Hi Stephanie, This may be of little use, but; Port Louisa Cemetery, Port Louisa township, Louisa county, Iowa (page P-18) NELSON Catherine, b. 1815; d. 15 Jan 1895; wife of Peter NELSON Peter Alonzo, b. 1812; d. 24 Nov 1863; husb of Catherine Fredonia Cemetery, Concord township, Louisa county, Iowa (page C-40) NELSON Agnes V., b. 1861; d. 26 Dec 1900; wife of Alonzo NELSON Alonzo, b. 28 Feb 1859; d. 13 Sept 1930 May A., b. 1891; d. 1895; dau of Alonzo & Agnes V. NELSON Melvin Arthur, b. 22 Sept 1882; d. 14 Apr 1923 son of Alonzo & Agnes V. NELSON SOURCE: Cemeteries of Louisa County, Iowa (published 1990) There were other NELSONs, but these looked like the most promising. If you make a connection to Louisa county, I "might" be able to look up more names. Don't remember seeing any HARTLEYs. Happy Hunting. Stephen P.S. There is a Union township in Louisa county, but there is also a Union township in Fayette county where I live (about 150 miles north of Louisa). There is also a Union county in Iowa; county seat is Creston. Good luck. On Sat, 28 Nov 1998 18:32:55 EST EXPRESSMT@aol.com writes: >this is what I know: > Alonzo Brown NELSON was born in Twinsburg Township, OH 18 March 1857. He >married Mary Elizabeth (or Ellen) HARTLEY who was born in either Chequest or >Union Township, IA 1 May 1858. Her parents were Mailend (?) HARTLEY born in OH >and Elisabeth WILISPAW(?) born in KY. > > Alonzo & Mary eventually had six daughters. Four of them were born in >Chequest or Union Township, IA during the years 1881 to 1887. They were: >Della, Elizabeth Caroline, Rose & Bessey. The family subsequently moved to the >Tacoma area of WA where they remained. > >Stephanie Gunther Jones BARTENHAGEN/CRESWELL: Archibald Bailey Crilley Dickinson Erwin Friedrich Grinke Hammann Holthusen Jackson Ollrich Steffens Stephen Van Trump McNEIL/SCHNEIDER: Bertiss/Burns/Capwell/Dunkel/Harkins/Herrick/Michael/Powell/Stiles/Van Schaick CROMER/SUTTON: Edwards/Hardy/Hill/Keller/Mervin/Rouse/Stevens/Walters PELLUM/RUTLEDGE: Alderman/Clark/Duke/Frederick/Gray/Pelham/Prine/Southern/Whidden ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]