This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Helton Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CBB.2ACE/5118 Message Board Post: I was told that William and his wife, Mary came to Arthur, IL after 1887. I found that this is not true. There is a tombstone for a baby, Henry, born and died in 1886 touching William and Mary's tombstone. The parents must have come to IL before that time.