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/Gk.2ADI/37.39.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I didn't know Gerhard had gone to St. Louis, I thought he left eastern Iowa to go to Carroll County, Ia.I have a lot of Hermsen info and I will have to research it and can definitely send info about the land grant. I do not have a photo of the farm (it's a beautiful place - big white house, nice red buildings) but sadly, it is now for sale, after 150 years in the Hermsen name. I will forward your e mail also to my cousin, Helen Hermsen Gaul, who is a wonderful historian. Perhaps she can give you better info.