This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cook, Frazier, Gibson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lNB.2ACI/4369 Message Board Post: I found in the death records, Isabel Hearst, age 90, died Dec 20, 1884. She was born in South Carolina and at the time of her death, had been a resident of Missouri for 70 years. Her death cert. lists her as being buried at "Stafford Graveyard" at Kingston Furnace. My questions: I looked in the Wash Co Cemeteries and didn't find Stafford Cemetery/Graveyard. Does anyone know if it exists or goes by a different name now? I didn't find her in the early marriages after 1834. I'm wondering if Isabel Hearst was my ggg-grandmother, Isabel Frazier. She was born in S. Carolina, mid-1790s. Her father was Alexander Frazier. Her sister, Hester, was the 2nd wife of George Hearst (at age 14) - she was widowed by 1822 and married Elias Gibson. Her sister, Annie Frazier, married Joseph Hearst (who was apparently the son of George Hearst and his 1st wife). The Hearst, Frazier (Frazer), and Gibson families all immigrated to the US from Ireland in the 1700s. They were given land grants in the Old 96 (Long Canes) District of South Carolina. In the very early 1800s, they migrated to Cahokia, IL (South St. Louis), and then came to Franklin County by 1820. The 3 families inter-married quite a bit. Isabel Frazier married Valentine Cook, May 10, 1821, in Franklin Co, MO. She was widowed Feb. 4, 1834. In the 1850 Washington County (Liberty Townshp) census, she is head of household and several of her children live at home. She is not listed (as Isabel or Isabella Cook) in any census after that. Also, I believe Valentine to be buried at Burgowich Cemetery and have her listed there too - that cemetery was near their land. If anyone has any thoughts, I would appreciate ideas. :o) Thanks!