Hello Harkey Cousins! Just a note to let you know that my surgery (a month ago) was very successful, thanks to your thoughts and prayers! My recovery is coming along well--Ill be able to get back to teaching in one more week. Now for my brick walls. Simply put, my great, great grandfather was Jacob HARKEY, son of Levi HARKEY and Julia LIPE. I know very little about him, other than he married Nancy Amanda (?) ADNEY and lived in Yell County and Scott County, Arkansas. Their children included: Alice Justenia Letitia Harkey Cinderella Clothilda Arlington Harkey Julius Wellington Cromwell Harkey (my great grandfather) Murat Otho Meulus Harkey Edith Ida Harkey Haygood Redford Summers Harkey (The three names before the surname is not proven on all of these names, except for Julius W.C.) The only other information that I know about Jacob is that he was married to Miss Jones. 1880 Scott County, Arkansas census listed his wife as Elvira. Family information says they had a son named Vee Ex Zee (yep, you read correctly) in 1880 or 1881. Jacob died on a cattle drive about 1882. My questions: What cattle trail could Jacob possibly died along? Could he have joined his Harkey cousins in Texas to drive cattle? If so, what trail(s) would they have taken? Is there a way to find out more information about his death or where he was buried? What happened to Vee Ex Zee and his mother? Has anyone else heard this story? My mothers Arkansas family had heard it--long before my parents met in Oklahoma! Hope someone has some creative ideas for searching this information. Thanks again for your thoughts and prayers--the prayers truly gave me a peace that is beyond my understanding! Margaret Nan Harkey Kaufman, TX