Still looking for James T(homas)? CONLIN/Conlon/Conlan and wife Bridgett b. aprox 1798 was in or near Evansville, IN in 1853 where son John Thomas Conlin was born. Then in either Muscatine or Louisa Co IA in 1855 where Bridget died and is Buried in Muscatine IA. believe the family came to American shortly before 1853. They had 2 girls prior to the birth of John Thomas. These girls possible names of Elizabeth and maybe Mary returned to Ireland sometime prior to 1870 and had a falling out with brother John over marrying out of the Catholic faith. Any info on the girls or their parents please contact me. Sondra ms42son@aol.com Sondra Riley Peterson > family names: RILEY, POWELL,DILL, FOWLER, HOWARD, TATE,PITMAN, CONLIN, KEISER, STRADTER, DUNNING,MARTIN, AMBURN,MCBRIDE "You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was." --Irish Proverb VISIT THE 'CLAN O'REILLY' WEB Lots of IRISH HISTORY to be found on these pages. http://www.gofast.to/ClanOReilly/