Hi David et al, I am still out here, and still stuck on Lucy Emily ESTES OWENS. Yesterday I found found land patents in McLeod County, Minnesota for her daughter-in-law's father Samuel Francis WHEELER and also for the following ESTES: Diadama Estes, issue date June 20, 1870 John G. Estes, issue date September 1, 1869 Does anyone connect to this family? Jacqui