This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: STAPLES, LINGG Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Jh.2ADE/1463 Message Board Post: Pam, Thank you for your kind offer. My ggrandfather's sister Elizabeth W. STAPLES, (nee Lingg) died 06 Aug 1873, "on the old family homestead" which was in Grand Detour, Ogle Co. She was survived by her husband Elbridge G. STAPLES and 3 children. This information is from the her parents family Bible--tho they predeceased her. Both of her parents died in Grand Detour. Linda