Would like to know more about the following Ruark family found in Lawrence Co.MO 1850
Ruark Wm 48 m farmer Md
Ruark Margaret 31 f Md
Ruark Sarah J 21 f Ind
Ruark Joshua 19 m farmer Ind
Ruark Osias 16 m farmer Ind
Ruark Martha 11 f Ind
Ruark Cynthia 8 f Mo
Ruark William J 5 m Mo
Ruark Margaret 4 f Mo
Ruark Francis M 3 m Mo

There was also an older son named Henry Ruark who married Matilda Taylor. Cynthia married John Brown.
Cynthia and Henry moved to Parker Co. TX where Henry
changed the spelling of the name to ROARK.