Is any of this familiar to anyone? If anyone has any ideas on where I could go to look for Benjamin Franklin Berry I would appreciate it. I have been unable to find their marriage information, which I had hoped would lead me to his father and mother. Chris Benjamin Franklin Berry born 3-7-1866 Hargraves Mill Putnam County, Missouri I have not been able to verify or obtain any birth information as now there is no Hargraves mill. I don't know where to start looking. Benjamin married a Mary Susan Wood 1-1893 in Nevada, Vernon County, Mo. They had 7 daughters: Sarah Ellen Berry b. Oct 1893 Nevada, Missouri d. July 1966 Maudie May Berry b. nov 1895, Nevada, Mo. d. 1969 Ethel Ann Berry b. Feb 1898, Nevada Mo. d. Mar 1976 Mary Susan Berry b. Apr. 1900 Ida Levona Berry b. 24 Aug. 1902 Gas City, Kansas Ina her twin gladys Beatrice Berry they called Jeanette b. 1905 Gas City, Kansas I can't find Benjamin in the 1870 census, but may have found him in the 1880 census in Carol, Carroll, Missouri: H. James Berry self 41 Anetta Berry wife 39 Franklin Berry son 14 John Berry son Thomas Berry son E. Claudy Berry son Franklin is the right age, 14, and the mother, we found this family in the 1900 census in Vernon County, and the mother is the right age compared with the 1900 census, would have been born in 1841. Even though she is listed as Sarah and a widow in the 1900 census, she may have had either 2 names or a nickname. the family called Gladys Beatrice Berry jeanette, so they could have nicked her after Benjamins mother. Benjamin is listed as Franklin in the 1880, Frank in the 1900, and Benjamin F. Berry in the 1920 census in Iola Kansas. Any help very much appreciated! Chris Bartholomew New info: Benjamin Franklin Berry rode shotgun for the stage in Colorado and Montana before Pony express, His nick name was Quick Kid, he had a 12 gague shotgun strapped to his leg, and everyone respected him. . later in life he worked an maintenance man at the Swyder Bldg in Wichita. FRanklin Berry lived in Trinidad Colorado when he was riding shotgun.