"Frederick W. Gregg, Jr." wrote: > I, A. S. Stanley, clerk of the Circuit Court & Exofficio Recorder in & for said > County hereby certify that the Records of Marriages with the other records of Dallas > ... This would be Albert S. Stanley: Albert S. STANLEY BIRTH: 26 Sep 1834, IN DEATH: 22 Feb 1913, Dallas Co., MO Father: William STANLEY Mother: Anges WILLOUGHBY Family 1: Martha J. MADDUX MARRIAGE: 1 Jul 1879, Dallas Co., MO 1.Darby STANLEY 2.Gray Jefferson STANLEY Per "Dallas County, MO, History": page 166: A. S. Stanley, Vice President of Bank of Buffalo, 1891. page 200: Albert S. Stanley was Circuit Court Clerk, 1873-78. page 205: names him as an attorney Martha was the widow of Albert's brother Robert Riley Stanley. Their sister, Elizabeth "Betsy" Stanley married Charles Rakestraw and their daughter, Eliza Jane Rakestraw married Willis Harlan Swift, 15 May 1865 in Buffalo. Betsy (Stanley) and Charles Rakestraw were my ggg-grandparents. Charles is major dead-end for me. If anyone has run across any information naming him (except for the 1850 census) I would dearly love to know it. -- Gary Swift