- Belmont Co., OH to Lucas Co., IA?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Greetings Dick, This is what I have for Melville: Descendants of Andrew Melville 23 Andrew Melville 1812 - 1875 .... +Sarah _____ 1822 - .. 24 John Melville 1843 - .. 24 James Melville 1845 - .. 24 Sarah Jane Melville 1847 - 1870 ........ +[1] WILLIAM P. CHANCE 1842 - .. 24 Isabella Melville 1854 - ........ +[1] WILLIAM P. CHANCE 1842 - .. 24 Eva Melville 1856 - ........ +W. W. Beardsley 1844 - .. 24 Rhoda Melville 1860 - .. 24 Nicholas Melville 1863 - .. 24 Hetty Melville 1866 - I have additional information for the Chance line, my interest being a connection to the Curtis line. Wm. P.'s brother, Nathan, b. 1844 m. Mary Emily [Emma] McKnight, b. 1843 at Belmont Co., OH. She was dau. of Harriett Curtis McKnight [Mrs. Theodore McKnight, b. 1820. Harriet was sister to Lot & Thomas Curtis who settled in Lucas Co., IA after leaving Belmont Co., Oh. [See a 3 generation outine below that shows some of that line.] When younger, Wm P. is found at 18y in the 1860 Census, as I recorded below in my notes: "p. 93 1860 Federal Census: Warren Twp., Lucas Co., IA dwelling # 735 Chance, William 46 m farmer NC Julia A. 30 f Indiana William P. 18 m farmer Indiana Nathan R. 16 m farmer Indiana Martha J. 12 f Indiana Sarah 10 f Indiana John M. 5 m Iowa Enoch M. 3 m Iowa Andrew A. 3m m Iowa Badger, Phebe 16 f Indiana Chance, Redden 65? m farmer NC Sarah 79 f NC // Living next to Solomon & Lovisa Waynick, age 40, farmers, b. NC on one side and on the other, Benjamin Murphy, age 25, farmer, b. Ohio. " // Let me know if you want me to check further for additional links to Lucas Co.. Happy Hunting, Mary Beth in Wisconsin Here is an outline as mentioned above for the Curtis line, many of who removed from Belmont Co., OH to Lucas Co., IA: Descendants of THOMAS CURTIS, Sr. [b. Loudoun Co. VA] 23 THOMAS CURTIS, Sr. 1790 - 1827 .... +Frances "Fanny" St. Clair/Sinclair 1792 - 1860 .. 24 ANNE CURTIS 1810 - ........ +William Washington Campbell ...... 25 Thomas I. Campbell .. 24 EMILY CURTIS 1812 - 1903 .. 24 JANE CURTIS 1814 - 1903 ........ +Nathaniel McNickols 1799 - .. 24 MELINDA CURTIS 1817 - 1850 ........ +Isaac Griffith 1818 - ...... 25 Hugh Griffith 1841 - ...... 25 Lot Griffith 1843 - ...... 25 John W. Griffith 1845 - ...... 25 Mary A. Griffith 1847 - ...... 25 Sarah Catherine Griffith 1844 - ............ +William Harvey Giffin .. 24 HARRIET CURTIS 1820 - 1881 ........ +THEODORE MCKNIGHT 1816 - 1904 ...... 25 NANCY J. MCKNIGHT 1841 - ............ +HENDLEY H. GREGG 1835 - ...... 25 MARY EMILY (EMMA) MCKNIGHT 1843 - 1940 ............ +NATHAN RICHARD CHANCE 1844 - 1940 ...... 25 THOMAS IRVIN MCKNIGHT 1845 - 1895 ............ +REBECCA JANE MORSE 1850 - 1922 ...... 25 MARTHA E. MCKNIGHT 1847 - 1923 ............ +HENRY M. MILLER 1837 - 1923 ...... 25 WILLIAM ASBURY MCKNIGHT 1849 - 1906 ............ +MARTHA JANE CHANCE 1848 - 1914 ...... 25 SARAH MCKNIGHT 1850 - 1919 ...... 25 CLARA BELL MCKNIGHT 1854 - ............ +DAVIS ...... 25 Siegle MCKNIGHT 1862 - ...... 25 FRANCIS ANNA MCKNIGHT 1840 - 1926 ............ +Thomas M. Gatten 1828 - 1905 .. 24 Lot/t Curtis 1823 - 1909 ........ +Mary A. Chynoweth 1821 - 1883 ...... 25 William Thomas Curtis 1845 - 1920 ............ +Mary Elizabeth Farber 1852 - 1936 ...... 25 Amanda E. Curtis 1847 - 1930 ............ +Merrill Alexander Scovel 1850 - 1932 ...... 25 Joseph Henry Curtis 1850 - 1922 ............ +Electa Farber 1854 - 1884 ...... *2nd Wife of Joseph Henry Curtis: ............ +Emma J. Maxwell 1863 - ...... 25 Ann Eliza Curtis 1852 - 1861 ...... 25 George E. Curtis 1855 - 1861 ...... 25 Cyrus Benson Curtis 1858 - 1941 ............ +Carrie Ann Scovel 1863 - 1950 ...... 25 Frank B. Curtis 1861 - 1926 ............ +Addie B. Gay 1868 - 1933 ...... 25 Asbury Collins Curtis 1863 - 1930 ............ +Olive Emma Gay 1873 - 1911 ...... 25 Ira N. Curtis 1866 - 1936 ............ +America Belle Martin 1868 - 1959 .. *2nd Wife of Lot/t Curtis: ........ +Catharine D. _____ Shore 1839 - 1889 .. *3rd Wife of Lot/t Curtis: ........ +Martha J ? Ann {Tracy} Sigler 1827 - 1900 .. *4th Wife of Lot/t Curtis: ........ +Mary E. Boss[Scovel] 1832 - 1914 .. 24 Thomas Curtis, Jr. 1825 - 1915 ........ +Martha Chynoweth 1824 - 1899 ...... 25 Henley/Manley G. Curtis 1847 - 1904 ............ +Minora E. Burr 1852 - 1885 ...... 25 CASSIUS CLAY "Corrin" Curtis 1849 - 1931 ............ +SARAH CHANCE 1849 - ...... 25 Clarinda Curtis 1853 - 1918 ............ +JOHN M. CHANCE 1853 - 1933 ...... 25 Emory E. Curtis 1855 - ...... 25 Elma Curtis 1857 - 1860 ...... 25 Adda Curtis 1862 - ............ +Thomas B. Chynoweth 1856 - ...... 25 Collista/Kalista[twin] CURTIS 1864 - ............ +William B. Keller 1856 - ...... 25 Esmarilda "Rilla"[twin] CURTIS 1864 - ............ +Franklin P. Wright 1859 - ...... 25 LUCADIA/Lusada "Sadie" CURTIS 1866 - ............ +E. C. Lewis 1863 - Based upon ... On 27.08.2005 at 16:48:13, Richard Kinkead <rkinkead1@earthlink.net> wrote: > Who was William P. Chance and who were the two Melville girls he married four years apart? Sisters? Daughters of whom?> > Dick Kinkead > Lantana, FL