Had a lot of responses so I'm posting this for those interested. Hope it helps someone. >From Wright County History and Families 1841-1991 Vol. 1 p. 213 James Yancy Breedlove was born in Greene County, Missouri in 1850 to Charles and Amelia Dameron Breedlove. That same year saw the passing of his grandfather, William Breedlove. The Breedlove family came from North Carolina trying different places along the way, as they had a child born in Alabama, two in Tennessee, and arrived in Missouri prior to 1840. They settled in the area south of Marshfield on the headwaters of james River. Charles moved his family to Douglas County in the 1850s where he succumbed to pneumonia in 1854-55. Amelia later married Raleigh McDonald. During the Civil War they took the family to Lebanon where, at the age of twelve, James Y. became a hostler in the Union Army. In 1870 the family lived on the eastern edge of Wright County in Montgomery Township. Amelia passed away in 1872 and the family sort of scattered to different households. James cleared a field for Hiram "Bud" Rose as payment for the farm on Beaver Creek where he raised his family. Shortly after the turn of the century they moved to Manes, where they built and operated Breedlove Hotel, a stopping place for drummers and home to those who would stay. James Yancy and Mary Elizabeth Shelby Breedlove had the following children: John H., who choked to death on a peach seed; Hettie Rojina married William Marion Wade and had Walter V., Ada A., Lennie E., Murril A., James C., Howard B.; Emma married Thomas A. Wade, had Mable, Lowell, James O., Morice, Clell; Bertie married Charlie Dowden, had Audra, Burnard, Glendon, Mildred, Billie; Otto married Ola Montgomery, whose grandfather settled Astoria on Beaver Creek in 1837, had James C.; Virginia married Robert C. Montgomery, brother to Ola, had Velma; Cora died young. James was a very religious person and he gave the land and helped build the old Union Church at Manes. 1900 Census MO Wright County James Y. Breedlove Oct 1850 age 49 b. MO m. 23 yrs father and mother of NC Mary E. b. Apr 1854 age 43 Pamela? E. b. Jan 1885 age 15 Otto b. 20 Sep 1887 age 12 birthdate from WW1 draft registration Cora M. b. Apr 1891 age 9 Berta C. b. Jan 1894 age 6 Caroline b. Mar 1896 age 4 1880 Census MO Wright County Pleasant Valley twp Thomas Breedlove age 50 Manerva age 50 William age 22 Nancy J. age 20 Audrey? J. age 16 Thomas J. age 12