First - I'm sorry for the long delay in posting to the list. Life gets complicated sometimes ... including a 21 day stay in the hospital for my 90 yr old Mom who took a serious fall, some dental work, one daughter trying to find work (did) and housing (did not yet) in another town, office work and age! But, I guess I have everyone around here well trained in looking for Gorin material and when I went to the post office this morning, the desk clerk (distant kin of the Gorin's) handed me a newspaper clipping which some of you in Gladin's line will be interested in. John Henry Gorin Jr was born about 1818 in Warren Co KY - likely right in Bowling Green. He was the grandson of Gladin and Nancy Hinch Gorin, son of John Henry Gorin Sr and Elizabeth Bailey Jones. He married first Melvina Austin 30 May 1843; she died and is buried here in the Glasgow Municipal Cemetery along with one or two of their children. John Henry Jr moved back and forth between Glasgow in Barren Co and Bowling Green - 35 miles or so. I pick him him up here in a couple of citations - he was into horses and also suffered a financial setback over a patent for an agricultural implement if I remember right; was sued once over this. John H Jr married secondly to Helen Dodd 11 May 1854 here in Glasgow. Helen and he had 6 children of record - Helen is buried in TX. All I had on John H Jr was then his date of death, being 12 Feb 1868 - age 50. Well, here is the rest of the story. >From the Lexington (KY) Observer & Reporter, Semi-Weekly, Lexington, KY, Saturday, Feb 22, 1868, p. 2, column 1: Suicide. About 10 o'clock last Wednesday morning Mr. John H. Gorin, a highly respected citizen of this place, committed suicide by shoting himself through the head with a pistol. No cause is assigned for the act. When he went to his home Tuesday evening he complained of feeling unwell - thought he had probably had a chill during the day; but otherwise seemed perfectly at himself. It appears that while in his room alone at the time stated he got up in his night clothes and commited the fatal deed while standing in front of a large mirror. Mr. Gorin leaves a wife and several children to mourn his untimely end, to whom we tender our heartfelt sympathies for their sad bereavement. At the time of his death Mr. Gorin was Deputy City Marshall, and commanded the highest respect from all who knew him." Reported from the Bowling Green Democrat (newspaper). What a tragic story! Is this when Helen and the family moved to TX? What could have caused him to do this? We likely will never know but it answers a question a lot of us have had for many years. Sandi Sandi's Puzzlers: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gensoup/gorin/puz.html SCKY Links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/