Jeanne: In the lovely book, "Footprints of Bourbon County," (avail by mail, Historic Preservation Association of Bourbon Co., 117 South Maine Street, Fort Scott, KS 66701), I find the following: 1. Peter Riley writeup - b 24 Aug 1827 in Brown Co., OH, and more. 2. Melissa Decker Welch writeup - b 29 Jan 1861, "the day KS became a state," at Marmaton, last of 14 ch b to Aaron & Deborah Decker, and more. 3. Luke Amaziah Williams writeup - son of Amaziah & Elizabeth Hester (Anderson) Williams, b 20 Jul 1876 at Xenia, and more. There is no mention of the Reed family. If the above are yours, please contact me privately and I'll make copies for you. This is such a wonderful book. I love going through it for the wealth of information on families and townships in the county. Regards, Ellen Jeanne Gaylord wrote: > > Hi All, > The surnames I'm most interested in, in Bourbon Co. are: RILEY > WELCH > > REED > WILLIAMS > Any one else researching these names?? > Jeanne (Reed) Gaylord > jeanneg@ipa.net