Someone e-mailed me but I couldn't answer at the e-mail address on his message, so I have to send it to the list so he'll get it. Hi. I don't know if we connect or not. I am assuming Larkin was a possible son of Richard. He was on the 1840 Estille county, Kentucky, census. He moved to Hendricks county, Indiana, sometime in the 1840's. My gr.gr.grandmother, Sarah Bird(Byrd?), his daughter, married Moses Alexander in Hendricks county in 1850. Larkin was dead by the 1850 census, but you see his wife as head of house, and some of his children on the Hendricks county census. His children on his will included both a Richard and John. John was aged 15 on the Indiana census. On the 1850 Estille county, Kentucky, census, we see a John Bird, his wife Polly and his children Mary Catherine, and Orthonile who was aged 2 at the time. Also in this household was an elderly Richard aged 75, born Virginia, and a Cassandra aged 60, born N. Carolina. I don't know that this is Larkin's mom; perhaps a previous wife was. There is one other thing that ties this family together. Sarah and Moses Alexander moved to Putnam, Co., Mo., before 1860 and lived the rest of their lives there. John Bird moved to Adair, Co., Mo., which was the neighboring county. John's son, Orthonile(Outchnille- both spellings are on his military pension record), died in the Civil War in his teens after being bushwacked by rebels. John and his wife, Polly, recieved Orthonile's pension. I have had that military record for years, but I was just waiting to tie it together. Then I found the correct counties in Indiana and Kentucky, and it now seems to fall into place. I don't know if Larkin had a middle name. I have sent for military records for both he and a Richard Bird, that fought in the Mexican War. Both were from Hendricks, Co., Ky. Waiting to see what I get. Brother or Son of Larkin??? Time will tell. Do you think we have a connection? Tell me about your Richard. Thanks for answering, Elsetta.