This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cole, Dunlap, Collins, Church, Hawn, Lee, Elrod, McPherson Classification: Queries Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZW.2ADI/1883.1889.1871.1 Message Board Post: Pat, I believe I have some information for you. I really need to update it with my brother-in-law first, but here goes. This is what I have on Lomas Christopher Cole, born May 1834/ Leroy, Geauga Co., Ohio/ buried at Modesto, Ca. His father was Luther Cole and his mother was Cloa. He had 2 other wives. hariet Ann Islip and Martha McSwain. He was married to Elizabeth J. Dunlap who was born in 1840 in Illinois. She died in 1874, Empire, Stanislaus Co., Ca. They had 7 children. Mary in 1860/ married Alfred Hiatt. Sarah (Isabel) in 1862/ married to Bill Adams. John Luther in 1864/ married to May Patche. Albert ( Frank) Oct. 1, 1867 at Knights Ferry, Ca. and he married Hattie May Collins on May 5, 1894 and he died on June 10, 1936. William Harrison in 1868 at Empire/ Stanislaus Co., Ca. and he married Georgie Patche and he died Jan. 27, 1950. Flora E. (Ellen) in 1870 at Empire, Stanislaus Co., Ca. and she married Henry Ford. Berdine (Bud) in 1872 and he was born in Em! pire, Stanislaus Co., Ca. He married Minnie Cook. His second family he had three children. Clara Adeline in 1874 at Empire, Stanislaus Co., Ca. and she married Ernest Harder. Charles P. in Dec. 16, 1876 at Empire, Stanislaus Co., Ca. and he married Hattie Blaine Patterson. I'm connected through Albert/Frank. He married Hattie May Collins in Hanford, Ca., on May 1, 1894 and he died june 10, 1936 in Fresno, Ca., and he is buried at Los Banos, Ca. cemetery. Hattie Mae Collins was born July 5, 1877 at Jenny Lind, Ca.,Co., Ca. She died August 25, 1901 in Los Banos, Ca., and is buried there also. Her parents were Robert Bruce Collins and Sarah A. Church. I have alot more information on this whole family back to almost the start of time. Their children were Albert Henry who was born Aug. 11, 1894 at Knights Ferry, Ca. He married Rozetta Clark and he died July 11, 1964. Lemuel Bruce June 25, 1896 at Escolon and he never married, he died Sept. 10, 1925. Beryl A. (a girl) on Dec. 12, 1898 in Escolon, Ca. She married Steve Giacolini Dec. 13, 1914. George Washington born on April 22, 1901 in Los Banos, Merced, Ca. and he married Evalena Hawn on Sept. 27, 1921. He died in 1985 and she just died last year at the age of 95. I am related through George and Evalena. My brother-in-law has the most current records and there is alot of them. Please keep in touch and we can swap records. Thanks. Julie/JEWELBUSTER@AOL.COM