Ah...back to the root of the issue! There are 3 Hendricksons in St. Louis County before MO statehood (1821), actually, 1805 is when they all signed a petition to the government! Does anyone know how John, Jonathan and William are related? Which one fathered Richard, born in KY ca 1790? And what happened to Daniel P. and Mary L. Shepherd after the 1860 census in Crawford Co., MO! Their son, Robert Lafayette married Sarah Elizabeth Hendrickson (gr daughter of Richard above) probably in Jefferson Co ca 1869. Gottya! HappyHunting and lets keep to the problem at hand...finding all those skeletons from long ago! People ask me why I like genealogy and I frequently tell them it's because the people don't talk back to me! Of course, when they don't "talk" I have a hard time finding them! Carolyn Wilburn Medlin