In a message dated 01/18/2001 7:40:36 PM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: << There is a Henry T Wheeler on the 1870 census. He was living with a McKinney family. This is the listing (Swan township): McKinney Benj F 31 Tn Belvaretta C 25 Mo Sarah E 14 " Wheeler Henry T 16 " Tippet Elizabeth 15 " >> Henry T. Wheeler was the son of Alpheus Wheeler and Elizabeth Oliver, she d/o James Oliver and Rachel Holman/Holeman. Elizabeth died in 1854 in Taney Co. and Alpheus remarried a widow named Mary Franklin, then he died by 1860, leaving Henry T. and another son Benton J. orphans. Mary ___ Franklin married a 3rd time to a man a named McKinney. In the 1860 census these children were living with Milton Oliver on the Taney Co. census. Between 1850 and 1860 Mary had 3 husbands. Wonder what she was feeding them?? I don't know where Benton was at this timein 1870, perhaps he was the oldest and living on his own. I know that Alpheus was an lawyer and was from VA. I assume Henry was living with the McKinney's as a step relative of sorts. I am not a Wheeler descendant, but a descendant of a sister of Elizabeth Oliver and have this information from my own research and from a descendant of Elizabeth and Alpheus. Hope this helps someone. Ida