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/oZEBAIB/4222.1 Message Board Post: Moses Russell married Mary J Morris in Iron Twnshp of St. Francois County, Mo on 3 June 1861. They are on the 1880 census in Pierce Twnshp, Texas Coutny, Mo. He received 1 160 Federal Land Grant under the Homestead Act of 1862. I am also trying to find out the mystery of why they came to Mo. Moses lists his dad as being from Alabama as well on the 1880 census.