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/RAB.2ACI/2712.3 Message Board Post: A Silas Kerns shows up in Bucanahan Co. Mo. census in the 1850's. He may have been a brother of Jonathan Kerns from Lee Co., Va. who was married to Cynthia Lee. There father was Michael Kerns, Jr. and Mary Bales. my gggg grandparents. My g grandfather's name was Silas and I know it is a family name. Pat