Steve, Have you contacted Gary James, pentaby@alltel.net? In recent correspondence to the IALOUISA-L list, he indicated that he already knew quite a bit about the Hankins name. Also, my husband's aunt, Mary Evelyn Hoehle Ballanger married Leon Thomas Hankins, April 8, 1934, in Muscatine, IA. Leon is the son of Charles T. Hankins, and Grace Carriel. Jan