I am looking for Oscar, who was b in NY ca 1833. In the early 1860s, he was a clerk for Horatio Knowles at the Aiken & Knowles Emporium in Marmaton. In Oct 1864, Horatio was murdered, leaving widow Jane, son Sheridan @ 10; son William @ 4; dau Lulu was born shortly after Horatio's murder. Oscar was living with Horatio & Jane Babbitt in the 1860 census. I've recently recd widow's pension docs for Horatio's brother's wife, Caroline Babbitt. One of the affidavits was signed in 1889 by Jane Himes, another witnessed by Oscar. They were living in Fulton at the time. My guess is that the widowed Jane married her husband's friend, Oscar. I would be delighted to hear from anyone familiar with the name Himes (or possibly Hines) in Bourbon County. Regards, Ellen Knowles Bisson