Hello, I am trying to fill in some blank spots in the family of Basil/Bazil Trail who died in 1857. At the time of his death he had the following minor children: 1. JAMES M. TRAIL, b c 1847. I found a marriage record for a James M. Trail and Mary GARTEN dated 31 Mar 1870 in the Putnam Co. WPA Marriage Index. I also found a James and Mary Trail in Jackson Twp., Owen Co. in the 1870 census. I did not locate James M. Trail in the 1880 census but did find in Greencastle Twp., Putnam Co. a Mary Trail, 32, with children Theodore, 9; Minnie, 7; and Adda, 06. Is the woman in the 1880 census, James M. Trail's widow? If so, when did James M. Trail die and where is he buried? What happened to these children? 2. AMANDA TRAIL, b c 1846. I could not definitely locate Amanda in the 1860 census. Of course, there is the possibility that Amanda, Basil's daughter might have been deceased by 1860. There are two Amanda Trail's in the 1860 Greencastle Twp., Putnam Co. census. One is in the household of William Peck and the other in the household of William L. Farrow. Is this just one woman or are there two Amanda Trail's in Putnam Co. at that time? Is either one of them Basil's daughter? 3. SARAH TRAIL, b c 1844. I located two marriages for a Sarah Trail in the Putnam Co., WPA Marriage Indexes. One was in 1860 to a Francis Crisenberry and the other in 1870 to a Samuel H. Walker. In the 1870 census Francis Crisenberry was enumerated in Jackson Twp., Owen Co., IN right next door to John and James Trail, sons of Basil Trail. Are either of these two women the daughter of Basil Trail? Any help you can give me would be gratefully appreciated. Sharon Bryant