One of my Jackson County families is Isaac SPENCER, wife Sarah Jane BANKS SHELLENBERGER and children. They arrived in Strait Creek Township sometime between 1875 and the 1880 census. Their home before coming to Kansas was in Buckheart Township, Fulton County, Illinois. Another of my Jackson County families is Jacob Washington Hussey PARROTT, wife Margaret STAPLETON and children. They arrived in Whiting Township sometime between 1877 and the 1880 census. Their home before coming to Kansas was in Jasper Township, Fayette Co., Ohio. I would be happy to discuss ancestors and descendants of any of these names. I'd like to get a little flavor of the times and find people that my family mingled with. Amy - [email protected]