This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: house brinley Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/SFk.2ACIB/1308.2.1 Message Board Post: Noticed you said you were in House Springs and didn't find the spring. Really don't know how you could have missed it as it about 1 block off of Highway 30 on the north side of Highway M, which is the main entrance into House Springs. Back in the 60's I owned a real estate company which was right across Hwy M (was Highway 30 at that time) and set and looked at the Spring every day. I am certain it is much smaller now than it was in the '60s. My office was on land that use to be Adam House land. At the time I did not know about the House incident until I saw an old news paper article in the service station next door to me. I still didn't know our Brinley family was part of the House family until several years later. I have to much data to post into the forum. If you will send me your e-mail address I will gladly share what I have with you. I have copies of the papers that were filed in St. Louis after Adam was beheaded. There were also several news paper articles written by others in the '60 and '70 but I am afraid they were trying to sell papers instead of writing the truth. For example one of the reporters wrote about how good of work Adam did because the Brick house he built is still standing and looks almost like new, 175 years later. I guess it did look new...it was a house of only about 20 years old. send to cbrinley@brinley.net