This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Cm.2ADI/154.1 Message Board Post: You should check the 1895 Kansas State Census, which the Mitchell County Museum should have. Perhaps Rachel is still alive at that point, or has not moved out of the area. http://members.nckcn.com/mchs/ Here's the 1910 census info for Wm. S. Hamilton: Round Spring Township, Mitchell County: Hamilton, William S., Head, age 45, married once, 22 years, b. WV, father b. PA, mother b. WV, farmer Hamilton, Emma, Wife, age 40, married once, 22 years, 9 children born, 8 children living, b. South Dakota, father b. PA, mother b. Illinois (hard to ready) Hamilton, Laura E., Daughter, age 18, single, b. Kansas Hamilton, Bessie O., Daughter, age 16, single, b. Kansas Hamilton, Edith E., Daughter, age 15, single, b. Kansas Hamilton, Emma(?) E., Daughter, age 9, single, b. Kansas Hamilton, Goldie, Daughter, age 7, single, b. Kansas Hamilton, Luella A., Daughter, age 3, single, b. Kansas Hamilton, Jennie M., Daughter, age 11/12, single, b. Kansas Petry, Harvey, Servant, age 24, single, b. MO, parents b. MO