Have you tried tracking him via his first wife, Rachel Barnes?

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ID: I4458
Name: Marshall STIVERS
Sex: M
Note: **SOURCE: Darcey Slaughter dbslaughter@att.net THOMAS BARNES AND LUCY WISDOM Received December 2000 ***SOURCE: Margaret Ogilvie scopete@msn.com
Change Date: 9 JUL 2001

Marriage 1 Rachel BARNES b: ca 1805; 1810 in Estill County, Kentucky

Married: 15 JUL 1826 in Fayette County, Kentucky
Note: Charles S. wade as surety, Lucy barnes gave consent for daughter.

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Rachel Barnes Stivers

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Birth: 1810
Estill County
Kentucky, USA
Death: Feb., 1832
Sturgeon
Boone County
Missouri, USA

D/O Thomas Barnes and Lucy Ann (Wisdom) Barnes. Married Marshall Stivers 4 Apr 1826 Fayette Co, KY.
Thomas Barnes died 1822 Madison Co, Ky.

Burial:
Naylor Cemetery
Riggs
Boone County
Missouri, USA

Created by: Carolyn Lee
Record added: Apr 10, 2010
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