestone).  See Fifth Generation.

Lurana 5 "Raney" Brown Luna  b. 13 Jan 1810, m. Asa Sanders.  Went to Illinois in 
	1830 and to Van Buren County, Arkansas, in 1840 and died there.  Received 
	$5.00 only by father's will.  See Fifth Generation.

Malinda 5 "Lena" (gravestone) or "Lenah" Luna  b. 11 Apr 1813 (1812 on gravestone) 
	m. Samuel Sanders.  She died in Ozark County, Missouri, 29 Aug 1886 
	(gravestone).  Received $5.00 only by father's will.  See Fifth Generation.

James 5 Kain Luna  b. 23 Jan 1815.  See Fifth Generation.

Peter 5 S. Luna  b. 19 Feb 1817 (Bible).  See Fifth Generation.

Elisha 5 Luna  b. 19 Mar 1819 (19 May 1819 on gravestone).  See Fifth Generation.

Anthony 5 Hogan Luna  b. 28 Nov 1821.  See Fifth Generation.

Benjamin 5 F. Smith (and/or) Long Luna  b. 10 Oct 1823.  See Fifth Generation.

Richard Smith (and/or) Mattison Luna  b. 3 Mar 1826.

Permelia 5 Mary Luna b. 29 Aug 1828.  She was probably the "Molly" Luna who m.
	24 Jul 1847 James L. (probably Layfayette, called "Fate") Bryant  b. 25 Mar 1827
	d. 20 Oct 1881.  Children at 1860 census:  James L. (b. 1848); Thomas
	(b. 1849); Amita S. (b. 1852); Sterling (b. 1854); William C. (b. 1855; and

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	Albert (b. 1856).  Parmelia Bryant was an heir of James 4 Luna as mentioned
	in 1878 settlement.  See Fifth Generation.

NOTE: It has been reported that James 4 Luna used the name Long as a middle name for two of his sons because it was his mother's maiden name. Mrs. Evelyn Duran of McAlester, Oklahoma (1969) states that it was reported to her by Lunsford Long Luna descendants that he was named Lunsford Long for his paternal grandmother's father. A Lunceford Long and brother, Nicholas Long did both inherit property from their father, Nicholas Long, in middle Tennessee. Nicholas Long, Jr. part in Maury County included where town of Columbia, Tennessee, now lies.

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Elisha 5 Luna (James 4; Peter 3) was born 19 Mar 1819 (Bible rcds) probably in Lincoln County, Tennessee, in as much as the family was enumerated there in the 1820 census. He was the fifth-born son of James 4 and Mary "Polly" Thomas (Smith) Luna. He married Eliza B. Gray in 1834 probably in Lincoln County, Tennessee. He supported the principles of the Republican Party throughout his life.

Elisha 5 served through the Mexican War as an orderly sergeant under General Zachary Taylor and attained the grade of Third Sergeant. Owing to arduous labor in the hot sun, which the soldiers were compelled to do at times, Elisha became overheated once to such an extent that the result was a bad case of chronic sore eyes from which he never recovered and they gradually became worse until he was almost blind at the time of his death. Some twenty years before his death he applied for a pension and was allowed $72.00 per month.

During the difficult struggle of General Taylor's men in Mexico, Elisha 5 formed the acquaintance of Colonel Jefferson Davis, who was later to become the well-known President of the Confederate States during the Civil War. Elisha always remembered Colonel Davis as a gallant and worthy officer who commanded a brave regiment of Mississippians. During the time they were in Mexico, provisions were extremely scarce and General Taylor's army became in great stress for food. The men and officers were without money and it was a gloomy time for Uncle Sam's boys. Because of their circustances, they felt as though they were on an equal footing in a sociable way. While this condition existed, Sergeant Luna happened to meet Colonel Davis one day and each man stopped for a chat. Davis remarked to Luna that he did not know how he could get along without something to eat. The officer also was as much troubled about his men as he was about himself. At about this moment Elisha spied a Mexican huckster off some distance approaching them with some chickens. The Mexican was walking up behind Davis and the latter did not see him at the time. While the man was coming slowly up toward them,

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Luna told Davis that he thought there was a way provided for them to procure something to eat in a few minutes and would insure him a few chickens, if nothing else. Then he informed the officer of the man coming with a load of chickens. Davis looked at the man as he carried his chickens along with much curiosity. When the Mexican reached the spot where the two were conversing together, Sergeant Luna halted him and, without saying another word, he cut three of the chickens loose from their fastenings with his pocket knife and handed them to Colonel Davis, who, with a happy smile, accepted them without word. Then Elisha took three more chickens from the man for himself and the three men parted at once. A few days after this Luna and Davis happened to meet again and the future President of the Southern Confederacy enjoyed a hearty laugh about how Luna had furnished him a big mess of chickens.

Elisha Luna and his family relocated on Pine Creek, Ozark County, Missouri, approximately 10 miles northeast of the present site of Gainsville, Missouri, in the fall of 1854, after moving from Marshall County, Tennessee, by way of Alabama. Elisha had only "half a dime" when he settled on Pine Creek and it was used to pay postage on a letter back to the old home in Marshall County, Tennessee. During their first year of residence they endured severe hardships. They owned one yoke of steers, a horse and a wagon. Elisha built a cabin and cleared a few acres of land which he planted in corn the following spring. They had to sell the oxen, the horse died as soon as the corn was planted and, even though the crop had to be cultivated witha hoe, they raised excellent corn. The memorable drought of 1854 had cut short the corn crop and bread was hardly to be had. But notwithstanding the affliction of his exes, Elisha found time enough out of his crop to work for Reid Parker for one-half bushel of corn per day for bread. Parker lived on Bryant's Fork about eight miles east of the Luna home and Elisha's eldest son, John, afoot and barefooted, carried this corn all the way home, bringing one-half bushel at a time, and this through a wild country where no one lived between them and the Parkers. They also were able to provide food by the hunting of wild game but this, too, had its problems. The first winter following their arrival in Ozark County, Elisha and his son,

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John, went hunting one day while snow lay on the ground. After leaving the house some distance, they shot and killed a deer and started to pull it back home with a rope. Instead of following their back trail in the snow, they intended to reach home a nearer way. They soon became bewildered, and pulled that deer nearly all day before they were able to locate their cabin. They both were "miserably" tired before they finally reached home.

Though Elisha took no part in the Civil War, because the disease of his eyes prevented his serving, his sympathies were with the old flag that he had fought under in Mexico. His family remembered the war as being a period of terrible times. Several men were killed in the settlement where they lived and a number of dwellings were also burned. This was done by guerillas of both sides. Elisha's family suffered in common with others in their section, but their greatest suffering was after their dwelling, including the contents, was burned on 24 Dec 1864, along with 600 bushels of corn. The party that destroyed the house consisted of twelve men who came up from Arkansas and killed two men and burned three other houses besides the Luna's. This was done in retaliation on a party of men who had gone down into Arkansas and killed a few men and burned four houses. Though Elisha was almost blind, he escaped being killed by getting to a place of concealment before the men reached the house. The men loaded up his wagon with part of the best of the household goods and some of the men went up the creek a short distanc to hunt the oxen to pull the wagon away but they did not find the cattle and as soon as they came back to the house they slashed the wagon wheels to pieces with axes and set the wagon, house and corn crib on fire. Their youngest daughter "Meelee" was just four months old. Her mother, Eliza, had put a feather bed down on the ground and laid the infant on it but the guerillas would not permit the child to rest but a moment when they took it up from the bed. Then they picked up the bed and threw it into the roaring flames. On the same evening their house was burned, they built a temporary shelter of lumber that the guerillas forgot to destroy. With the remainder of the lumber, they made some boxes long enough and wide enough for three of the family to sleep

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