This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Murphy, McCargar, Mathewson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DNB.2ACI/61.208.227.222.1.1 Message Board Post: Yes, The family is from the Pleasant's Murphy & Ann Robertson Shelton line. My internet findings have his siblings & father. Any information going back on the Murphy side would be appreciated. I have his mother's side. Our family linage is from Pleasant's son Ewell Shelton Murphy who married Amanda. I have a few last names for her & do not know the correct one yet. Their daughter Mary Lorraine Murphy married Elmer Elsworh McCargar. I have photos of their headstones & information from the funeral home. Both died in St. Joseph, MO. I have a copy of a diary Aug 4, 1898 to Aug 27, 1898 that was written by Mary's sister Mariah Josephine Murphy (Mamie Jo). She married a Lang. Mary & Elmer had Nina Lea, Conrad Murphy & Mamie Virginia Nina married Robert Benjamin Mathewson and had Robert Merle & Aubrey Lee. I have the death certificates for both Nina & Robert. I have funeral home information on Aubrey. Robert Merle is 94 & still going. Robert Merle married Clara Marie Fraser and had Robert Lee (living) Robert L married & divorced Judith Ellen Hendrix. They had Robert Neil, Sheri Lynn & Richard Merle (all living) Robert Neil is my husband. We have Robert James & Victoria Anne.