I don’t know that much about this set of GG grandparents, but thanks to the obituary for thier son (my great-grandfather Tom Temple) I do know their names. My great-great grandfather was named John Thomas Temple, and his wife was Jane Temple. The obituary doesn’t mention her maiden name. They homesteaded in Lincoln County Missouri, having moved there from North Carolina in the early 1840s. Once they arrived in Missouri, they suffered a number of tragedies in rapid succession (again, according to this 1916 obituary for their son which I have.) First, the wife Jane died from an illness shortly after arriving in Missouri. They had a daughter who also died from an illness. Then one of their sons drowned. Then , in 1848, the father left on a wagon train to go to California and “was never heard from again”. When he left, he sent the remaining two children (boys aged about 6 and 8) to work and live at his neighbor’s farm. Fortunately, the brothers were able to live with the neighbor until they were adults and got married. Incidentally, the two brothers (James and Tom) married two sisters.

Life was certainly hard back in those days!

Whew! Six of the GGG’s down, ten to go…some of these are going to be very tough!