http://www.FamilySearch.org/Search/af/ancestral_file_frame.asp?recid=45667958 The above URL lists a Nicholas Van Buren Carper, b. Sept 6, 1842 in Botetourt County, and d. July 6, 1911 Lebanon, Smith, KS. Two wives: Susie WARE Aug. 8, 1877 Atchison, MO Mary or Mollie Reynolds GIVENS Dec. 26, 1889 Red Cloud, NE Anyone out there who can fit these into the scheme of things? Vince