I am mostly looking for descendants to start with but will always accept ancestors as well. Willing to share and trade info.Most of my information came from a small book printed in1948 "A Genealogy of the MESSERSMITH Family In America (1841-1948). It is in outline descendant format and I'm not sure of the locations given are birth locations or were they lived in 1948. Thomas Jefferson MESSERSMITH b-1 Jan 1941, d-26 Apr 1926 md-Angeline HENNESS b-13 Aug 1842, d- 7 Mar 1920 children- 1-Marion MESSERSMITH b-4 Mar 1961 Farnam, NE, d- 26 Apr 1931 md- 9 Apr 1889 (1)Mamie NICKERSON b-1 Aug 1868, d-30 Jun 1910 had 6 children (Lloyd R., Lola Avis, Linna Estella, Leo Walter, L. Alton, Lyle Marion) md(2) Mrs. Clara NICKERSON b-18 Jul 1864, d- 13 Mar 1945 2-Orpha MESSERSMITH b-20 Nov 1862 d-28 Mar 1916 md- Dave ARMSTRONG b-26 Oct 1859, d-14 Apr 1945 had 6 children (Esther C., Anna E., George W., Guy W., Bertha May, Lloyd T.) 3-Emily (Emmy) MESSERSMITH b-2 Dec 1864 d- 13 Jun 1940 md- Stephan FOSTER b-5 Dec 1861 had 10 children (Alma, John F., Nellie, Edgar, Tabitha, Elsie R., Vina, Elvin, Emma, Dena) 4-Thomas C. (Tommy) MESSERSMITH b-12 Nov 1866 d- 1958? MN md- 9-3-1895 Gertrude (Gertie) VIGLES b-7 Jan 1875 Jacksonville, IL d- 18 Sep 1958 Anoka, MN had 4 children (Delores Anne, Mildred Mae {my g-mother b-18 Jan 1899 North Platte, NE d- 2 Jun 1975 Bigfork, MN md- 8 May 1917 Daniel BURMAN}, Clare Dorothy, James Clyne). 5-Amanda E. MESSERSMITH b-9 Dec 1868 Wetherford OK md- Lon KELLY b-6 Jun 1862, d- 31 May 1925 had 7 children (Melvin M.- Chickasha, OK, Ethel, Myrle Edith, Ora Oscar, Arthur A., Paul Poe, Ernest E.) 6-T. Harry MESSERSMITH b-11 Dec 1870 Farnam, NE, md-Mary JOHNSON b-10 Mar 1878 had 4 children (Emery-Midland TX, Orvis-Stockville, NE, Lauren Harry-Milburn, IL, Josie-Farnam, NE). 7-Clarissa (Katie) MESSERSMITH b-4 Jan 1872 md Edgar H. HART b-18 Nov 1869 d-4 Dec 1944 had 5 children ( Loise-Lincoln, NE, Harry Cline- Lincoln, NE, Elza Everett-Milford, NE, Elva Edna- Denver, CO, Lola Marie-Bellevue, NE) 8-Alonza A. (Lonny) b- 21 Dec 1874 Farnam, NE md- Addie CASTOR b-10 Aug 1883, d-15 Feb 1935 had 5 children (Leota-Oriafino, NE, Lewis- Farnam, NE, Herbert-Farnam, NE, Leola- Cambridge, NE, Albert-Gering, NE) 9-Mary Bell MESSERSMITH b-23 Mar 1876 Paxton, NE md- Charles William BRAY b-26 May 1876, d-9 Oct 1944 had 3 children (Twila Dorothy-Paxton, NE, Floyd Earl-Paxton, NE, Erma LaBell-Valentine, NE) 10-George W. MESSERSMITH, Mountain Grove, MO b-4 Apr 1879 md- Lizzie CASTOR b-2 Sep 1886 had 6 children (Cloyd-Superior, NE, Clara-Mt. Grove, MO, Lynn-Farnam, NE, Lowell-Superior, NE, Alta- Superior, NE, Alberta) 11-Lucy MESSERSMITH b- 10 Mar 1881 Farnam, NE md-William Elijah ADKISSON b-20 Mar 1881 d-5 Sep 1941 had 1 child (Maggie Angeline) 12-Christina MESSERSMITH b-6 Jul 1883 White Salmon, WA d-9 Nov 1911 md-Clyde Carl THOMPSON had 2 children (Clyde Elden-Farnam, NE, Thomas Dwight) 13-Andrew J. (Andy) MESSERSMITH b-6 Feb 1887 North Platte, NE md- Grace Mabelle CECIL b- 1 May 1888 had 2 children (Leita Cecil-North Platte, NE, Kenneth Charles-North Platte, NE) Sherri in northern Minnesota "Life keeps interfering with my hobbies"