In working with my WHITSON and RISELING family research, I have been trying to find out what happened to Mineva HENSON (d/o of Sophia Catherine WHITSON and Benjamin F. HENSON). Minerva married Joseph BENOIST in Jackson County on December 7, 1849. In looking for my RISELING family in Cherokee Co., Kansas, I found Joseph BENOIST living there in 1870 but without a wife or children. (Ironically enough, he went into business with someone from my RISELING side of the family) If there are folks out there working on WHITSONs or HENSONs, does anyone know what happened to Minerva? Mary Riselling Springfield, IL