This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/CBB.2ACE/5177.2.3.1.2.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Michelle, I don't know when Gordon died, but on Randy Jackson's myfamily site he has a newspaper article for someone I think Miracle that was being tried for the murder of Gordon Messer either 1921 or 1922 However, I don't know if this is the same Gordon or not. Gordon is not here and Celia is a widow. 1920 Jackson Co. , IL Makanda Township Dwelling 47-49 MESSER, Celia, age 70, widow, b. KY, parents b. KY . Palestine, grandson, 5 yrs+, b. IL, father b. KY; mother b. IN . Louise, grandau., 4 yrs+, b. "MO", father b. KY; mother b. IN However, I really think the article is about this Gordon: 1920 Knox Co. Fed. Census, ED 120 Visit 43-45 MESSER, Gordon 23, head, KY .. Elizabeth 22, wife, KY .. L????, ?yr 2mo, son, KY (Lester) .. Lee 1yr 9mo, son, KY Without a more percise date on the article it is hard to tell. If the murder happened before 1920 and Miracle was being tried in 1921 or 1922 then it couldn't be Gordon with Elizabeth but I just don't know.