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/FMB.2ACE/644.761.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hello James,I have a Presley Bryant, born Ky.I have no info.about his parents or siblings. He was in Pettis Co. Mo. 1840 census ,age 20-30,wife 20-30,and a son under age 5.As you know,in 1840,there wasn't a clue to a wife's first name and I never learned it.I believe her maiden name was Young and the widow,Elizabeth Young in the household next to Presley Bryant was his mother in law. Do you know of a Bryant/Young connection? The Youngs came from Hawkins Co.Tenn. to Pettis Co. a few years prior to 1840. Presley's wife died soon after this census was taken and Presley took his first son,Thaddeus Young Bryant,back to Ky. Please contact me if you have any info.on the Youngs or Bryants from Pettis Co. Thank you,Patsy