Marilyn & Willa, (and other interested researchers) You two are both reseaching GRIMES. Willa, I just submitted information on REEDER earlier today--hope it helps you. I didn't find anything for McMURRY. Marilyn--you asked if there is a connection between the DUNCAN & GRIMES families--that is possible. They live next door to one another, according to the 1850 Census in Columbus City. All of the DUNCAN's (11 families) live in Columbus City--interesting!) #115\116 GRIMES, Robert age 25, b OH; Mary age 23, b OH; Nancy E. age 1/12, b IA. (also in the same house) Winter, Nancy age 21, b OH; John age 17, farmer, b OH.(also in same house) Juliann GRAHAM, age 4, b OH.**(There are several more GRAHAM'S in 3 other Twp). **(Abraham J. & Elizabeth WINTERS live in Wapello Twp. also in their house is Squire WELKER) #116\117 DUNCAN, Andrew age 34, farmer, b TN; Nancy J. age 29, b TN; Kizziah age 8, b TN; James M. age 6, b TN; Esther A. age 3, b TN; William age 1, b IA. (also in same house) Caroline NEWLAND age 12, b IN. **(there are two other NEWLAND girls in different households; Sarah age 17, b OH in Joshua MARSHALL house #141\142, Wapello & Sarah E. age 16, b IN, in house of Hugh GARDNER #6\6 in Florence Twp.) Most of the DUNCAN's were born in TN. I believe I submitted the DUNCAN's in a recent posting. GRIMES\GRIM(M) Marriages Bk "A" p 313 29 Mar 1855 Elisha SHEPHERD*\ Ellen GRIM (18) (there is a Elisha listed #194\195 CC--wife? Nancy--same Elisha?) Bk "B" p 147 26 Nov 1857 John GRIMES\ Maria J. MURDOU (25) Bk "B" p 214 8 Apr 1859 J.W. REEDER\ Jesusha GRIMES (27) (2 fam in Grandview) Bk "D" p 13 31 Jul 1867 Jacob F. GRIMES\ Abbie M. BAKER* (43) (1 BAKER fam in Columbus City) Bk "D" p 105 17 Dec 1868 James F. GRIMM\ Gertrude WILKINS (47) Bk "D' p 188 7 Sept 1870 Wm. J. GRIMES\ Margaret J. DUNCAN* (50) **(see above notes on DUNCAN) Bk "D" p 357 21 Oct 1873 A.C. GRIMM\ Matilda STOLENBRIGE (57) Bk "D" p 431 7 Jan 1875 R.W. CLARK*\ Dorathea GRIMM (61) (2 CLARK fam in Columbus City, 1 each in Fredonia & Wapello) Bk "D" p 459 23 Jun 1875 W. S. GRIMM\ Mrs. Abbie S. GRIMES (62) Bk "E" p 109 14 Jul 1877 J.C. GRIME\ Mary A. WORLEY* (67) (1 WORLEY fam in Wapello) Bk "E" p 341 18 Jun 1881 Charles P. LAWRENCE\ Sarah GRIMES (77) **(a LAURENCE, Homer C. in Jefferson in Henry SHEETS house) Bk "E" p 350 15 Sept 1881 W.S. GRIMES\ Laura e. THOMPSON* (77) (several THOMPSON fam in each of the Twp) Bk "F" p 171 30 Oct 1884 Stephen G. MARTIN*, 25\ Mary E. GRIM, 21 (1 MARTIN fam in Wapello, 1 in Grandview) (84) Bk "F" p 250 24 Sept 1885 Wallace MUSGROVE, 25\ Susan GRIM, 20 Bk "F" p 376 21 Oct 1886 Sullivan D.H. DELZELL*, 28\ Mattie J. GRIMM, 26 (two DELZELL fam in Florence Twp) (88) Bk "G" p 274 16 Sept 1890 Fred GRIMM, 33\ Maggie HONADDLE, 33 Bk "G" p 473 31 Aug 1892 John GRIM, 22\ Birdie OWENS*, 21 (100) (3 OWENS fam in Florence, 2 in Wapello) Bk "H" p 28 22 Dec 1892 D.G. GRIM, 24\ Agnes BOWSEN, 20 (101) Bk "H" p 202 3 Oct 1894 Sylvester L. INGHRAM, 31\ Ida L GRIMES, 27 Bk "H" p 472 11 Feb 1897 John GRIMM, 25\ L. Elizabeth DEMUTH, 26 Happy hunting! Bev