This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Di.2ADE/1412.1439.1 Message Board Post: Hi! I, too am looking for ancesters. My great grandfather was Levi Shelman Barger. He was born Nov. 12, 1854 somewhere in Indiana. (I believe he had an older brother named William, but don’t know if there were other siblings.) Levi married Cornelia Ann Ray on Mar. 22, 1885 in Perry, IN. They had four children: Chester Clure Barger (born Apr.22, 1887), Floyd Atlee Barger (born Feb. 24, 1890), Julius Irl Barger (born Dec. 27, 1892),and my grandfather, Russell Shelman Barger (born Dec. 16, 1895). Levi Barger homsteaded in Kansas and was granted a Land Patent (signed by President Benjamin Harrison) on Feb. 9, 1892. The "homstead" was near Brewster, KS. Russell S. Barger was born in Colby, KS, and we believe that is where Levi died. Cemetery records for Thomas County are not completely transcribed as far as I can tell. Thought the Indiana link might mean something!?!