Cheryl, that was just a msg i forwarded, though Shoup sounded familiar, ha! So i am not suggesting anything. the dates were rather late 1800s so don't think that could have been my timothys family, maybe a descendant of your logan co. bunch???? interesting anyway, i didn't post the originator because i didn't have her permission, joe >I'm confused Joe. The Shoup family is connected with my John Downing >family. Are you suggesting it is connected to our Timothy Downing too? That >would explain a couple things, like why both lines ended up in the same place. > >I have to check this out further. I think there is more Shoup information >in a couple books I have. > > > > >Cheryl Rothwell >clrothwell@mindspring.com >Logan County, ILGenWeb, coordinator >http://www.rootsweb.com/~illogan/loindex.htm >Logan County mailing list> LOGAN-L@rootsweb.com >Downing mailing list> DOWNING-L@rootsweb.com > > >==== DOWNING Mailing List ==== > > >