Contrary to what some have recorded, Matthew Smith Harmon did not move to Arkansas and die until after 1870.

1870 Census dated Oct. 26: Lafayette Co., MS Township 6, page 20, Tyro Post Office
MS (Matthew Smith) Harmon & wife Mary. The next household contains three of their children --David Z, Margaret E, and Thomas.

Where are their other children, particularly Wesley and Amanda, their youngest two? I know for a fact that Amanda isn't dead, nor has she moved to Arkansas. She marries John Wells (see Lee Co. MS 1880 census), and when he dies she marries Richard F. Stepp in Union Co., MS in 1888. They have my grandmother, Millie Stepp, and two sons. By the late 1890s they've moved to Van Zandt Co., TX where Amanda dies around 1912.

Does anyone have any idea where Amanda and Wesley were in 1870? I assume they were with other relatives, but I can't figure out where or why.

Thank you for any help you can offer.

Ellen