Thank you Georgette I very much appreciate your help. The Wilmots you found I'm sure are his kin The Arthur you found appears to be a Cousin to the Arthur I'm researching. Arthur J. left IL for CA and is in the 1870 census but I can't find him in 1860 or after 1870. Beverlee > Here's some A Wilmot I found in other years: > 1850 United States Federal Census about Arthur Wilmot > Name: Arthur Wilmot > Age: 16 > Estimated birth year: abt 1834 > Birth Place: New York > Gender: Male > Home in 1850 > (City,County,State): Marshall, Oneida, New York > Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Marshall, Oneida, New York; Roll: > M432_562; Page: 168; Image: 334. > > didn't find him in 1860 >