In a message dated 8/11/2007 7:50:25 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time, ndgibbs15@hotmail.com writes: I do know that he had a son named William Byron Nowell Born in 1852 and died in Columbia Missouri He was born in WI Hi Debbie.....did you get the 1860 census I sent you from Missouri? They also had a daughter called Isabella born 1850 in Illinois...the census says that their son, William B was also born in Illinois. However, I've found them on the 1880 census and William is now a widower and living with his married daughter and her family. This one says Isabella was born in Wisconsin. Hallsville, Boone County, Missouri William Brink - 33 - Blacksmith b. Missouri Bella Brink - 27 - wife b. Wisconsin Ruth Brink - 11 - daughter b. Missouri Clara Brink - 5 - daughter b. Missouri William Nowell - father-in-law - widower - age 54 b. England And next door most likely William Brink's parents: Charles Brink - 56 - blacksmith b. Missouri Harriett Brink - 49 - wife b. Missouri And here is the son, William B., still single in 1880 Columbia, Boone County Missouri W.B. Nowell - age 27 - grocery salesman - b. Wisconsin By 1900 he has married, still living in Columbia: W.B. Nowell - age 48 - grocery merchant b. Wisconsin. Married 18 years. Annie Nowell - age 39 - wife b. Missouri. Mother of 8 with 6 living. Fannie Nowell - age 16 - daughter b. Missouri Benjamin Nowell - age 14 - son b. Missouri Lizzie Nowell - age 12 - daughter b. Missouri John M. Nowell - age 10 - son b. Missouri Sarah Nowell - age 4 - daughter b. Missouri Ruth Nowell - age 1 - daughter b. Missouri And here are the Brinks in 1900: Hallsville, Boone County, Missouri William J. Brink - age 54 - blacksmith b. Missouri Isabella Brink - age 49 - wife b. Wisconsin Stanley Morgenthaler - age 9 - grandson b. Missouri Lots to go on here! Best wishes.....mary lou Best wishes....mary lou ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour