Richard, I noticed some familiar names in the list you wrote: Swearingen and Arnold. I do research on the Laizure/Lazier/Lazear/Leasure family of Maryland that went from MD (1700-1770s) to southern PA (1770s-1818), to Ohio (1818-1854), then to Iowa. I'm not an expert on the Arnolds or Swearingens, but I have noticed their presence in earlier times in PA and MD. The Swearingens were very noticable in MD, moving slowly west in the 1700s from places like Prince George's Co. toward Allegany County. They were in the military and held some public offices. The Arnolds were in Bedford Co., PA in the 1800s. This is just information, in case your research hadn't taken you back that far. I always think it's fun when I see a family that I recognize from 1733 MD has made it all the way to KS in my great grandfather's day! The theory about the move from Tusc. County, Ohio is an interesting one. My g-g grandfather left Tuscarawas about 1854 after getting married to Lovina Gram of Gnaddenhutten in May of 1854. His name was James T. Laizure, b. 1831 d. 1911. Maybe there was a large group who went west within a short time. I will keep my eyes open for more information about that. Sharon Laizure Hofer