I need some guidance from my friends - I am back at work on another child of Obadiah Sprowls. I have a copy of the black funeral card for Jessie Manerod Sprowls - below name on the card it has : died Nov. 18, 1880 aged 7 yrs. 1 month 7 days NOW - 1880 census for Somerset Twp., Obadiah is listed at ancestry.com as OLE SPOLL - there is no child listed as Jessie in this census. 2nd - normal spelling of Jessie is for FEMALES - Jesse is for MALES - I was told by my husbands cousin that Jessie was a son - BUT I have proven him wrong in other instances. 3rd - MANEROD - have done many google searches and other searches for this "name" and zero results - I "think" that IF Jessie was a male, it could possibly be a misprint / mispelling of Maynard (?). And IF Jessie is female, that doesn't jive - female Jessie Maynard? 4 - Most of Obadiahs family is in Newkirk cemetery - but no Jessie / Jesse - (possibly buried on the family farm ?) 5- I checked the mortality schedule for 1880 - regular census was done in June 4, 1880 - and found nothing for Jessie - Jesse - or anythng that looks like it could be him/her. Only Sprowls was an Edith. And nothing mispelled that could be Sprowls. But if done in June and Jessie didn't die til Nov., the child SHOULD have been with the family. But knowing the secretiveness of this darn family the child could be ANYWHERE - ANY IDEAS AS TO WHERE TO LOOK OR WHAT TO DO NEXT? NOW - WHAT or where do I check next? Anyone have any records that shows a Jesse/Jessie Sprowls who died in Nov. 1880???? Thanks everyone for any leads or suggestions. Ruth Sprowls