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/5MZ.2ACEB/245.736.1.1 Message Board Post: Bonnie, Thanks for your prompt reply and I'm happy to meet a relative! On the 1860 Census for Palestine, Cooper Co., MO p, 97 there is a Rebecca A. Goff, age 13, listed with Archibald and Elizabeth. I'm not sure if she is a daughter or other relative as she should have been listed on the 1850 census but wasn't. There are dicrepencies in the names of the other children as well. The marriage license for Ignatius Thompson (sp. "Ignacious Thomson") and Rebecca Ann Goff lists James Lamme as a witness to the marriage whcich took place in the home of Archibald, Osage, Morgan Co, in 1863. This Rebecca would have been abt 16-17 yrs old while Ignatius would have been about 20. He is listed with William and Emily Thompson on the 1860, Palestine, Cooper Co. Census, p. 108, as 17. Ignatius could also have been the son of Micajah Thompson who came to MO from KY and is listed in the 1840 Jackson, Johnson Co., MO Census p. 16 (lists 2 males under 5). The 1850 Census lists Micajah and wife Elizabeth (Micajah Thompson m. Elizabeth Mefford on 20 Nov 1832 in Pike Co. MO) as living in Dis.7, Dubuque Co., IA with an Ignatius C. Thompson, age 14. There would be an age discrepency of 7 years with the 1860 Cooper Co. listing so they may or may not be the same person (how many Ignatius Thompsons could there be for this region?). I am descended from Ignatius and Rebecca through their son Robert E. Thompson born abt. 1874 in Warsaw, Benton co, MO. I began this search in order to find our Native American roots as my grandfather told us Robert was 1/2 Indian. His mother Esther was also part Indian. My grandfather and his brothers and sisters look very Indian, I look a little. I have pictures of Robert Thompson that I can copy and send if you like. Robert's first marriage was to Katie Maude Schreck and he had several children with her. Robert had a second marriage to my g-grandmother, Esther Stevenson, and had four more children. His son Myron Francis Thompson was my grandfather. Myton's daughter Virginia was my mother. I will send you all the info I have on the Thomspon's but this will take a couple of weeks or so to put together. The Goffs and the Thompsons did a lot of intermarriage. Other names in the family are McCool, Watts, Carter, Etc. Another person you may want to cantact is William Wat! ts who is listed through this message board. He is also descended from Robert Thompson through his first marriage. Sorry, I don't have his e-mail address handy but will look it up and supply it privately. Hope to hear from you soon, Bryan