This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MESSER, SIMPSON Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/CBB.2ACE/5115.2.2.2.2.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hello, Here is Harlan/Harle on the 1870 Knox Co.: Dwelling 90-2-2 SIMPSON, William, 34, b. KY . Margaret, 32, KY . John, 12, KY . Harlan, 7, KY * * . Mary J., 5, KY . Daniel, 1, KY William does not appear to be present either on the 1850 or 1860 Knox Co. He is also not present in Clay Co. in the same time period. Do you have any idea who his parents were? How do you know that Margaret was a MESSER?? This family is living situated between Edward MESSER and his second much younger wife, with the older wife , dau. and grandchild still listed in the same household. On the other side, is Edward's son, Allen MESSER . Joyce Taylor Collins La Palma, CA