You didn't say when or where Joseph & Hester (Kenton) were born or when & where their son Will Benton Neville was born. Additional markers such as those help when trying to solve a lineage problem. Both Joseph & William are common names. Have you located Joseph & Hester Neville on the 1880 census? That would give you some idea of their birth date and place & that of their parents. If there were other Nevilles in the same locality, that too may provide clues. If Joseph was born prior to 1853 you might want to pursue the following record. Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry, Carroll County, Missouri Wills and Administrations p16 Book A, p165: Repps B Hudson, guardian for Lucy, John W, Joseph & Franklin Neville, minor children of Reuben S Neville, dec'd. 14 Nov. 1853 The name Reuben is not used frequently in the Neville family. There is a Reuben on the 1850 census in a county to the east of Carroll. He has a daughter Lucy, but none of the other names. 1850 Census Ralls Co., MO, p174/352 487 492 Reuben T Nevel, 38, m, farmer, 280, MO Nancy J, 25, f, VA Lucy J, 5, f, MO George W, 2, m, MO This man married Nancy Orear, 5 Feb. 1846, Ralls Co., MO. If you find any clues that look like this Reuben of Ralls Co., could have moved to Carroll Co., I would suggest you obtain a copy of the guardianship and make sure that it is a correct abstract. I would also confirm the 1850 census data & follow those people to see what became of them. There was a Lucy Neville who married Charles T Westfall, 5 April 1874, Ralls Co., MO. Shirley Wilcox On 24 Mar 2002 01:55:18 -0700 shewolf_62@yahoo.com writes: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Neville, Kenton, Crowley > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/YA3.2ACEB/347 > > Message Board Post: > > I am looking for Josephs and Hesters parents and siblings. I know > that they were married on Dec 3,1878 in Carroll, Mo. > Joseph was my gggrandfather and beyond him I have no info. I do know > my ggrandfathers name was Will Benton Neville, who married Ada > Crowley. > > > ==== NEVILLE Mailing List ==== > Archived postings to the NEVILLE mailing list can be found on the > WEB at: > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > >