This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: CONNER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Hi.2ADE/1067.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks for the response. You have described a small crossroads location nowadays which is kind of how it appears on a map. As I stated in the original post, since my Gggrandfather Willoughby Conner and wife Rachel were new settlers there in 1820, and eventually farmed 1000 acres there and raised 13 children five of whom fought in the Civil War, I am interested in what their life was like in the 1820 -1870 period. Was Butlerville a railroad stop that featured only a mill and general store in those times, I wonder? What kind of crops were usually grown in large farms before and during the Civil War? Wheat? Corn? Others? Does the old Conner homestead on 1000 nearby acres still exist, such that residents recognize the surname? Any Conner families still in the area that might have sprung from those 13 kids? Where would the children in 1850 or '60 have gone to school? Is a schoolsite preserved nowadays. The Conner's were active Methodists. Are there old congretations or church houses that date back to Civil War times still there? Is the land flat, rolling, easily tillable? Is it dotted with forests and streams, or is it more like Kansas and Nebraska with fairly flat farmland as far as the eye can see? In other words I am interested in any historical memories or those of old time current residents that might allow one to describe what life was like 150 years ago in the immediate area. Any information much appreciated.I am of an age and physical condition that I will never be able to travel back to that area to research for myself. Thanks!