John, Thanks, I can use them, I have Margaret & Leander's childrens names based on their daughter (my great grandmother) Amanda J. Shepherd's autograph book but I do not have any birth dates. I know they had migrated to Rook County Kansas. It was there that Amanda met & married my great grandfather Jasper "Joe" Buck. I would like to gather any information on the Shepherd side also if anyone has anything. I believe Leander worked on Margaret's father's farm as a farm laborer (that is what is listed on the 1870 Census for Ashe, Laural Twp. If anyone has any information or can help in anyway I would greatly appreciate it.