This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Standiford Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GMB.2ACE/677.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Annals of Platte indicates that Dodson was the cousin of Thomas and William Standiford. They were the sons of Skelton and Sarah Dodson Standiford. Thomas and William came to Howard County, MO from VA in 1817 with their parents and then on to Platte in 1841. There is much info on the family of all three. It does not, however, list the parentage of Dodson. Let me know if you need the family data in the book. Chuck