"Dan Stevenson (by way of B.J. Smothers )" wrote: > William ROTHROCK (1817-1903) was born in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. > Sometime after 1840 he moved to Alabama where he worked as an engineer > on building railroad lines. In 1860, he and his newly married bride > (married within the last year), Helen, were living in a Selma, Dallas > County, Alabama hotel. They later opened a bookstore in Selma and were > listed that way in the 1870 census. William was known to be still > living in Selma in 1890. Does anyone know where they are buried? Does > anyone have the 1859 marriage records? Dan_Stevenson@sparta.com Dear Dan, According to the cemetery listings for Live Oak Cemetery in Selma, Alabama, both William and Helen are buried there. Rothrock, Helen H. "wife of William Rothrock, born April 29, 1834, Died June 10, 1902" Rothrock, William born August 15, 1817, Died March 18, 1903 There were several mentions of William Rothrock in the book "Selma, Her Institutions and Her Men" by John Hardy which showed William Rothrock to be active in business in the Town of Selma. He was associated with the building of the Alabama and Tennessee Rivers Railroad Company (later merged with Selma, Rome and Dalton Road.) The work was started in 1851 and by 1861 the road was completed to Blue Mountain which was 140 miles from Selma. The War came on and nothing was done on the RR until 1867. And in here Mr. Hardy says, "It is proper to say here that out fellow citizen, Wm. Rothrock, was at the driving of the first nail at Selma in 1851 and was connected in various capacities, with the road until the last rail was laid at Blue Mountain in 1861, thus giving to this grand work ten years of his skill and labor. It would apper that Rothrock's Book Store was started in 1865/66. The first of January, 1879, Selma had a population of 12,000 people and Wm Rothrock's name was mentioned as a Stationery Dealer. I hope this has helped you to some extent. Happy hunting, Suzanne Shuttleworth Coats -- Suzanne Coats Greetings from Forest, Mississippi!