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/3959.1 Message Board Post: Mel, My great grandfather, Willie Russell was born in Buchanan Co., Iowa, 10 June, 1858. His parents were William N. and Mary Russell. I do not know how long they lived in Iowa, but I think the family moved a few years later, because William N. enlisted in the Civil War in Ohio in 1861. You didn't give the first name of the person for whom you are looking. Hope you find him. There must have been thousands! Sincerely, Elaine Townsend