This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Canter, Widener, Rice Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Fi.2ADE/1209 Message Board Post: an 1876 plat map of Howard County shows L. Canter living next door to A. Widener. L. Canter was either Levi or Lewis Canter (probably Levi, because I think Lewis was already gone from the county). They were brothers, sons of Catherine Widener Canter. Catherine's first husband was killed in the Mexican War in 1847. She moved to Howard County as a widowed mother of 5 in 1852. My guess is that she had relatives already in Howard County, probably very close relatives, like say a brother. (She later married John B Rice of Ervin Twp) Can anyone tell me about A. Widener; a first name might be helpful. And any other family information. Could Catherine Widener Canter Rice be his aunt?