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/zMB.2ACI/305.310.312.1.1.3.1 Message Board Post: Elaine, Very interesting.... I have only found my Alex in 1870 and 1880. With the 1890 being gone it is very difficult to find out when he died. My gggrandmother was widowed on the 1900 census. Her name was Sarah. They were in Washington county in 1870 and Reynolds in 1880. If the 1870 census is reading correctly, then Alex was 28 years old and that would fit with what you have...... Kevin