Good Morning, I've recently joined this mailing list in the hopes of finding out more about my ggGrandfather, Stephen A. GOODALE b. 1852. (Indiana or Ohio, parents Vermont or Ohio and one source says mother, Ireland) I've very scant information concerning his early life as Census records give differing information and he's not to be found in 1860 or 1870 anywhere I've looked. I do find that in 1873 Susan BEAN and Stephen GOODALE marry in Holt Co., Mo. 23Sep1873. 1870 Census: Dallas Twp., Holt Co., Mo. household #206 BEAN, Baxter 43 wm born N. C. , Susan 17 born Ind. , Thomas 12 born Illinois 1880 Census Bigelow, Holt, Mo. BEAN, Baxter b. 1821 N. C. 59 Farmer married , unknown spouse name: b. Ind. , Thomas b. 1858 Illinois at home In 1880 I find Stephen A. GOODALE, married, living in a boarding house in St. Joseph, Buchanan Co., Mo. working as a carpenter but Susan isn't enumerated. By 1884, Stephen has remarried (to my ggGrandmother) Paulina WATSON (this may be a 2nd marriage for her also) and a dau., Laura Anna GOODALE, my gGrandmother, is born and in 1896 they have a son, William Jesse GOODALE born in St. Joe, Mo. Does anyone have any death records for these areas of Mo. and look-up Susan BEAN GOODALE for me? Thank you and Happy Thanksgiving, Marie "Life isn't measured by the number of breaths we take; but by the moments that take our breath away"