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/RKT.2ACIB/830.951.2.2 Message Board Post: Lynn, I just realized that I had not responded to your request regarding John Laswell. His full name was John Harrison Laswell, born in Hardin County (Elizabethtown), KY 0n 07 Apr 1867 and died in Christian County (Hopkinsville), KY on 19 Jul 1943. According to his death certificate his parents were Randolph Laswell and Betty Lewlett of Hardin County. Actually, I believe his mother's name was Elizabeth Howlett. According to the 1880 Census for Hardin County, KY, Dist. 10, Colesburg, the household of Randy Lasswell was listed as follows. Randy Lasswell - W - M - age 42 - farmer Elizabeth - W - age 44 John H. - S - age 14 Joseph L. - S - age 10 Mary M. - D - age 7 William D. - S - age 4 Andrew S. - S - age 2 Howlitt, H. E. - No Relation - age 31 I have not found any marriage record or divorce papers for John Laswell and Kate Dodson (or Catherine Ambrose). However, my mother's birth certificate does list John Laswell as her legitimate father.