This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kgDBAEB/480.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: He told me that his grandfather was G. W. Roper and his grandmother was Josephine Wolfe. He did not have any dates or places for them. Unfortunately, I've come up to a roadblock on that branch. Tear down that brick wall.... Found them in the 1900 census Dist 24, Buffalo, Dallas Co., Missouri same as 1920 G. W. Roper b. Oct 1851 Married 26 yrs (1874)MO(birthplace)KY(father)TN (mother) J. S. Roper wife b. Jun 1858 (hard to read) mother of 9 children/8 living MO TN TN Frederic Apr 1885 MO MO MO Anna Apr 1888 MO MO MO Arval ?Mar 1891 MO MO MO Pansy Dec 1899 MO MO MO As for 1880.... this could be them... George ROPER Self M Male W 28 MO Farming --- SC Josephine ROPER Wife M Female W 25 MO Keeping House TN TN Permelia ROPER Dau S Female W 6 TX At Home MO MO John ROPER Son S Male W 2 TX MO MO Thomas ROPER Son S Male W 2M AR MO MO Source Information: Census Place Washburn, Sebastian, Arkansas Family History Library Film 1254057 NA Film Number T9-0057 Page Number 679D There were two reference at Rootsweb World Connect for them....suggest you visit, there are several more generations.... Here's the address: http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=thomas1560&id=I19079 GENEALOGY - HISTORY - ON GOING RESEARCH. Entries: 21833 Updated: 2005-06-06 02:49:23 UTC (Mon) Contact: Don Martin Thomas THIS IS A WORKING DATABASE - adding & correcting. CORRECTIONS NEEDED. Index | Descendancy | Register | Pedigree | Ahnentafel | Download GEDCOM | Add Post-em ID: I19079 Name: George Washington Roper Surname: Roper Given Name: George Washington Sex: M Birth: 25 Oct 1850 in , Dallas, Missouri Death: 16 Mar 1926 in , Polk, Missouri _ !NAME: George Washington Roper !DATA: George W. Roper - Source - Barbara Craddock Shultz - www.rootsweb.com - database - barbdale4 !CENSUS: 1860 Benton Township, Dallas County, Missouri census. Written Page Number, 182. Enumerated on the 7th day of June, 1860. John C. Roper Age, 35. (m) Farmer. 2000/1400. Born Kentucky. Lavisa [Roper] Age, 35. (f) House Work. Born Tennessee. Hannah H. [Roper] Age, 12. (f) Born Missouri. George W. [Roper] Age, 9. (m) Born Missouri. John W. [Roper] Age, 7. (m) Born Missouri. Mary E. [Roper] Age, 4. (f) Born Missouri. William H. [Roper] Age, 1. (m) Born Missouri. ------------------------------------------- [Ibid:] [Same Page Following The Above ------------------------------------------- Franklin Roper Age, 28. (m) Farmer. /100. Born Kentucky. Elen [Roper] Age, 19. (f) House Work. Born Kentucky. !CENSUS: 1870 Benton Township, Dallas County, Missouri census. Stamped Page Number, 129-A. Enumerated on the 21 day of June, 1870. Roper....John C. Age, 45. (m)(w) Farmer. 5400/1500. Born Kentucky. [Roper] Levicy Age, 45. (f)(w) Keeping House. Born Tennessee. [Roper] George Age, 19. (m)(w) Works on Farm. Born Missouri. [Roper] John W. Age, 17. (m)(w) Works on Farm. Born Missouri. [Roper] Mary E. Age, 14. (f)(w) Without Occupation. Born Missouri. [Roper] William H. Age, 11. (m)(w) At Home. Born Missouri. [Roper] Andrew J. Age, 5. (m)(w) At Home. Born Missouri. !ROOTSWEB - DATABASE: gammon - Gammon(s) Family. Entries: 26038 Updated: Thu Apr 8 18:49:10 2004 Contact: Barbara Gammons LaValley Home Page: A Bridge to the Past http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/l/a/v/Barbara-Lavalley-OR/index.html?Welcome=1064806563 Gammon(s) Family. ID: I3738. Name: John C. Roper. Sex: M. Birth: 10 Apr 1825 in , Monroe, Kentucky. Death: 21 Jun 1914 in Buffalo, Dallas, Missouri. Father: John C. Roper b: 2 Aug 1796 in , , Virginia. Mother: Hannah B. Martin b: 10 Feb 1802 in , , Virginia. Marriage: 1. Levicy Gammon b: 31 Jul 1824 in , Roane, Tennessee. Married: 26 Nov 1846 in , Dallas, Missouri. Children: Hannah H. Roper b: 5 Oct 1847 in Buffalo, Dallas, Missouri; George Washington Roper b: 25 Oct 1850 in , Dallas, Missouri; John Wesley Roper b: 13 Oct 1852 in Buffalo, Dallas, Missouri; Mary Elizabeth Roper b: 26 Aug 1855 in Buffalo, Dallas, Missouri; Margaret Ann Roper b: 11 Nov 1857 in , Dallas, Missouri; William Henry Roper b: 6 Feb 1859 in , Dallas, Missouri; Frantz Seigle Roper b: 6 Aug 1861 in , Dallas, Missouri; Andrew Jackson Roper b: 21 Aug 1864 in , Dallas, Missouri; Marriage: 2. Cynthia Ann Cox. Married: Aft 1874. Sources: Title: 1850 Dallas County, Missouri Census Repository: Title: Dallas County, Missouri, Marriage Records Publication: Dallas County Court Clerk, Vital Records Office. !ROOTSWEB - DATABASE: gammon - Gammon(s) Family. Entries: 26038 Updated: Thu Apr 8 18:49:10 2004 Contact: Barbara Gammons LaValley Home Page: A Bridge to the Past http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/l/a/v/Barbara-Lavalley-OR/index.html? Welcome=1064806563 Gammon(s) Family. ID: I8597. Name: George Washington Roper. Sex: M. Birth: 25 Oct 1850 in , Dallas, Missouri. Death: 16 Mar 1926 in , Dallas, Missouri. Father: John C. Roper b: 10 Apr 1825 in , Monroe, Kentucky. Mother: Levicy Gammon b: 31 Jul 1824 in , Roane, Tennessee. Marriage: Josephine L. Wolf b: Abt 1854 in , Dallas, Missouri. Married: 24 Dec 1874 in , Dallas, Missouri. Children: Unknown Roper b: 24 Apr 1885 in , Dallas, Missouri; Unknown Roper b: 1 Apr 1888 in , Dallas, Missouri. Sources: Title: Dallas County, Missouri, Marriage Records Publication: Dallas County Court Clerk, Vital Records Office. Change Date: 17 May 2005 at 17:47:51 Father: John C. Roper b: 10 Apr 1825 in , Monroe, Kentucky Mother: Levicy Gammon b: 31 Jul 1824 in , Roane, Tennessee Marriage 1 Josephine L. Wolf b: 23 Jun 1855 in , Dallas, Missouri Married: 24 Dec 1874 in , Dallas, Missouri 1Children Roper b: 24 Apr 1885 in , Dallas, Missouri Roper b: 1 Apr 1888 in , Dallas, Missouri Michele