This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bottsford, Dea, Horton, Hunter, Irish, Lane, Mason Sheldon, Shepardson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4111 Message Board Post: I have been doing some research on the role Fremont County played in the Underground Railroad movement. I live near Lewis IA and volunteer at the George B. Hitchcock home near Lewis which was also a station on the Underground Railroad. The Menare Foundation, Inc Wilbur Siebert's Directory of Underground Railroad Operators list names of people from Fremont County who participated. I have tried to find the people on the 1860 Fremont County census to get an idea of where their homes would have been in relationship to each other. I am not able to locate the following 9 names from the 34 names that are listed in Wilbur Siebert's Directory for Fremont County. Bottsford, Rev; Dea, S.D.; Horton, H. B.; Hunter, George; Irish, Henry; Lane, William; Mason; Sheldon, Hon. E.T.; Shepardson, Mrs. S. R. Are you aware whether there is an 1856 IA State census on line? Can you tell me where Gaston was located? Many still used that for their post office on the 1860 census, Benton Twp Thanks for any help.