My husband's great grandfather was Matthew Alton (b. 1829 d. 1914)married to Eliza Mary Downing in Lee County, Iowa; moved to Parsons(St. Paul), Kansas. He emigrated through New Orleans with his mother and a few brothers. Who were these brothers from Ireland? The story is that his mother and several brothers settled near Keokuk, Iowas and he living with his mother until her death. We don't know the mother's name or the brothers' names. Then the story continues that Matthew, Eliza, Lucy 1yr old, went down by steamboat to Osage Mission, Kansas