The obituary of my great-grandfather Francis Marion MARVIN says, “Left fatherless at the age of six [in 1863], [Francis Marion Marvin] made his home first with Mr. John CLAY, near Shelby [, Richland County, O.] and later with Mr. John Barton of Williams County, O. . . ." I strongly suspect that "Barton" should be "BORTON." A man named John Borton owned a farm near that of Garrett and Esther BAUM, an uncle and aunt of Ella Lucretia KIME (Francis's future wife) in Franklin Township, Fulton County. I have found published a statement that JOB BORTON "was the father of three sons and' one daughter and also took three different children and reared them to woman and man's estate. " I've also read that Job Borton and his wife "have three children and twenty-one grandchildren, and have, besides, reared four children by adoption." Pamela Pattison Lash posted on her blog at http://williamscountyohiogenealogy.blogspot.com/2010/12/black-sheep-stories-of-williams-county_07.html "On 12 Nov 1873 BENJAMIN BORTON was named guardian for Elmer Whinnery (20Y on 7 June 1873), Steven Whinnery (15Y on 15 May 1873), and Hiram’s nephew, Albert Whinnery (19Y on 8 June 1873), the last guardianship was filed on 3 Feb 1873 (case number 1564)." I'm looking for records or narratives that might confirm the obituary statement that my Francis Marvin lived with a Barton/Borton family in Williams or Fulton County. I was at the library in Bryan last month and hope to return in May or June next year, so advice on where to look in person in Williams or Fulton counties would be helpful. [Context: Francis Marion Marvin was the son of Edward Kemp Marvin and Lucy Ann Cooper, both natives of Richland County, Ohio. The family moved to Williams County where they lived in Hamer and Edward worked as a carpenter. After Edward died Francis was sent to live with a Clay family in Richland County. Relatives of John Clay lived near the Marvin family in Hamer. John Clay died in 1870 and Francis returned to northwestern Ohio. After his marriage in 1874 Francis and his wife moved back to Richland County.]