This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HY.2ADE/1594.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi, The James family I am looking for were in Buchanan Co., MO in 1850 & in CA by 1860. The head of the house was David James and wife Orfa. Their children were David, James Ryland, Oliver P., Merrill, and Julia. In 1880 my ggg uncle John Valentine was living with Oliver James and family. Any information on this family would be so appreciated. Karen Brandon Pearlval@aol.com