My gggrandmother's brother, Sidney Whipple Snare, was in the Grand Junction area from about 1900 until his death in 1924, appearently living with his daughter and son-in-law Frank and Mary Preston. He was born in Licking County, Ohio and spent some of his youth and young adulthood in Fulton County, Illinois and maybe some time in Washington County, Kansas. Sidney and his second wife Sarah Ellen Babbitt are both buried in Orchard Mesa Cemetery. (First wife was Sarah Ogden). Frank and Mary Snare Preston and Frank's second wife, India Pearle Kayton are buried nearby. Sidney et al are buried at the far end of one section of the cemetery. In the same row, but at the other end of the same section of the cemetery are a family of Whipples and buried next to them is Frank's sister, Ethel Preston. I am not aware of any Snare connections to the Whipples or earlier conncetions between the Snares and the Prestons but this is too much of a coincident to be purely an accident. Frank was born in Wales and his father in law, Sidney Snare's father and grandfather were both American born, the grandfather, born appearently just after the revolutionary war. If this turns on any lightbulbs for anyone I would love to exchange information and maybe communicate with a VERY DISTANT cousin. Vicky Drake dvicky@primenet.com