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/5AB.2ACE/2700 Message Board Post: He was born in Oct 1840, in Kentucky according to his marriage records, served in the Union Army, 10th Cavalry, Illinois during the Civil War according to his grave marker, married in 1888 to Cora Jane Redingshafer in Mahaska county, Iowa. He worked for the M & SP railroad. He had 5 children, and died in 1925, buried in the Forest Cemetery in Oskaloosa, Iowa, beside wife. I am seeking information about his birthplace, parents, siblings, and any other information about him, especially before 1888.