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/1350.1 Message Board Post: Benton Co. marriages are online in the Benton archives at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mo/benton/benton.htm Marriage of a Julia West to Elijah Davis 19 Oct 1879 is listed, and this is probably them in 1880 census: Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace J. E. DAVIS Self M Male W 22 MO Job Worker MO MO Julia DAVIS Wife M Female W 19 MO Keeping House MO MO -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source Information: Census Place Williams, Benton, Missouri Family History Library Film 1254674 NA Film Number T9-0674 Page Number 402B And 9 Jan 1879 an Eliza C. West to Francis J. Miller, and this must be them 1880 census, but don't see any matches for Mary J. or Hester: Household: Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace Francis J. MILLER Self S Male W 25 MO Farming TN MO Elizabeth C. MILLER Wife S Female W 24 MO House Keeping TN AL -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source Information: Census Place Fristoe, Benton, Missouri Family History Library Film 1254674 NA Film Number T9-0674 Page Number 346A There will be no death certificate for Franklin; your best bet will be an obit.