I just received a disappointing copy of my GGrandparents' marriage certificate from the Adams County clerk's office. It contains nothing except proof that they were married. I was so hoping for some bit of information that could help me to learn more. I know there were several HUNTER and BARLOW families in Adams County and across the River in Missouri and in Iowa, but I have never been able to locate my grandparents in them. Perhaps someone on this list has seen them somewhere: William Henry Hunter and Mary Rose Barlow were married October 7th, 1869, in Adams County, Illinois by T. or F. Mitchell, Justice of the Peace. The witness was Charles B. Morton, who was the clerk. According to later census information listed for their children, both William and Mary were born in Illinois. I had heard that Mary Barlow was from Davenport or Des Moines, Iowa, but perhaps she only spent time there. Or perhaps the census info is wrong. This couple had several children, all of whom were (I think) born in Missouri, including my Grandfather, Walter Lee Hunter , who was born in LaGrange, Lewis County, MO on Oct. 13th, 1879, and died Nov. 9th, 1951 in Little Rock, Arkansas. He married Virginia Goodding on Thanksgiving 1900 in Macon County, Missouri. Other children were Cecil E. Hunter, born Jan 2nd, 1888, who married Grace Unknown and they both died in 1974 in Little Rock, Arkansas. Clyde Hunter; Beatrice Hunter; Myrtle Hunter who married H. H. Whitacre and lived in Muskogee, Oklahoma. She died in October of 1973. At some point around 1900, this family moved to Pulaski County, Arkansas. Two of their grandchildren were policemen on the North Little Rock force. I am not certain if William was still alive when the move was made to Arkansas. Thank you for any clue anyone may have, Carol Hunter Southwick