Stacie: >From the commemorative edition of the Winfield Courier (which is not indexed) @ pg 5, J.C. Montforte is listed as a Director in the organization of the "Winfield town company": @ pg 6, J.C. Montforte is listed as one of the first two Justices of the Peace, elected in May 1870, with Winfield's other first officials. He isn't listed among the first settlers, or the first landowners. I did a quick scan of the rest of the book and didn't note any other mentions. There are a lot of mentions in "History of Cowley County," Vol 1. If you'll send me your snail mail address, I'll copy them for you. Too many to go through them all, but Capt Montfort was one of the early arrivals, b London, England 21 Dec 1810, son of Hannah & Joseph. Ran away to sea at the age of 13, and apparently contd his sailing for 30 yrs. He "crossed the Atlantic 47 times and circumnavigated the globe 3 times." Came to US in 1831, to Buffalo, sailed the Great Lakes and served in U.S. Navy for 3 yrs. Married 1839 Martha Volkman who d within the year; 2nd marriage to Harriet Volkman, Martha's sister. They were m for 61 years. There's more. Cheers, Ellen Bisson [email protected] wrote: > > I am look for any information on the Monforte family of Winfield, Cowley > co., Kansas. My ggg-grandfather was Capt. Joseph C. Monforte. I was to