In a message dated 4/14/2008 10:53:07 AM Central Daylight Time, i-be-leve@msn.com writes: I've learned a tiny piece of info on George & hoping someone can help! This would be the son of Stephen & Talitha HOWARD, and he was born in IL. I was told "he may have died in 1901 in Jasper Co." I believe George is living next door to his mother on the 1880 census, with a wife Mary & several children. Is there anyone from the area willing to do a look up? I have no other info on his life at this point. Thank you in advance... Mary in Michigan i-be-leve@msn.com I couldn't find a death certificate in the Missouri Sec. of State database but I did find him in the 1900 census of Jasper County Missouri (Twin Grove township). He was a 63 y.o. farmer having been born in Feb. 1837 in Illinois. Living with him was his wife Mary E. Howard, age 29, born in Texas in July 1870. They had been married 6 years and she had given birth to three children, two who were still living. One was a female born in Missouri in Dec 1896 ant the other a male named Mysal (?-writing unclear) born in Missouri in March 1899. The previous entry on the census sheet was a Steven Howard, a 35 y.o. farmer born in Jan. 1865 in Kansas, father born in Tenn., mother born in Missouri. His wife, Etta Howard, 26 y.o. born in Illinois in Sept. 1873 (both parents born in Tenn.) She had given birth to 4 children, three were still living. They are Mary M. born in Dec. 1892 in Okla., Nora M. born in Aug. 1894 and John C. born in Feb. 1900 (3 months old) in Missouri. I don't know of any relationship between George and Steven Howard, but it is a large coincidence for two people living next to each other with the same surname so I thought I would include it. If your George Howard was murdered, considering how close to Kansas they were, he could have died in Kansas, possibly in adjoining Cherokee County, KS. Hope this helps. Bob Robert Evans Page **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms and advice on AOL Money & Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolcmp00300000002850)