This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Sloman, Arscott, Rich, Lamb Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gg.2ADE/116 Message Board Post: I am trying to find a family tie between two John Sloman’s. One was John Sloman, born April 30, 1831, near the village of High Bighington, Devonshire, England. His father was James Sloman and his paternal grandfather was Zachariah Sloman. This John Sloman emigrated to the United States with his family when he was 10, and was later a farmer in Jersey County, Illinois, and Honey Point Township, Macoupin Co., Illinois. His wife was Sarah C. Lamb. The second John Sloman was born July 10, 1846, in Devon, England, and died Jan. 24, 1930, in Morrisonville, Christian Co., IL. His father was John Sloman, born Aug. 8, 1814, in Sampford Courtenay, Devon, England, and his mother was Elizabeth Arscott, born abt. 1813 in Sampford Courtenay. His wife was Mary Grace Rich, born June 10, 1848, in Devon, England, dying May 22, 1910, in Christian Co., IL. The second John and his wife Mary Grace emigrated to the United States after their marriage in Sept. 1869, and first moved to Jersey Co., IL, supposedly to farm land owned by Mary Grace’s uncle, Samuel Rich. The physical similarity between these two John Sloman’s is amazing and any help finding a tie between the two would be most appreciated.