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/wg.2ADE/1374.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Dave, The Rutherfords came to this area early. After the railroad wrecked his business along the canal, Solomon Rutherford & family moved to Bates Co, MO. Solomon died there, and most of the family returned to Grundy County. Lea