This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Boregard Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hMB.2ACI/916.1 Message Board Post: There is a bio on Alpheus in "The History of Clay and Platte Counties" but my scanner is not working at the moment. Here is some tidbits. Capt. Alpheus Boregard was born in Jackson County, VA, now West VA, Sept 10, 1834. Son of John and Sarah J. (Postlethwaite) Boregard, both Virginians by birth. John was born in 1789 and Sarah, 1787. After they married in VA, they went to Meigs County, OH in 1842, where they both died. Alpheus was raised in OH but went back to VA to have a storied military record during the war. Returned to OH after the war and in May, 1868 he moved to KC, MO. He moved that fall to Clay County where he became of farmer of 120 acres. Says he married in Feb. of 1865, but that has to be wrong. Says he married 1st in OH, a Eliza Hall, who died in 1860, leaving 3 children: Alice, John A. and Maxie Belle. His second wife was Mrs. Melissa Boone, to whom he was married in Spencer County, VA, Feb 12, 1863. She was the widow of Dr. D.G. Boone, who was killed at Spencer Court House, August 6, 1861, by Confederate troops. Nine children listed from that marriage: Willam H.C., Otto D., Ferdinand Desoto, Ad! a G and Maud are living (at print of 1885 book) and 4 were deceased (un-named in book). The rest talks about his Civil War history and his vairous trades before becoming a farmer. I hope to get my scanner/copier fixed soon. Hope this helps. Chuck McCardie