To the Franklin, Jefferson, and Washington county mailing lists, FYI, I received the following info from Lloyd, of the MOJEFF mailing list. It has useful death info for Mothershead or Wiley researchers. To further confuse you: Obit from Jefferson County papers; Mothershead, Jane - died Feb. 25, 1899 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Whitsed, near Desoto. The deceased was born in Jefferson Co., Mo. on March 15, 1833, the daughter of the late Mr. & Mrs. Stewart Wiley of Dry Creek. She married Thomas Mothershead on Oct. 30, 1857. She is survived by one son & two daughter. Burial took place at the Pilgrim's Rest Cemetery. (published March 23, 1899) Lloyd This looks like the wife of Thomas MOTHERSHEAD, b. 1829, oldest son of Clifton and Patsy MOTHERSHEAD. The Clifton Mothershead website shows him marrying Jane Wiley, daughter of Stewart Sampson WILEY and Hannah BEST on a different date than the obit, name 15 Nov 1851. No death date is shown on the website, but this appears to be it. Memo: Per the Clifton Mothershead website, the Thomas MOTHERSHEAD to which Jane WILEY was married is an uncle of the Thomas MOTHERSHEAD about which I am inquiring. The latter Thomas was born 1869 to Ann Murrell and John Mothershead. John Mothershead was a brother to the Thomas MOTHERSHEAD who was married to Jane WILEY. Jane Wiley could not have married the Thomas MOTHERSHEAD about which I am inquiring, because he was not born at the time of the marriage. Susan