In a message dated 07/17/1999 7:04:00 PM Central Daylight Time, LCounc@aol.com writes: << Ted, did your Oscar have any other name? This was my g-g-grandfather Henry Oscar and he had only one child Harry Gray. Henry was the co-owner if Barton furniture in Cambridge NY along with his brother Mial Pearse Barton. Mial had 3 know wives and I do not have all the names of his children. He and 2 of his wives are buried in Cambridge cemetary. Please let me know. Lea >> Lea, my Oscar had the middle name of Orlando. Here is what I have about my John Barton. He was born January 12, 1834 per family records, reportedly in New York State. There is a possiblility he was from New Fane, Niagara County. That from a family record, that has proven to be wrong on some other points. On May 6, 1856 he married Hannah Smith, and by her had five children, Laura A. Catherine Tryphosia, Jessie, Oscar Orlando and Mary F. I think Jessie and Mary died young, and Hannah died August 3, 1865. On December 14, 1865, he married, probably in Michigan, Maryette Larkin, and they are found in Homer, Calhoun County, Michigan in the 1870 Census. They had four children, one of whom was my great grandmother. Her name was Sarah Belle Barton. Apparently work in Stanton, Montcalm County Michigan called and the family moved there about 1876. He died October 17, 1877, aged 42 years, of Typhoid fever. I have seen his grave in the little town of Stanton. His wife remarried, interestingly, a man from back in Homer Michigan. I was contacted by another man with an Oscar Barton in his tree also, but we could not connect. I have found very few Oscars in my research, and they all seem to come in the Barton family. You just have to wonder if there is a connection. I will keep your notes and let you know if I find anything. Ted Holden