This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Harrison, Sutherland, Ramsey, Irwin, Findlay, McClung, Thornton, Fitzhugh Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/jhh.2ACIB/5401.1 Message Board Post: Hi... This may not be that relevant but I've just come across a very fascinating recounting of the immense friendship between the William H. Harrison (pre his presidency), Sutherland, Ramsey, Findlay and IRWIN families in North Bend and/or South Bend, OH. Nancy Ramsey married John Sutherland and was his 3rd wife. Their daughter Mary Anne Sutherland married WHH's son, Carter Bassett Harrison in 1836. Nancy's sister Mary Ramsey married Archibald Irwin, and their daughters married right into the Harrison family. The Irwin girls (Elizabeth and Jane) met the Harrison boys (John Scott and William H. Jr.) at the Sutherland's and Nature naturally took its course. LOL! Elizabeth Irwin was the 2nd wife of John Scott Harrison (also a son of WHH's). Their son was Benjamin Harrison, the 23rd president of the U.S. Another Irwin girl Jane married William H. Harrison, Jr. (also a son of the 9th President). Seems like the Irwin girls and Miss Sutherland sure did their shopping in the right marriage mart! There were a lot of cousins marrying cousins at that time and these folks seemed to fall right in line with the practice. I'm trying to find out what happened to Mary Anne (Sutherland) Harrison after CBH died in 1839. It seems like she fell right off the face of the earth! LOL! Supposedly, she and CBH had one daughter, Anna Carter Harrison who married David Waddle McClung. Some sources report that they in turn gave birth to Anne Harrison McClung. AHM married Thornton Fitzhugh. They had a son James McClung Fitzhugh who died unmarried. BTW, Thornton Fitzhugh's parents were Anna Harrison Thornton and Lee Mason Fitzhugh. AHT was the daughter of CBH's sister Mary Symmes Harrison (daughter of WHH). See what I mean about cousins and cousins?! And everybody seems to have nearly the same names. It can be VERY confusing when you're trying to figure out who goes with whom. Anyway, it occurred to me that perhaps the spelling of your "Erwin" connections might have evolved from the very prominent "Irwin" family. Another Irwin daughter Nancy married William Findlay who was among other things the Governor of Ohio at one point. Jane Irwin married General James Findlay. If you want to read the story which goes into much greater detail about the above-referenced families, just drop me a line at "redcat@dmombit.com". I'll be happy to send along the link. Good hunting! dmt