This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: COPE, GREEN, MONK, ISBELL Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Ig.2ADI/832 Message Board Post: Dear friends, My older sister recalls our grandfather telling stories about the time Jese James went through Grafton, but doesn't have any details. She also said that many years later someone sent her copies of articles (or maybe just one) about it. The paper was supposedly the Alton Telegraph. Can anyone confirm or refute this story? Any references you can direct me toward? many thanks joanna