Sam, I am guessing that the information below comes from his Social Security records. Have you ordered a copy of his birth certificate from the State Vital Records Office in Jefferson City? I did not find any surname Gross or similar spelling in the index to the 1920 Lawrence Co. census.Have you checked the 1920 Census Soundex for Missouri for Gross? I also did not find the surname Gross in the indexes for the 3 volumes of The Ozark Region: Its History and Its People which is a primarily a history of Lawrence County with the most of the 2nd volume and all of the third being Lawrence County biographical sketches. I also did not find the surname Gross in Ruth Browning's Southwest Missouri Newspaper Abstracts, Vol. 27, Aurora Advertiser, 7 Jan 1915-23 May 1918 nor in her earlier abstracts of this newspaper back to 1908. Later issues of this newspaper and other Lawence County newspapers from this time period on microfilm are available at the McCanse library in Mount Vernon and at the State Historical Society of Missouri in Columbia. The SHSM also will interlibrary loan the newspaper microfilm. Also, do you have a copy of the marriage record of Mr. Gross and Claudia Mills from the Office of the Recorder at the courthouse in Mt. Vernon? It might list towns of residence at the time of the marriage. Ross Cameron >>> <sbowman1@juno.com> 04/10 11:39 PM >>> Looking for any informatiion on a Wiliam Gross ssn# 495-03-8941 birth: 15 Mar 1916 death: Jun 1986 birth place Lawrence MO which is now Mount Vernon area.. it's possible he may be my grandfather..I'd like info on who he was married to etc.. any info would be appreciated thank you.. Sam Bowman mailto:sbowman1@juno.com ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.