This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Means, Swiggart, Hooper, Lingle, Barrett, Fullerton, Swatman Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1523 Message Board Post: Margaret: I don't have very much on Alpheus Means, but maybe this can help you some: ALPHEUS ALEXANDER MEANS, b. May 1865; married MATTIE HOOPER, b. Nov. 1872; married about 1888. In the 1900 census, she said she had been married for 12 years, and that six of her seven children were living. The family lived in Washington township, Fremont county, Iowa. She was the daughter of John J. and Mary E. (Swiggart) Hooper. In 1942, they were living at 105 South 17th Street, Council Bluffs, Iowa. CHILDREN: (As far as known) 1. Howard D. Jessie, born April 3, 1890 near Hamburg. In 1942 was living at Bellevue, Nebraska. 2. Ethel, b. April 1892; married ________ Lingle. 3. Wilber William, born Feb. 21, 1894 in Washington township. Mrs. Martha Barrett of Riverton was the mid-wife at his birth. 4. Myrtle Margaret, born Oct. 22, 1896 in Washington township. 5. Rose Ellen, born Sept. 14, 1897; married _______ Fullerton on Aug. 15, 1939 in Skamania county, Washington. In 1958, was living in Portland, Oregon. 6. Clara K., born Oct. 21, 1899 in Washington township. Mrs. Minerva Swatman was mid-wife at her birth. 7. David Franklin, born August 22, 1901 in Washington township.