I have found a historian/author/researcher of Gentry/Worth County off the Carnegie Library page. She has written 4 books already and is about to publish the 5th I believe. She said Bransons appear in 3 of her books. I received the following interesting information from her: Worth County was formed in 1861 from Gentry County Valentine Branson appears in the 1850 Gentry census 65 years old with Sarah age 45 and Isaac aged 14. Valentine died in 1855. The 1860 census lists Isaac, Andrew, Jemima, Julia Ann, David, Joseph, Hiram and Elijah. Sarah SMITH married John Richmond. Her second husband was Valentine BRANSON. Sarah was born in 1805 in Tennessee. Sarah died 1878 and is buried in the Hoblet Cemetery, Denver, Worth county, Mo. I am awaiting information as to the date of marriage between Sarah and Valentine. It's obvious that the AIS Mortality information at ancestry.com was incorrect. I'm curious if anyone knows how Sealy BECK became known as Sealy "Sarah" Beck. Was it perhaps because someone found Valentine in census living with a "Sarah" and assumed it was Sealy instead of wife Sarah Smith? Sharon