This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4c.2ADE/2133 Message Board Post: Ms Cason, You posted your msg asking for information on your family in 2002. I have only recently started working up my family tree, and I think I have some information on a branch of one of our common anscestors. My mother claimed his name was John William Steadman, but census records I have found list him as Joshua and Joshuway. He was born ca.1805 in NC and died between 1912 and 1917. He fell into the Muddy Fork river and drowned and was buried in Nathan AR. His children were: Josh Steadman, William B. Steadman, Elizabeth J. Steadman, John Henry Steadman, Sarah C. Steadman, and Rhoda Ann Steadman. I am certain about the girls, but may be mistaken about the boys, I just have not worked them up as closely as the girls. The last name has been listed as Steadman, Stedman, and Stidman, but the children look to be the same. If you think this may be a branch of your family, let me know and I will be happy to share all the information I have. Bill Woods