Hi Donna, When Tim was working hard to solve his ancestry a few years back, some of us on the list helped get the basic ancestry outline of Mahala Bisbee Buck's daughter Celia. I cannot remember the details now, but if you look at my mscheffler database, you will find some information on this line. I should cut and paste some of your information into the notes because I primarily just did the ancestral line and was not as specific about what I found in the census. Margaret Scheffler ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna" <donna.mr@comcast.net> To: <BUCK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 10:12 AM Subject: Re: [BUCK-L] Maine, Penn Bucks with Virginia Relations??? ...... I was interested in your Mahala Bisbee Buck and the Buck who went missing in > Virginia during the Civil War, so I looked at the censuses.. > > I find a Mahala Buck, age 89, living in Maine in the census of 1900--- > Buckfield, Oxford Co., Maine. She was born July 1810 and is widowed. She > has born 3 children, 3 still living. She is living in the household of > William Fogg(??) and wife Agnes. Her relationship to the household is a > bit blotchy. I might guess "Gmother", except there looks to be a dotted i > in the word and the last letter might possibly be something like a y or g. > > In 1880 I find Mahala Buck in the same town living alone, age 69. It > indicates she is widowed or divorced; and was born in Maine, but her > parents were born in Mass. She is living just a few dwellings from John > Buck 63, son Harry 15, and sister Sylvania 80. > > In 1870 I find Mahala Buck living alone in Buckfield near Addison Buck & > family and living also near John Buck. It looks like John's wife is > Alba(?) M. Other children there, son Harry is there, and also sister > Sylvania Buck. > > In 1860 Mahala 49 is living with Samuel Buck 69 in Buckfield. Celia B. > Buck 15 is in the household. Also Dyantha Packard 27 and child Hellen 1. > This dwelling is the next one down from the Ambrose Buck 37 household and > the Caroline Buck 61 household. > > In 1850 Samuel 59 and Mahala 40 are living in Buckfield in the next > dwelling from Elisha and Caroline Buck & children. Samuel & Mahala have > daughters Cynthia 18, Diantha 17, Octavia 16, Celia 5. He is listed as > farmer, as is Elisha. > > And..... four dwellings down lives William Bisbee 34, a powdermaker, wife > Emilina 35, and son Francis M. 11. > > Maybe this helps with how Mahala fits into your family. I wonder if > Samuel was the one who went to Virginia and couldn't get home during the > Civil War, as I don't find him in the census of 1870 and thereafter. He > would have been in his 70s during the War. Would love to know if he was > there on business or if he had gone to visit some of my Bucks in Louisa > Co.Virginia. > > Warmest Regards, > > Donna