My great-grandmother, Malissa Barker, who married William Horatio (Hiram) Moss in Mercer County, about 1863, was the daughter of Margaret and Ephraim Barker, of Ritchie County, Virginia (now West Virginia). Margaret Barker, along with her five children, Arah, William, Malissa, Sarah and Elizabeth, are shown on the County 1856 census for Davis County, Iowa, but no record of them in 1860. Malissa, however, aged about 16, was listed on the Harrison County (Cainsville) census for 1860, living with a doctor's family as a servant. I haven't had any luck in locating Malissa's mother and siblings. Margaret might have still had the Barker name, or possibly, Ephraim presumably being deceased, remarried. If anyone has any clue about this family, I'd be very grateful. Thank you. Margaret Udell --- Margaret Udell --- meudell1@earthlink.net --- EarthLink: It's your Internet.