This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/SCWBAIB/4322.1.1.2.1.1 Message Board Post: The Christopher C. Wells I am related to was born abt. 1841 in Ohio according census records. Where in Ohio I have no idea at this time. He married Nancy but in all the census records she went by Melvina/Malvina. He died Dec. 1, 1924 in Warren County Illinois. I do know that he served in the Civil War due to the marker at the cemetery. He and Melvina lived most of their married life in and around McDonough County Illinois. The reason I was thinking he maybe the son of William and Sarah was a 1860 census record from Bethal Township, McDonough County, Illinois. This is the first listing for a Christopher C. Wells that goes with some of my finding so far. My Christophers paper work from the civil war stated that he lived in Bethel. But as we all know families were known to keep using the same names over and over and making it harder on us to follow them back in time. Any info you may have would be greatly appreciated. Sandra