I AM LOOKING FOR MY FATHERS FAMILY. MY GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS JOHN WILLIAM BEARD. B-11 JULY 1858 IN ILLINOIS HE DIED 5 NOV 1915 IN ST JOSEPH, MISSOURI,BUCHANAN CO. ST.. JAMES CHURCH. HE MARRIED MARY E MC ELEWEE IN 1888 IN STUART IOWA. SHE WAS BORN 18 DEC 1861 IN DESMOINES, IOWA.. AND DIED 27 APR 1930 IN CARINDA-PAGE, IOWA. MY GREAT GRANDPA'S PARENTS WERE SIMEON BEARD AND ELIZABETH SMITH. I HAVE NO DATES FOR THEM OR WHERE THEY WERE BORN. MY GREAT GRANDMAS'S PARENTS WERE ANTHONY MC ELEWEE BORN DINTYGALL. IRELAND AND WIFE WAS ELLEN DOOLEY

CHILDREN TO JOHN AND MARY ]
EDWARD OR JOHN EDWARD
CHARLES BORN IN IOWA DIED IN MICHIGAN
JOHN FRANCIS BORN WASHINGTON
ELLEN
WALTER
WILLIAM RAYMOND
BUELAH
KATHERINE
IRENE
CLARENCE
LAWRENCE
MARY
THOMAS ANTHONY((HE WAS MY GRANDFATHER))
ALL BORN IN MISSOURI EXCEPT ONE

THOMAS ANTHONY B- 26 APR 1903 ST JOSEPH MISSOURI D- 8 SEPT 1961 DETROIT MICHIGAN
1ST WIFE WAS RUTH AVIS ANDERSON THEY HAD 4 CCHILDREN
THOMAS DONALD ((MY DAD)JOAN RUTH
VIRGINIA LEE
JANICE ANN
ALL BORN IN MICHIGAN

I SURE HOPE THERE IS SONE CONNECTION. HOPE SONE ONE HAS SONE HELPFUL ADVICE. THANKS