Good Morning, This information was found through Ancestry -- I found a Samuel Arden in the 1840 US Census for Blount County, Tennessee Back then, they didn't list the individual names of the persons in the household, only their ages. Samuel I am going to assume is the HoH. Here are the following ages in the household: 1 Male under 5 years old 1 Male 5-10 years old 1 Male 30-40 years old 1 Male 70-80 years old 2 Females under 5 years old 1 Female 20-30 years old 1 Female 70 -80 years old ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I also found a Thomas Artman in the 1840 US Census for Ogle county, Illinois The ages for this household are: 1 Male 60-70 years old 1 Female under 5 years old 2 Females 15-20 years old 2 Female 20-30 years old 1 Female 40-50 years old -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nothing with all the various spellings of the last name in Illinois in 1850 Sorry I couldn't help more. Lori L Hoper Jacksonville, Florida, USA --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2¢/min or less.