This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: RALSTON, ATKINSON, ADAMS, RULSTON Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lh.2ADE/2069.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks for the note. The cem I'm looking for was in Bartholomew Co, Clay township- & thanks to a very kind lookup I've just learned it was in Sandhill cemetery where Alexander Ralston was buried- He died Jan 14- 1852 age age 58, but the info in the Bartholomew co Clay twp,1850 census he was listed as age 58- b. VA, his last name spelled as RULSTON- no wonder I haven't been able to find him in searchs on the net- missed that spelling till I found the census index on the county site & searched it myself name for name looking for an Alexander....bingo found him... When did Bartholomew county start keeping death records? I would like to find another source to compare on his age- I believe he was born abt 1791-1794, His wife Anna (Holmes Atkinson) was age 65 b. in Ireland in the 1850 census & 2 Ralston males Alexander 23 & Joseph 19 both born in VA, could be sons?- Joseph d. April 23- 1855 age 22 yrs 2 m 1 day also buried at Sandhill cem along with John Ralston who died Mar 28, 1863 age 62 yr 11 mo- so b. abt 1800 & I BET he is brother of Alexander- who were both born in Brooke co VA. Alex married Anne Holmes Atkinson a widow in 1825, the couple left Brooke area abt 1845- from details in a land deed there & went came west to this county to settle. I'm looking for any info on what may have happened to Anne/ Anna his wife & Alexander Ralston who was b. abt 1827. Anna's children with her 1st husband Thomas Atkinson who came west with them were; James Atkinson & wife Jane, William Atkinson & wife Salvina, George Atkinson & wife Rebecca, Robert Adams & wife Eliza Jane, Thomas Atkinson & wife Margaret- 2 sons stayed in Brooke Isaac & John. Isaac Atkinson later went to Leavenworth KS, kickapoo twp. where a Wilson Ralston was found living next door in 1850 census with wife Mary, 1860 census Wilson gone & Mary Ralston living with Isaac Atkinson. Thanks for any clues you can share & send my way. Happy Trails on all your searching too. Kim Ralston Dresser