Annie Wolfe must have lived in Cumberland Allegany Co., MD while my James and Sarah Withington NELSON lived there. I would say from the tone of her letter that she was about Sarah's age b.1845. Sarah was born in Clear Spring MD and married James Nelson in Martinsburg, WV. James was a RR engineer. The Cumberland area was coal mining country. I know of course that Streator was too. The Nelsons' left Cumberland about 1880 and were in the Streator area by 1889 with a brief stopover in IN. James Nelson went to the so. west as a paid mining Eng. for a Streator Mining company (Gold/Silver). He also went back to the Cumberland area to mine silver . the owner of this mining operation was an Uncle Jimmy Jones from Streator - had lived in the Cumberland area too. This Jimmy Jones also was connected to a McAllister family in Streator. Perhaps my grandparents knew the Wolfe's in Streator and liked the name WELLINGTON therefore. Might Susan have been Susan Ann? I asked about the Wolf(e) family before and did get some local response - there's a connection with a Hillier (sp) family too.(Hillyard) Hillier was an investor of Uncle Jimmy Jones too. I've always thought it odd that my dad never asked about his name. Of course up until the time I transcribed my mother's memoirs, I didn't know that my Karen Ann was specially for my grandma Anna Julia. How I wish some of these good folks were around to ask. Karen James - Sarah Withington Nelson Frank William and Anna Julia Hasenkamper Nelson Frank Wellington Nelson (1919-1982)

At 12:51 PM -0500 4/17/03, Karen Hangsleben wrote: >Might Susan have been Susan Ann? possible. I have her as Susan or Susanna. >Karen > > >James - Sarah Withington Nelson >Frank William and Anna Julia Hasenkamper Nelson >Frank Wellington Nelson (1919-1982) >