This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Stout Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/QKQBAIB/1997 Message Board Post: Hello fellow tree climbers! I am at the proverbial "brick wall" on a gggGrandparent, and am hoping someone will read this and be able to shed some light. I am looking for a HOSEA STOUT (not Morman one born 1810 in KY) and his wife, Matilda Meacham. Hosea Stout: born 22 October 1812 Ohio married: 14 January 1836 Clinton Co. Ohio to: Matilda Meacham Died: 24 May 1875 Macon co. La Plata Missouri Buried: La Plata Cemetery, La Plata Missouri. Matilda Meacham born: 27 Novemeber 1819 Virgnia died: 29 January 1891 La Plata, Missouri buried: La Plata Cemetery, La Plata Missouri CHILDREN: Martha born abt. 1839 buried next to parents George born abt. 1842 Adeline born abt. 1842 Thomas born abt. 1846 Alba Born: ? 1845? Hamar born abt. 1847 Hannah born abt.1853 Emma born abt. 1854 Joshua (J.J) abt. 1856 buried with wife/parents in La Plata Robert Lee Born 1860 I have searched birth records, marriage records (Only "paper trail" found on Hosea & Matilda) Sent twice for death records, and studied census, land/probate records looking for clues/leads as to WHO Hosea's parents are. There is a ton of information on the other Hosea of Morman fame born 1810, and several branches of the STOUT family in general...but my Hosea seems to of just "Appeared" in Ohio at the time of his marriage. Census records claim birth state of Ohio, but parents may have been from back east. Hosea & his wife Matilda moved around quite a bit, and lived/had children in Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, and I believe were even in Indiana for awhile....If anyone out there has access to a better source of information on Early Ohio state birth records, or could point me in the direction I havent tured yet, or know anything at all about this enigma...Please contact me. Thanks a bunch, happy questing! Stacey