Priscilla I would urge you to visit the Van Buren Co. GenWeb site if you have not already done so. A quick search using the built in Search Engine produced 21 matches to your surname. http://www.rootsweb.com/~iavanbur/ Rich Priscilla Hausmann wrote: > Hello, > I am new to this list and hope that you can help me. My ABLE/ABELL's > that lived in Penn. are my brick wall - or ONE of the brick walls, I > should say! Henry ABLE, b. 1779 in Penn., m. Lucinda b. 1782 in Ireland. > Maiden name unknown. One of their 3 sons was James, b. prob 1823 and d. > 1850 in Penn. In his will he lists 100 acres of property which he owned > in Van Buren County, Iowa and which he willed to his two brothers, > Walter and Henry, and his mother, Lucinda was to have use of that > property until her death. He also owned a smaller piece of property in > Henry County one and one half miles east of Washington county. Do any of > you have any knowledge of ABLE/ABELL's in that area in the 1850's? I > would greatly appreciate hearing from you! > Thank you! > Priscilla