Thanks Jim, however did you do that? What a break! Was there anything else on Alexander C. Gordon? I am near Lake Charles, LA and wonder if the Bilbos and Ryans are a part of those people who were pioneers of Lake Charles area? We have a long line of Bilbos and Ryans. Is it possible to get a copy of the marriage license? Or is that hoping for too much? Alexander Gordon and "Jenny", as she is listed in the obituary, settled on his homestead that he was perfecting, in Calcasieu Parish, where she died a year after the wedding. I do not know where she was buried. Any other information will be a blessing. Thanks, Ethel.