Pat, Those family stories can be difficult to verify, There are a few in my family lines where the individual just disappeared, but in one family line an individual was found by his ancestors in census records. Of course he was long dead then. Apparently he had left his family in Franklin County, but was found in another county, with a completely new family. Bob -----Original Message----- From: Pat Corona <corona245@comcast.net> To: ilfrankl <ilfrankl@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tue, Mar 12, 2013 8:44 pm Subject: Re: [ILFRANKL] Lafayette Brown Bob, Thank you. That's a lovely compliment. After 34 years of research I continue to find new connections to our common ancestors, Stephen BROWN & Elizabeth SPOON. My great hope is that some day we can "climb our brick wall" & discover the parents of Stephen & Elizabeth (Spoon) BROWN. Oh, and let's not forget ol' Charlie Mills COCKRUM. Although a family story say's that he went out to the territory & was never heard from again, I still have reservations about that tale. Charlie was in his mid-80's on the 1900 U.S. Census in Barren Twp. FCI. At that age did he really leave a comfortable farm home & head out to the territory? Or, on a dark quiet night, after a "few" sips of moonshine, did he go out coon hunting & fall in the Big Muddy River? Never to be heard from again & we may never know. Pat -----Original Message----- From: Bob Loman Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 7:38 PM To: ilfrankl@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ILFRANKL] Lafayette Brown Thanks Pat for all this info. I can always count on you to have answers for Brown family questions. Bob ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message