>Thank you so much Anne, I have sent your information on to Betty. I had >found them in the 1860 and 1880 census, but had not followed up. Had >also found all 3 marriages in the Barlow database. You did wonderful, >thanks for putting the time into it. I am thinking that perhaps Job >Barlow was his father, or perhaps the Mary in the household with John >and Susannah was his mother. Both of these sure seem possible. In 1850, Job has a son named Marion about the same age as Samuel. No Marion in 1860, and it seems quite plausible that Samuel was helping out his aging grandparents while his parents were still alive. Job was born in Kentucky about 1812, so early Kentucky records seem like the place to look to me. John Barlow first shows up in Pulaski County in the census in 1820. Job is the only candidate for Samuel's father that I could find, unless John's daughter Mary had a child without benefit of clergy.... >Betty would like to find the parents of Sam. I couldn't find them in >1850 either, which would help. Seeing the family comes from Virginia, >perhaps that is where we need to look, however, his birth between >1843-1845, shows to be in Kentucky in all census. > >Susan