Posted on: Bates Co. Mo Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Mo/Bates/1496 Surname: ------------------------- I have a Luiza Obannon (also sometimes spelled the other ways) who married Thomas Fitzhugh in Pettis Co in 1847, died in Bates Co. Mo June 1877. She had a brother William b 1835. Her parents were William and Mary (Williams) Both those children & several others born in DeKalb Co. Elizabeth (may have also married a Fitzhugh) died in 1921 in Sumner, Ks; Benjamin Allen died 25 Oct 1916 in Nodaway Co. Mo, buried Monroe Cemetary Gentry Co. MO Sounds like may be a connection.