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/ok.2ADE/4366 Message Board Post: I would deeply appreciate the informed and thoughtful reply of anyone who may possess information about the following. William Hosier was listed in the 1880 Census of Sidney Township, Fremont County, Iowa. He was 15 years of age at the time. His father and mother were John Hosier, born 1845, and Mary Secrist, born in Delaware County, Indiana in 1844. However, my family sources inform me that, in fact, William's blood father may have been Mary's first husband. Prior to her marriage to John Secrist in Fremont County, Iowa, Mary Secrist consummated an earlier marriage. In fact, Mary A. Secrist married a Charles E. Smith in Macon County, Illinois on 10/18/1864. The minister, Rev. Travis, was of the Methodist denomination. I would much appreciate if anyone having information regarding this situation could contact me. Any and all responses are welcome. I believe that William's blood parents may have been estranged due to incompatibility relating to opposing Civil War sympathies. Thanks in advance very, very much.