I have access to the census through Ancestry.com. Just tell me which page it is on. I'll gladly look at it for you and give you my opinon. As far as age goes on census, I've found they can be off for a number of reasons and you can't always count on them as being totally accurate. Looking quickly through my papers as I haven't searched in Kansas for awhile I found a story I printed off the Internet. Maybe you have the same one. This is what it has to say about Judge Carpenter: The most brutal murder was that of Judge Carpenter. Several gangs called at his house and robbed him of all he had-but his genial manner was too much for them, and they all left him alive and his house standing. Towards the last, another gang came, more brutal than the rest. They asked him where he was from. He replied New York. It is you New York fellows that are doing all the mischief, one replied and drew his revolver to shot him. Mr Carpenter ran into the house, up stairs, then down again, the ruffian after him and firing at every turn. He finally eluded them and slipped into the cellar. He was badly wounded, so that the blood lay in pools in the cellar where he stood for a few minutes. His hiding place was soon discovered, and he was driven out of the cellar into the yard and shot again. He fell mortally wounded. His wife threw herself onto him and covered him with her person to shield him from further violence. The ruffian deliberately walked around her to find a place to shoot under her, and finally raised her arm and put his revolver under it, and fired so she could see the ball enter his head. They they fired the house, but through the energy of the wife's sister, the fire was extinguished. The judge had been married less that a year. He was a young man, but had already won considerable distinction in his profession. He had held the office of Probate Judge for Douglas County, and a year before was candidate for Attorney General of the State. This sure sounds like you man. The address on the bottom of the article is http://www.ukans.edu/carrie/kancoll/books/cordley_massacre/quantrel.raid. html I can also send you a copy of what I printed off if you can find it on the internet. Let me know if I can be of anymore help. Vicki