Tom, According to my information, Thomas and Sarah Reed Hardister appear in the 1870 Salt Spring Twp, Randolph County, Census. They are listed with 2 daughters M. J. born in 1866 and M. A. born in 1869. I show Thomas and Sarah married March 1862 in Randolph County. I show this Thomas as the son of Benjamin and Jane (Polly) Jackson Hardister. Hope this helps. At 06:58 PM 1/31/2008, you wrote: >Doing some search of the MO death index. I am trying to connect the >following to my wife's Hardister line. > >Malinda J. Hardister b. 7-9-1866, d. 3-18-1942, m. Henry >Altgilbers had at least one child Velma b. 4-29-1904, d. 4-26-1931, >married to a Klink > >Malinda's parents are listed as Thomas and Mary Reed Hardister. I >have several Thomas Hardister's with no spouse attached so was >wondering if anyone had any information on this family that might >help connect to my wife's line. Thanks for any help. > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >MORANDOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message