Corrections with DATES!!! Please someone help me! They could of been from most any county but they came to Atchison Ks and farmed there first of all. I have looked and looked for the "SILKS" family and only found my fathers Uncle Albert Silks and family. I need information on ALL SILKS's Joseph Silks. (Found his grave site.) b.1832 d. 1896 Sarah Detrick w. They has 1 girl Mary Magdline Silks who marred a Jess and Leroy Lunum. b. Leroy, Kansas Albert Silks whom I have information on him. b. 1865 d. 1932 Douglas Ks not buried there I think. m. Alice Dent and a Dora Webb Frank or William Frank Silks b. 1877 d. 1963 Carmen Ks. M. Alic March. A couple of his kids are Wilber and Burton, Doris, Ella Miller and Raymond. I have their recent death SSDI. They lived in AZ. and TX. My own Grand fatherI can not find any record of him. (Called Eli or Joe sometimes) His name is Joseph Eli Silks b. July 24, 1856 Pa. d. Douglas Ks. m. first time to a Florence Dent I think. 2nd m/ Emma Grace b. March 24, 1877 Independance Ks. d. 1941 Douglas Ks. Please help me find info on My Grand father. thanks for reading this. Jan (Silks) Rowan Jan, you forgot 2 important things, dates and names of places you know. Bob Bummings thanks for telling me.