Wayne, I did some online census research and came up with the following (I have included some items you probably have for comparison with certain ones you probably don't): 1920 U.S. Census, Prairie Twp, Craighead Co., Arkansas, p. 13B: Carpenter, Joseph I., 23, b. Illinois, fa. b. Indiana, mo. b. Illinois Carpenter, Rosie [MI uncertain], wife, 17, etc. Carpenter, Kate, mother, 51, b. Illinois, fa. b. Ireland, mo. b. Tennessee [sic] 1910 U.S. Census, Hubble Twp, Cape Girardeau Co., Missouri, p. 16B: Carpenter, George C., 40, b. Indiana, both par. b. Indiana Carpenter, Katie, wife, 40, b. Illinois, both par. b. Illinois [sic] Carpenter, Joseph I., son, 13, b. Illinois 1900 U.S. Census, DuBois Twp, Washington Co., Illinois, pp. 3B-4A: Carpenter, George, b. Aug. 1870, aged 30, b. Indiana, both par. b. Indiana [either birth year or age is wrong (census's effective date 1 June; household enumerated 4 June)] Carpenter, Katherine, wife, b. Aug. 1869, aged 30, b. Illinois, fa. b. Ireland, mo. b. Tennessee [sic] Carpenter, Joseph, son, b. Feb. 1897, Illinois 1880 U.S. Census, Bald Hill Twp, Jefferson Co., Illinois, p. 413: McFalls, Danial [sic], 76, b. Ohio McFalls, Feeby, 70, wife, b. Ohio McFalls, Susan, 41, daughter, b. Indiana Carpenter, George, 10, grandson, b. Indiana, both par. b. Indiana 1870 U. S. Census, Green Twp, Madison Co., Indiana, p. 147: McFall, Daniel, 66, b. Ohio McFall, Phebe, 60, b. Ohio McFall, Susana, 30, b. Indiana McFall, Margret E., 21, b. Indiana McFall, George C., 9/12, b. Indiana in Aug. [1869 (census's effective date 1 June)] 1870 U.S. Census, Denison Twp, Lawrence Co. Illinois, p. 71: Sheridan, Cornelias [sic], 40, b. Ireland Sheridan, Hannah, 32, b. Illinois [also b. Illinois in 1880 census, Denison, Lawrence Co., Ill., p. 104] Sheridan, Mary, 10, b. Illinois Sheridan, Rose, 8, b. Illinois Sheridan, James, 7, b. Illinois Sheridan, Kate, 2, b. Illinois [in 1880 census, she is Sarah C., the C presumably for Catherine] Sheridan, Thomas, 2?/12, b. Illinois 1870 U.S. Census, Union Twp, Howard Co., Indiana, p. 516: Carpenter, Jno. [sic], 59, b. Ohio Carpenter, J. C., 54, b. Kentucky Carpenter, Simon, 20, b. Indiana Carpenter, James, 17, b. Indiana Carpenter, Electa, 12, b. Indiana Carpenter, Mary, 15, b. Indiana Carpenter, Nate, 9, b. Indiana McFall, Sam, 18, b. Indiana McFall, Simon, 14, b. Indiana 1860 U.S. Census, Union Twp, Howard Co., Indiana, p. 697: McFall, Daniel, 56, b. Ohio McFall, Phoebe, 50, b. Ohio McFall, Susan, 21, b. Ohio McFall, Margaret, 11, b. Ohio 1860 U.S. Census, Union Twp, Howard Co., Indiana, p. 664: Carpenter, Jas. [sic], 49, b. Ohio Carpenter, Charity, 44, b. Kentucky Carpenter, Isaac, 13, b. Indiana Carpenter, John, 18, b. Indiana Carpenter, James [sic; should be Simon], 10, b. Indiana Carpenter, James, 7, b. Indiana Carpenter, Mary, 5, b. Indiana Carpenter, Electa, 2, b. Indiana McFall, Isabelle, 13, b. Indiana McFall, Simon, 5, b. Indiana McFall, Andrew, 15, b. Indiana Based on the foregoing, it appears that your George C. Carpenter was the son of Susan McFall (or perhaps her sister Margaret or an unidentified sister who died in childbirth), daughter of Daniel and Phoebe McFall. Whether or not George's father was ever in the picture is uncertain (as a baby, George's surname was McFall, as was his probable mother's), but there's a good chance he was a member of the Carpenter household listed above (1860, 1870). Gene Z. In reply to: Message: 1 Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2007 21:54:58 -0600 From: "Wayne Juneau" <WJuneau@msn.com> Subject: [CARPENTER] George C Carpenter To: <CARPENTER@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <BAY140-DAV141728F46CCA917880A70BB2550@phx.gbl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Trying to find any information on George C. Carpenter b. 12 Aug 1870 in IN as to who his parents are. He married Kate Sheridan in Washington Co, IL and they moved to Arkansas, but I have not been able to trace his back. **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004)