Beth, That's the problem--I don't know WHO my William's parents were. All I have is a list that has him as my great grandmother's second husband with his birthdate and their marriage date on it. My great aunt Minnie Ola (WARD) McMILLAN wrote everything down for a cousin who was interested in the family genealogy--but that was all the information about him. Aunt Minnie couldn't have been over ten years old when he "went on a business trip" and never came home. My grandmother (Minnie's sister) was no older than three. Wm had five daughters and no sons before he disappeared. The only reason I zero in on Arkansas as his state of birth is that I have him, ggrandma Ada, his stepdaughter and his two oldest daughters on the 1880 Cass Co, TX census and AR is listed as his birth state. My aunt Minnie died in 1970 in OK where she had lived for years--at least since the 50's when, as a child, I met her. Anyway, thanks for taking the time to look for me! Samantha Downey CA (abt 15 mi SE of L.A.)