You are SO RIGHT Pat Williams -- This was my lucky day -- finding you and learning you had found my gr gr aunt's missing child and grandchildren! Thank you so much. You asked where they lived before moving to Wyandotte co. The DUDREY family was living in Rice Co Kansas 1880 when Marilla BRANCH DUDREY (the mother) died at age 36. The three children seem to have been placed with families around there and they apparently grew up in Lyons Co and around Great Bend and Newton, Kansas. I had located the other two children's info, and now with Lou's info I feel the lost is found. -- thanks to you. Hugs, Carolyn Remember, you have a friend in Oklahoma -- endlessly sorting out dead relatives! Researching in Ohio: BRANCH, STEDMAN, SMITH, TUBBS, in Meigs Co; BARR and TROUTMAN in Ross and Pike Counties -- all before 1900. On Jul 6, 2006, at 4:38 PM, KSWYANDO-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: From: "Pat Williams" <genealogistgrrl@gmail.com> Date: July 5, 2006 11:58:57 PM CDT To: KSWYANDO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [KSWYANDO] WITHERSPOON This is your lucky day, Carolyn. The Witherspoons have unusual enough names to come up in a digital search of old newspapers. The service that I've using may have more on the family. It is available from home through my library and called Newspaper Archive Elite." I have an obit for J. Bert and a notice of funeral for Lulu and an engagement announcement for Ward's son. Perhaps there was no obit for Lulu in the Missouri papers but will be in Wyandotte county. The KS papers aren't digitized and you will have to look through them on micofilm. I will send the obits off list as attachments. Patricia