This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Owens, Whiteley, Hink, Stockton, Gray, Smith, Hays Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hV.2ADE/2240.1.1 Message Board Post: Great lead! Widow Mary J. Owens filed to probate his estate, while my gr-gr-grandmother's name was Mary Elizabeth Owens. Isaac was actually married first to Christina Epperson, mother of his first two children William Isaac and Sarah Elizabeth; she died in 1867, and IDO married Mary Elizabeth (Smith) Hays, a widow. Your comments support the theory that he had three wives. I show IDO's land at Section 23, Township 9 North, Range 22 West, 160 acres, granted on December 30 1882. John Smith (father of Mary Elizabeth) received 80 acres at Section 9, T9N, R22W. What's your source on the Nordin Cemetery lead? Hickey was a common surname along the Pope/Johnson county line. Any indication that Mary Jane was buried next to IDO? Thanks, Best, Walt