Starke, I appreciate the info on Routh's Univ Miss record. UNC (citing published "Alumni History of the University of North") says that "Stephen Routh of Lake Saint Joseph, Louisiana, was a student in the years 1858-1860." The "University Magazine" of Sep 1859 (Vol 9, No 2) identifies him (SMR) as a "contender" (oration competition) in the 1859 graduation proceedings, from Soph class of 1859. This is echoed in Battle's "History of the Univ of N.C." I had reasoned that, if he were of the soph class of 1859, he would have been on track for graduation with class of 1861. Assuming we're talking about the same person, do you have a source for the U Miss info? (Otherwise, I'll get in touch with them to conform or sort out.) Thanks, Dave Gaddy