This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BMB.2ACE/874.1.3.1.1 Message Board Post: Mary, I just posted a long reply to your message, and it went POOF! into cyberspace somewhere. Hopefully I'm not missing it and duplicating everything. Nodaway County, Lincoln Twp, 1880 Census: Levi MASSINGALE Self W Male W 40 TN Farmer VA TN Levira MASINGALE Dau M Female W 22 IA Keeping House TN IN Harrison MASINGALE Son S Male W 21 MO At Home TN IN Louis E. MASINGALE Son S Male W 20 MO At Home TN IN Wm. S. MASINGALE Son S Male W 15 MO At Home TN IN James A. MASINGALE Son S Male W 12 MO At Home TN IN Nancy J. MASINGALE Dau S Female W 10 MO At Home TN IN Mary E. MASINGALE Dau S Female W 8 MO At Home TN IN Iva E. MASINGALE Dau S Female W 6 MO At Home TN IN Squir E. MASINGALE Son S Male W 2 MO At Home TN IN The census indicates these are the children of Levi Massengale and they were living in Lincoln Township. Did Levi also go by the name William? I have much to send you on William Matthew Massengale, but having just tried and lost it all, I'll have to start over again. Briefly, you may prove me wrong, but I'm 99.9% certain that our William Matthew Massengale was the oldest son of Matthew III and I think I can present a convincing case. It is well established in our line that William Massengale and his son Harrison traveled to Missouri for an extended length of time. While they were there, they saw a cousin whom we believe was "Missouri" John Massengale in Kansas City. A photograph in our possession commemorates the event. Additionally, William and Harrison are missing from the Wayne and Clinton County 1880 census records. I do believe that the William Massengale whom Henry and Delilah Goodman identify as living in Dawson was, indeed, our William Matthew Massengale. If they were unaware that Billy had a different mother, it was because it was a well-kept family secret. What we know about him comes from years o! f digging. Until this year, we did not even know that he had been married before he came to Wayne County. Enough for now. I will put everything together (off line this time, so I don't lose it) and will try to post it again this evening.