Well, here is my brick wall. My great great grandfather was James W. HANCOCK. He was married to Emma TATE in 1886 in Garnett, Anderson County, Kansas. He fathered at least 4 daughters, one was Irma Elizabeth HANCOCK (my great grandmother). They lived in Joplin, Jasper County, MO. This is ALL I know of him. I have searched and searched to no avail. I am attempting to get as much info as possible in the next week or two because I am preparing a family history to give to my grandmother for her 80th birthday at the end of April. I have been searching for this man's information for 3 years! If anyone can help....... Thanks! Dawn Zimmerer-Langer -----Original Message----- From: Ms. Piglet [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 12:25 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [MO] list admin is mournfully wondering..... .....doesn't *anybody* here have any ancestors? <giggle> Maybe it's time for folks to dig out their toughest Missouri brick wall and tell us about it. Here's a question I'll throw out for anyone who might have a clue.... There are families named BUTCHER in Polk County, Hickory County and Dallas County that I know of (and probably others I don't). The Polk County bunch is for sure mine; they come originally from Surry County, North Carolina. Anybody have any indicators, pro or con, whether any other group of BUTCHERs in the state are kin to my bunch? I can find them on the 1850 Surry County census, and there are a passel of them, but I don't even know how they relate to each other. <sigh> Megan "Piglet" Zurawicz, ListPig [email protected] [email protected] ==== Missouri Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from *list* mode, send a message to [email protected] containing only the word "unsubscribe". ============================== Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate your heritage! http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog