You can try writing to the Marshall Co. Historical Society at mchs@mvleadvocate.com They might have more information. Alice Allen US GenWeb County Coordinator for Marshall Co., KS http://skyways.lib.ks.us/kansas/genweb/marshall/ Listmom for KSMARSHA-L *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 2/10/2003 at 10:11 AM jirupke5@atnet.net wrote: >Looking for information on a family legend that I am trying to validate. >According to this family tradition, my 2nd great-grandfather Samuel G. >Pillsbury moved his family to Frankfort, KS, from Massachusetts, in 1872, >where some of his relatives lived. Sometime, shortly after moving to >Frankfort, a tornado hit the area, killing two of Samuel's relatives (I >don't know the names of the relatives killed) and nearly ripping all the >clothers off of Samuel. As the story goes, Samuel was so traumatized by >this event that he picked up his family and moved them to Phillips County, >KS. <snip>