This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Byars, Reed or Reid, Edwards Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/QJH.2ACIB/279 Message Board Post: Looking for descendants of Elijah M. Byars (b. VA 1798) who lived in Boone and Audrain Counties in Missouri in 1840's and 1850's. Children of Elijah's, born in Virginia, known to be Susan E., William J., Mary J., Elijah G., and Lucy. They all appear to have lived in Saline Co. MO. William J. Byars, b. June, 1829 married, "Romanza (?)," b. August 1832 in Virginia. They had children Mary J., John H., and Lawson T. Mary J., b. October 1855, married A. Edwards and they had son Preston Edwards, b. June 1886. John H. Byars, b. Feb. 1867 married ? and they had children Willam (1893), Don (1896), and Ida (1899). Descendants of these children unknown. Lawson T. Byars, b. October 1869, m. Nellie K., b. March 1875 in MO. They had children Harry, Charley, George and Marvin. Descendants of these children unknown. Mary J. Byars,b. 1855, married a Reed or Reid, and had children, names unknown. Elijah G. Byars is not known to have married or had children Lucy Byars is believed to have married a Humphreys. Child listed as Alice Humphries on census documents. Can anyone help with descendants of these people???