This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SMB.2ACI/1318.1 Message Board Post: You may be looking in the wrong county: I don't find a record of any place named DUITE anywhere, but GNIS shows the following, and Alexander Township adjoins St Clair County: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 feature records have been selected from GNIS. Feature Name: Dwight Post Office Feature Type: post office History Notes: Dwight Post Office was named for a large Dwight Soda sign that was near the office. State: Missouri County: St. Clair USGS 7.5' x 7.5' Map: Unknown UNKNOWN UNKNOWN There's a William Payne family in Alexander Township 1860 census, but by 1870 they're listed in southeast St Clair County.