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/EKB.2ACE/654.1 Message Board Post: Patti, Nathan Taylor is my husband's 2nd-gr-grandfather, through Nathan's son, Thomas. I also found his family in the 1850 Daviess Co., MO, census, and in the Oregon 1870 and 1880 census, but haven't found him in an 1860 census. Perhaps he was enroute to Oregon, on the Oregon Trail. Another Taylor descendant whom I am in contact with tells me that Nathan raised 4 nieces and nephews--Sarah, Charles, Alvin, and Martha. I wonder if they were children of James H. in 1850 census. I found several Taylors in the 1840 Daviess Co., MO, census also, but it's hard to tell if or how they might be related. There is a William Taylor age 20-30 with one male under 5, 1 male 20-30, 1 female 10-15, and 1 female 15-20. That William is the right age to be the William father of Nathan in 1850 census, but don't know. There are several Taylors in index of History of Daviess Co., MO. Have you seen that source or had a lookup done in it? I haven't, but it would be good to get it. Would ap! preciate hearing of any other progress you've made on this.