Ellen Byrne wrote: > Kris-thank you for your message. I dont remember where I read the article but it did mention alcohol and there were several guys involved. I wonder what happened to his widow after 1850, never checked. Probably she remarried. There is a marriage record for a Lucinda Breedlove and Joseph McCloud on 21 Apr 1858 in Boone Co., MO, but she is listed on the 1860 census in Boone County as Breedlove with her children. There are no other Breedlove families there so I assume that Lucinda did remarry but either this McCloud died or took off before 1860. Tom