Krista,

If you're still around or doing research I would like to correspond with you and share information. I believe we are distant relatives. My great-grandfather was Lytle Partney (Lytle Masson), too. He was born in Richwoods, MO, and is buried outside Mineral Point, MO.

I am having the same problems with the Partney/Masson surname. It doesn't make any sense. My grandmother was a daughter of Lytle Partney/Masson, and she would use either name interchangeably through the years on various documents.