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/HMB.2ACE/1216.1 Message Board Post: Hello, I read your post....checked some of my resources. Any chance they might have been in Clay Co., MO? I searched the 1880 census online for your names and found: Sam. F. MITCHELL Self M Male W 24 OH Farmer ENG OH Elizabeth MITCHELL Wife M Female W 20 MO Keeping House IN IN Source Information: Census Place Clay, Linn, Missouri Family History Library Film 1254700 NA Film Number T9-0700 Page Number 539C AND....the next household: Samuel F. MITCHELL Self M Male W 60 ENG Farmer ENG ENG Eliza J. MITCHELL Wife M Female W 44 OH Keeping House PA PA Benjamin F. MITCHELL Son S Male W 16 OH Help On Farm PA OH Walter MITCHELL Son S Male W 14 OH Help On Farm PA OH Albert MITCHELL Son S Male W 10 MO At Home PA OH Peter MITCHELL Son S Male W 7 MO PA OH Thomas MITCHELL Son S Male W 5 MO PA OH Martha MITCHELL Dau S Female W 3 MO PA OH Source Information: Census Place Clay, Linn, Missouri Family History Library Film 1254700 NA Film Number T9-0700 Page Number 539C NOTE the son named Albert! Hope this helps you....