This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Wh.2ADE/199.420.622 Message Board Post: appears Barkhousen and Barkhouser were used by the same family. Some of my family use Barkhousen and Barkhouser. My Great-Grandfather was Simon Barkhousen from Illinois and at one time owned land in Pulaksi County and I believe was married in Dongola. After the Civil War he left Illinois and moved to Arkansas.