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/XeB.2ACE/3079.1.2.1.3.2.1.1 Message Board Post: I don't know who he was. I have tried to track him down to no avail. There is an Edward Stapleton in Barry Co., MO that could be him, but I have no proof. There were alot of families from that area who went to Barry Co., MO in the 1840's which is when Edward disappears.