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. Marilyn and Ed-do any of you have know who the parents of Warren J. Breedlove (known as Jack) were who m Betty Lowery in Laclede Co? Homer Breedlove, who desc from him wrote me years ago that all these brothers left Ky - none of them could read or write- so they lost contact. Ellen, dande@mail.tds.net