This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SPIESS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XKB.2ACE/650.1 Message Board Post: I believe that Charles E. Shepherd's wife Elizabeth (Spiess) was a sister of my grandfather, August Spiess, who lived in Ozark, Christian Co. MO. "Lissie," as Elizabeth was known to her family, was born in Kirschheim near Heidelberg Germany. They immigrated to USA when August was four years old. Do you have any other information about them?