In a message dated 3/15/2004 12:00:59 PM US Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Goodspeed's History of Jefferson County, Missouri Chicago: The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1888 http://rootsweb.com/~nebuffal/jeffcomo/military.htm The Thirty-first Regiment.--Company A, Thirty-first Infantry, Missouri Volunteers, consisting of 101 men, was raised in Jefferson County, in the summer of 1862. The following is the roster of the officers of the company: Captains--Oscar Dover, commissioned August 25, 1862, resigned February 20, 1863 ..... Would this be Oscar Dover born about 1820, son of John and Jemima Stevens Dover? Also found this: Pension Record Oscar Dover View Image Online™ Images Online #: 158 State Filed: Widow: Elizabeth Beckett Relative: Minor: Comments Have a great day. Pam