Great idea Vonda, hope everyone calls in. My WRV families are, on my husbands side, John J. Stephens who was the son of James D. Stephens, b. KY and Sarah, b. MO. I found James, Sarah and one year old John J. in Morgan Co., MO in the 1850 census and in 1860 they were in Miller Co., MO. John J. was then 10, his brother Joseph was 5, his brother James was 3 and their sister, Rebecca was 1year old. In 1870 I find John J., his wife Ruthe Ann Coggburn, (sister of Andrew Coggburn) and their one year old son Samuel G. living with her widowed mother, Jane R. Coggburn. John's brother, Joseph, was living with Ruthe Ann's brother, John Coggburn, and I have had no luck yet finding out what happened to the rest of the family. Of course, the Civil War had happened so anything was possible. John J. and Ruthe Ann Stephens moved to Washington Co., AR sometime before 1895. They had ten children. They are buried in the Cox cemetery outside of Clyde, AR., John died in 1910 and Ruthe Ann in 1922. On my side of the family was Calvin Ragsdale who came to the Lawrence Co., AR area about 1835. He married Jane Russell (some have her name as Southern) in 1847. I have reason to believe they lived in the Monmouth Springs area, which was still part of Lawrence Co. until 1855. They later moved to the Spring River area. Their children were: William and Robert Willis (twins), b 1852/3, Benjamin Franklin, b. 1855, Silas R., b. 1858, Mary Ann (Dolly), b. 1860 and George Washington, b 1862. I have Calvins marriage record and record of him buying property in 1856. Jane and the children are in the 1870 census for Lawrence Co. but Calvin wasn't with them though he supposedly died in Lawrence Co. in 1871. I haven't been able to find him or his family in any other census' in any of the surrounding area. Anyone out there connected to any of these families? Pat Stevens Oregon