>From Mercer County to Clarion County, help! I am at a brick wall and am clutching at straws. I don't have any proof, but a suspicion that Lewis Carpenter was a son of Frederick Carpenter, who was born c1787 in VA. Frederick had a son born c1815-1820, and Lewis Carpenter was born c1818. Information from census records, Lewis lived near Frederick in 1850. A will index for Mercer Co. doesn't list Frederick. 1810 Census Mahoning twp, Mercer Co, has a Thomas Carpenter 1820 Census Mahoning twp, Mercer Co. has Thomas and Frederick next door 1830 Census Mahoning twp, Mercer Co. has Sarah and Frederick next door 1840 Census Sandy Creek twp, Mercer Co. only Frederick 1840 Census Cool Spring twp, Mercer Co. has Lewis married 1840 Census Salem twp, Mercer Co has Coulters 1849 Mahoning is now Lawrence Co. Lawrence County history mentions Thomas and lists 1810 churches in Mahoning twp with Carpenters the principal members of Christ church. There is a Carpenter Cemetery in Springfield twp. Mercer Co. but none of the above Carpenters are there. My grandfather talked about his Irish grandmother Mary - he had two but the other one was German, Mary Rickenbrode Hennage. The death certificate of Levi gives his mother as Colter and his father as Carpenter (from a son in law). Same son in law gave information for name of Levi's 2nd wife as Alice Short in one place and Alice Soult in another. I would also appreciate any information on Alice born 9 Jul 1862 in Pennsylvania. All census records show Lewis and his mother were born in Pennsylvania and his father in Virginia. Mary shows her father born in Ireland and her mother born in Pennsylvania. Poor Mary keeps getting older and her husband younger! 1850 census records Sandy Lake twp., Mercer County, Pennsylvania Lewis Carpenter, age 32, farmer wife Mary, age 38 daughter Hannah, age 13 son Robert, age 11 son Levi, age 3, my great grandfather 1860, 1870, 1880 census records Ashland twp., Clarion County, Pennsylvania Lewis, age 45, age 55, age 62 Mary, age 48, age 60, age 70 Hannah has become Cordelia, age 23, not on 1870 or 1880 Robert, age 21. age 29, 1880 living next door with wife Margaret Levi, age 13, 1870 living in Venango County with 1st wife Emma Hennage. Do you recognize any of these names? Any suggestions? Any encouragement? Thanks for reading this far. Betty Stevens in Yale, WA ==== PAMERCER Mailing List ==== Pennsylvania Yearbooks on line! http://www.old-yearbooks.com/pa ~~~~~~~~ To unsubscribe from this list - just send an email to PAMERCER-L-request@rootsweb.com with ONLY the word subscribe in the subject line.