This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CI.2ADEB/9309 Message Board Post: I am searching for siblings or ancestors of a William Adams who resided in Philadelphia, PA in the early 1800's and who married a Lydia Ann Towns. William was a soldier in the War of 1812 and died in 1835. Lydia died in 1825. Their children were: Thomas William, who remained a bachelor. John 1817-1888, who was born in Philadelphia, moved to St. Louis County, MO at age 22 and later to Montgomery Co., MO. Lydia Ann 1820-1907, who was born in Philadelphia, married a George Patterson and died in Ambler, PA. Don Adams