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/oZEBAIB/3773.2 Message Board Post: Kim, Since I too am looking for an Andrew Russell I looked at Boone Co., MO. I think your Ellen McDowell is possibly the sister or relative of William McDowell, wife Alice or Elsy Adams of Boone Co. He was born in TN about 1811 so that is a clue for your Ellen, Ellie, Eleanor or Ellender. Same for the Russells. Look for Andrew in TN and he is probably Andrew J. Russell not A. There is an A. J. Russell in Boone co., MO census. Tom