Don't know if this one belongs to anyone or not, but please direct any replies to the message board url located in the message below... -----Original Message----- From: walshs@senet.com.au [mailto:walshs@senet.com.au] Source: ADAIR-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ADAIR] Adair co. Down, Ireland & Belmont Co OH This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Adair, McBride Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JG.2ADEB/739.902.1 Message Board Post: Mary Adair, born co. Down, IRELAND (c.1710?) m.c.1730? Thomas Stitt. John Stitt, born co. Down, Ireland, m. Jane McElroy b.c.1738 co. Down, Ireland died 1826 BELMONT co. OH. USA. Would they have lived near - George B. ADAIR b 1788 in PA, (son of ..........) d aft 1850 in OH?, married Jul 11, 1815 in Guernsey Co, OH to Isabella McBRIDE (dau. of ?..................) b 1796 in PA, d aft 1850 in OH? Children listed on the 1850 Guernsey Co, OH census are: Rebecca ADAIR b 1824 in OH Elizabeth ADAIR b 1826 in OH Samuel ADAIR b 1828 in OH Isabella ADAIR b 1831 in OH Harriet ADAIR b 1833 in OH James McBRIDE ADAIR b 1837 in OH Malissa E ADAIR b 1841 in OH Arthur B ADAIR b 1817 in Guernsey Co, OH, d Mar 1894 in Independence, Montgomery Co, KS, married 1st to Eleanor G OWON (b in Ireland abt 1820) Apr 06, 1843 in Guernsey Co, OH, Eleanor died abt 1854 they had the following children: Mary D Adair b 1844 in Guernsey Co, OH William A Adair b 1845 in Guernsey Co, OH Samuel G Adair b 1848 in Guernsey Co, OH Gemima J Adair b 1849 in Guernsey Co, OH Arthur, Eleanor and the above children are listed on the 1850 Madison Twp, Guernsey Co, OH census. Arthur B Adair md 2 to Margaret Holliday Calvert, dau of John Calvert, III and Edith Beale Calvert. Margaret was born Jun 11, 1830 in Belmont Co, OH. Margaret md Thompson Reeves (b abt 1825 in Athens Co, OH) Mar 15, 1849 in Meigs Co, OH they had Marrietta Belle Reeves b Dec 09, 1849 in Athens Co, OH and Florence Reeves b Nov 28, 1850 in Athens Co, OH. Thompson Reeves d Jun 17,1853. Widow Margaret Holliday Calvert Reeves md Arthur B Adair Jun 17, 1858 in Athens Co, OH. Arthur B Adair and Margaret H Calvert had the following children Mary Adair b 1859 in OH (this could be Mary D from his first marriage) George Adair b abt 1860 in OH John Ewing Adair b Oct 10, 1861 in Athens Co, OH Edith Adair b abt 1863 in OH Emily Adair b abt 1863 in OH Arthur Adair b abt 1865 in OH Elizabeth "Lizzie" Adair b 1867 IL (from 1880 census) Arthur, Margaret, Samuel G Adair, Gemima J Adair, Marrietta Belle Reeves, Florence Reeves, and Mary Adair are listed on the 1860 Meigs Co, OH census