This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/IMJ.2ACEB/1749.1.1 Message Board Post: It is my understanding that the family came from Indiana and Ohio before moving to Kansas. Thomas was a fur trader and settled in Topeka for awhile. He either died in Topeka, Kansas or Kansas City, Missouri