This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bogard, Black Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Fm.2ADI/345.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: His wife Elizabeth's 1904 obit said he died 36 yrs before her... He performed a marriage 24 Dec 1868 and Elizabeth sold a piece of land to his son, Jared, 23 Sep 1869. She and the girls are on the 1870 in Neosho County minus him so he must have died before 1 June 1869. The time frame is beginning to narrow down. Thanks.