This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EMB.2ACE/636.1 Message Board Post: Bob, I don't know if this info. will be usefull to you or not, but there were "Varner" families in Ripley Co., Mo. The town of Oxly/Oxley, Mo. was in the Varner Community, and I believe the original town name was Varner, named for a Mr. Varner. Good Luck!