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/874.1.1.2.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: So your William probably wasn't in Missouri at all in 1870 or 1880. There were so many Massengale with the same first names. So I guess we will have to just believe what we do because from what the probate records say I have to believe William Riley Massngale was the grandson of Mathew Massengale Sr. who died in Nodaway County, Missouri. You probably also will probably believe the same thing about your. So I guess we will have to leave it at that. I should get back to looking for our Randall family. If we come across anything for about the Massengales I will post it because even if we don't agree about what we find means we should still share what we find. This has been very interesting week. Bye Mary