This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bost Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UNF.2ACIB/201.1.1.1.2.1.1.1 Message Board Post: So I'm guessing here a little bit, but looking at the informationm I have and the Texas State Cemetery: http://www.cemetery.state.tx.us/pub/user_form.asp It looks possible that his wife must have died sometime in between 1876 (when his last child was born) and 1883 (when he immigrated to Tx). He had 5 children at the time he immigrated in 1883 which would have made them: Cora - 15 (girl) Charlie - 14 (boy) Sue - 11 (girl) Ada - 9 (girl) Anna - 7 (girl) I'm guessing he left all the girls in NC with a relative possibly which is why they only mention one know relative (charlie). I'll try and find the other kids and who he possibly left them with.