This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: farwellwalter Surnames: Leeka, Forney, Benner, Clapper, Ettleman, Forney, Study, Surface, Grove, Bourbonnais, Waubonsie Classification: lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.iowa.counties.fremont/7543/mb.ashx Message Board Post: While 'thinking' about the above post (Biographical sketch of William Leeka), it occurred to me that I should check out "Forney's Five Family Records". This volume is a genealogy of the Benner, Clapper, Ettleman, Forney and Study families which I obtained from Thelma Surface, mother-in-law of my brother Bob. FIRST CONSIDERATION; Page 338 speaks of the family of Leonard Study and wife Sarah E. Grove. In 1846, his widowed mother accompanied the Mormons across Iowa to the Missouri river region. Here, her oldest son David joined the Mormon Battalion (other boys in the family were too young), and the remainder of the family started south from Traders Point. When they got to the Thurman area, they stopped there: "They were among the first settlers in that community and their first home was a log cabin, situated on land just south of Plum Creek and within the present limits of the town". They lived here for four years. READ THIS AS: This young family lived in an OLD LOG CABIN which they found on Plum Creek! SECOND CONSIDERATION: On page 29 of the "Forney's Five Family Record", we read that Christian Clapper left Trader's Point and traveled down river 12 miles "and bought out an old Pottawattamie chief in the fall of 1846". Since there are but three townships in Mills county, and since Traders Point is known as being in the northwestern corner of Mills county, this location puts Christian Clapper in the neighborhood just north of Calumet Point, and in the southwestern corner of Mills county. Now, bring up the post of November 29, 2003 entitled "Where The Half-Breed Farms neighborhood was. Northermost". After reading this it becomes apparent that Christian Clapper had bought out the well known Bourbonnais woodyard in the Egypt neighborhood of southwest Mills county. Bourbonnais was not really an Indian chief, but he was an outstanding member of Waubonsie's band. His 'place of public accommodation' was even white-washed, and must have been a most noticeable establishment. THIRD CONSIDERATION: In 1846, many of the Mormon families moved into old log cabins which the departing French families left behind when they emigrated to their new homes in Kansas with the Pottawattomies. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.