Is there some way to find out why the Champ LANGFORD / Elizabeth HAGOOD family disappeared from Jefferson County, AL? Champ and Elizabeth married and lived in Jefferson County, AL. From 1861-1865, Champ served in Company C (Jefferson Warriors), Alabama 19th Infantry, CSA. Champ's family was in Jefferson County in the 1870 U. S. census. They had a daughter in July, 1870. Then, in the 1870s, their children were raised by the children's aunt, Belle (Hagood) Bevins. After 1870, I've found no trace of Elizabeth. And I lost track of Champ until he (without Elizabeth) applied for a Confederate pension in 1906 from Craighead County, Arkansas. Why were the children raised by their aunt? What happened to Elizabeth? Where was Champ for 36 years? What was a good ol 'Bama boy doin' in Arkansas? Without a specific date, how could I find a news story, an obit or some explaination? (I wonder if they lived in Jonesboro, Jefferson County, Alabama. Because he's buried in Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas.) Bill Allen <misterbill@pdq.net>