This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/1VB.2ACE/866.869.1.1 Message Board Post: Re your earlier contact 7/06: James Darling b 1837 is my great uncle. His parents were Peter and Mercy Darling. Their son, Stephen, was my great-grandfather. The youngest child was Franklin, and the last record I have of him is the same census info you have. The other Franklin was the first child of James Darling and Jane McKane. He died very young and is buried near Crete, IL. I am still looking for descendents of James/Jane Darling. He has an interesting story in the Linn Co. history we found in a library there. I also have his Civil War record that I'd like to send to a descendent. I do not have anything really helpful about Peter and Mercy's origins. According to the eldest son, Simeon's Civ. War record he was born in Onondaga Co. NY. We plan to go there next year and see if there is more information than what is in the census and online. If you have more information on Peter, I would really love to have it.