Hi Mabel, I saw a recent posting that you made that referenced Franz Siegel Woods. Do you know when he was born? Over the years I have found a number of male children amoung my ancestors in Greene, Dallas, and Christian counties born not long after the battle of Wilson Creek named for Franz Sigel, the German born (acturally he was born in Baden as Germany did not exist as a country when he was born) civil war union commander. One will note that the spelling varied, but I suspect that is not surprising. Here are the others that I have found: David Seigel Rogers Dallas Co, MO James Segal Tuckness b. Nov 1862 Dallas Co, MO Siegel F. Hildebrand b. Mar 1862 Dallas Co, MO Sigel Patton b. Dec 1861 Christian Co, MO Seigle Austin b. ca 1863 Found in Greene Co, Mo 1880 census If anyone else has a Franz Sigel (Segal, Seigel, Siegel, Seigle, etc.) born about this time, please let me know. Jerry Rogers