Gayle, You sent me a message 4/28/99 re a William H. Davenport who had a twin, Thomas Wesley Davenport. I have just discovered through research done by another family member that this is the right one! You indicated that these boys followed their sister, Martha to Texas where they were living in the 1860 census. I have info that there were siblings, Mary DAVENPORT Tillotson (the oldest), John, who was killed on the plains, Maggie May, died age 17, James, David, and a 1/2 brother, Marian. I show their parents as William T. and Molly Davenport who founded the Davenport Flour Mill in Davenport, Iowa. Am I finally making a connection somewhere? I sure hope so, because if I am I am all :o)