This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Courtright Lechliter Beery Darst Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ok.2ADE/2577.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Although the message I'm responding to is two years old, I thought I'd post my reply/message anyway. I was trying to find out where Solomon Darst went to after he left Fairfield Co., Ohio, and found the one out west but his birth year seemed to be off, even though his census info shows he was born in Ohio. Also, the "out west" Solomon Darst I found showed his parents were born in Germany, and if I have the same Solomon, his father is shown being born in Ohio and his mother in VA. CENSUS: 1850 Jackson Twp., Pickaway Co., OH, visitation 29/31 DARST, Jacob, 29y cabinet maker b OH ", Mary Ann, 29y b VA ", Mary Jane, 9y b OH ", David 3y b OH ", Solomon 2y b OH ", Susan 6/12 b OH LECHLITER, Margaret, 18y b OH Mary Ann Darst is a Lechliter and sister to Margaret. CENSUS: 1860 Bloom Twp., Fairfield Co., OH; visitation 36/34 BEERY, Ezra F., farmer b OH ", Elizabeth 24y b OH ", David K. 3y b OH ", Parthenius 2y b OH ", Albert 6/12 b OH DARST, Solomon 12y b OH CENSUS: 1870 Bloom township, Fairfield Co., OH; visitation 153/157 COURTRIGHT, Abner L., 37y farmer b OH ", Mary L., 29y keeping house b OH ", Sarah E., 11y attending school b OH ", Mary S., 9y attending school b OH ", Katie L., 4y at home b OH ", William L., 2y at home b OH DARST, Solomon, 20y farm laborer b OH Here's the 1880 and 1900 Solomon Darst. I have no idea if it's the same one as the above though I lean toward the answer being 'yes'. CENSUS: 1880 Sidney Twp., Fremont Co., IA, ED 697 p 180 DARST, Solomon, 24y farmer b OH, parents b Germany, married within census yr. ", Alice, 22y wife keeping house b IA, fa b IL, ma b IA CENSUS: 1900 South Omaha City, Douglas Co., Nebraska, ED 111 SH 2A p 195 DARST, Solomon, head, b Apr 1857, 43y b OH, parents b Germany, watchman in packing house, mar. 20y ", Alice, wife b Sept 1860, 40y b IA, fa b IL ma b IA, had 6 ch 6 living (5 children and a boarder listed)