Jeff, I have been going over your last posting and my notes on the Garretts. You are right, I don't think Alexander Garrett took Ella Piatt to Kansas, but I'm convinced she went with someone from this family. Some of these families were closely associated with each other before coming to Monroe County and stayed together when they migrated to Kansas. I would like to thank Laverne for posting the 1850 Monroe Co. census information on the Joseph Garrett, Andrew Dickson, and Thomas Ferrel families, this has been very helpful. It helps to refer to this list when going through these names. After the Civil War the Dickson and Garrett families moved to Kansas to an area just north of Salina in Ottawa County. I don't know the exact date they arrived, it was probably 1866 or 1867. While there a man named Perry Eaton was a guest of the Garretts and persuaded Alexander Garrett to move to land just south of present day Wichita. Alexander and his wife, Margaret Dickson, were the first settlers in what is now Derby Kansas, arriving there in March 1869. Eaton became a notable pioneer around Wichita Ks. If my memory serves me, his name was on a hotel in Wichita, this hotel had a bar which was the one Carrie Nation later chopped up with her axe. (just a bit of trivia) In 1966 one of the Dickson descendants was driving just east of Salina and came upon a cemetery with a large stone at the entrance marked "Joseph E. Garrett" Joseph and his wife were buried there. Next to this lot was a stone marked "Andrew Dickson, died 10-25-1869. After Andrew died Margaret Dickson moved to Derby, joining Alex and Margaret. They are all listed on the 1870 census for Sedgwick County Ks. and most are buried in the El Paso cemetery in Derby. I have a copy of some newspaper articles about the Garretts as early settlers in Kansas. There may have been other members of the Garrett family in this move and maybe they are the ones which settled near Topeka. Topeka is about 100 miles east of Salina. They would have had to pass thru Topeka on their way to Salina. As to Hannah Ferell-Dixon, she married Scott Dickson, son of Andrew and Margaret, in 1837. They had three children, Samuel, William and Minerva. Scott served with the 116th Ohio Vol. Infantry during the Civil War and died as a POW in Georgia, it may have been at Andersonville. Hannah later married William Piatt. As if things weren't confusing enough, I'll throw in some members of my own family. My gggrandmother was Harriet Dickson, sister of Scott and Margaret. She married Alexander McWilliams just after the Civil War. The McWilliams and Dicksons came to Monroe County from Jefferson Co. Ohio on land grants. Alexander and Scott served in the 116th OVI together. Alexander and Harriet first moved to Nevada Mo. but later joined the Garretts in Derby. I have some information on the Garretts and Dicksons from Derby which was given to me by Margaret Garrett, a granddaughtor of the Garretts. I hope there something here that is useful, I'll do some more research and pass on what I find. Milton McWilliams Omaha, NE