This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Venters, Clevenger, Henson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DYB.2ACE/1343.1.1 Message Board Post: Dear K. Powell, Thank you very much for responding so promptly and with the information that I've been searching for. I'd like to discuss more your finds regarding Lester's family. Could you please send me your e-mail address, so we could correspond directly? >From the information you posted, Lester Venters is indeed the first cousin of my Grandfather, Ross Venters. From your note, I'm assuming you got all that information from the 1880 census, is that correct? Vinton Co is a new locality for me to study now, as previously there was none of the family in that area. All three of the families you mention are definitely related. John and Elizabeth Clevenger Venters were married in 1844 and John died in 1863 in the Civil War. Elizabeth then married Larkin Henson. Two of the ten children of John & Elizabeth were William A and the James, besides my great-grandfather Pleasant. William, by your note, is the father of Lester, and when James died young, leaving widow Mary with two small children she married James Walton and had two more children. I very appreciate your information and would like to ask if you have any more Venters information. I'd gladly share what I have if you're interested.