Sandra, thank you so much for taking the time to help me. I noticed that Missouri Twp was created from part of Gap Twp 1876, so it could be that with boundary changes that Nelson C. Cogdell did not move at all, with boundary changes it could be that he still lived where he lived with my ancestors sister, Rachel Ellen Fowler (1) Lewis (2) Cogdell in 1880 in Gap Twp, Montgomery Co. AR, he could have been in the same place but different name, Missouri Twp, Pike Co., AR in 1900. It is right on the border of Montgomery/Pike Co. AR. They may have enjoyed the thought of using different township & county without moving. I had thought Cogdell might be easy to locate because it is not such a common name but it is spelled so many different ways, or as you pointed out there are other mix-ups due to indexing & transcribers trying to read some of the very hard to read census takers writing. I am assuming Nelson Cogdell was in TX 1875 due to the son's birth in TX 1875 as per the 1880 Montgomery Co. AR Mortality Sched. But maybe they had gone to where Nelson Cogdell had lived prior to their marriage? Since he does not show as part of the family of Cogdell in Denton Co., TX he could have been a cousin visiting that family and met Ellen there. I thank you for your help Sandra. Judy, another kind volunteer, had sent me the 1910 Nelson & William Cogdell Census. Sandra, thank you so much for looking and I hope all your good deeds bounce right back to you. Good luck with your searches. Charlene In a message dated 8/28/05 6:00:48 AM Pacific Daylight Time, TX-CENSUS-LOOKUP-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: X-Message: #2 Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 09:28:24 -0500 From: "svanwyk" <s.vanwyk@verizon.net> To: TX-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L@rootsweb.com Message-id: <013d01c5ab13$95944e20$6401a8c0@SandyDesktop> Subject: Re: [TX-CEN] 1870 Census Collin Co. TX area COGDELL/COGSDELL/COGDALE, Nelson C. Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit I can't find them on the 1860 or 1870 census either. I looked thru several images on the 1860 around the Fowlers, thinking Nelson Cogdell might have been a neighbor. But didn't find him that way. I believe this is Nelson's son in 1900 1900 Missouri Twp, Pike County AR Cogdill, William age 35 b TX MO KY with his family I believe I found Will Cogdell and his family living in 1910 Hempstead County AR and N.C. Cogdell and his wife Elizabeth are living next door. N. C. is indexed as Cogsdell age 73 b. MS, eventhough the image shows he was born Missouri. Do you need that. Thanks, Sandra Van Wyk ----- Original Message -----