Joe, I am sure you have seen my story on here before.My ggrandparents Robert Garrison and Suzannah Smith were married in Warren Co.Ohio in 1847.Shortly after that the headed for Illinois where my grandfather Reed Garrison was born(Peoria) in 1852.I have found a lot of the Garrisons of Ohio went to Illinois around that time.I have not found this family in the 1850 census anywhere.Perhaps they were traveling and didn't get counted.I have know idea how they came to be in Blackford Co,Indiana after that but Robert disappeard from the cabin they were living in on the Salamonie River when Grandad Reed was very small.Suzannah remarried a school teacher named Gideon Shannon in Jay Co,Indiana 1858.I have found the marriage of Suzannah Smith and Robert Garrison in Warren Co,Ohio 1947 but can not find any proof of who their parents were. My husband's grandfather Robert Daniel Roark(PaPa)was born in White Co,Tenn 1878 to Tabitha Howell and Peter Roark.I have traced the Howell family but cannot find the family of this Peter Roark.They are in the 1880 census of White Co.,Tenn.Tabitha is 22 and Peter 54 I beleive.He was listed as a Blacksmith at that time.There were two children at that time and they had a third shortly after.Peter deserted this family and Tabitha died when PaPa was 9.He was raised by his uncle John Howell in Tx.His sisters were sent to Illinois and raise by other Howell relatives. I am from a family of 12 and so is my father all Garrisons born and raised in Blackford Co.,Indiana. Thanks for listening, Jeany Garrison Roark At 10:33 PM 4/2/04 -0500, you wrote: >They all ended up in Southern Illinois. Most of them in Hamilton and Wayne >counties > > >==== GARRISON Mailing List ==== >Search the GARRISON Archives: >http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=GARRISON > > >