This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Clark/Helton/Bales Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/zl.2ADE/512 Message Board Post: I am looking for John Clark B 28 Mar 1816 ,Clay,KY & family. He was the son of Wm "Billy" Clark & Rebecca Bales all of Heltonville,Lawrence,IN. I have found John & his wife Nancy Helton in the 1870 census in Washington,Crawford,KS. Their son James B abt. 1848/1849 is living with them as well as daughter Delitha Ann B Dec 1852 (she married Alexander Wilson from Paragon,Morgan,IN & that family later removed to OK). Their other son William Helton Clark B Feb 1845 married to Julia Wilson was living in Lincoln,Crawford,KS. In 1900 Wm H. Clark is also found in Dexter,Cowley,KS. John & Nancy Clark must have moved to KS between 1860-1870. 3 of John's brother were killed during that decade. It's possilbe he moved away to avoid family troubles. It is also said that at least 2 of their grand-daughters might have gone off to KS (after getting married) from IN in covered wagons, perhaps sometime around that decade. I hope someone out there can help me!