Hi Marsha, This is just one more very good reason why we should be researching ALL members of our ancestors family -- not just our direct line ancestor. Had you not checked out "Great Grand Aunt" [grin], you might always wonder .......... Sharon On 12 Jul 2006 at 11:02, Marsha Ensminger wrote: > I agree that 1835 and 1840 seem early for much rambling about (unless > dear old dad had Daniel Boone syndrome). Once railroads hit town, > however... > > I wondered for years why one of my grandfather's older brothers was > born in Kansas in 1876, while the family seemed thoroughly settled in > Madison Co. after 1860. A couple of years ago research on > G-grandmother's family provided the answer. One of her sisters had > moved to Kansas in 1875. Whether the whole family went visiting, or > just great-grandmother, I'll probably never know, but at least I now > have a reason for that one birth in "Peck, Sumner County, Kansas". > > --- Debbi Geer <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I don't know when Henry actually died. All I know > > Alanson Osborn presented the financial records to the > > court dated 12 August 1866. I can only guess that he > > had died within a few weeks before if not just a few > > days before. > > > > I thought perhaps that Mary Elizabeth Leondard might > > have been a sister to Annie Leonard who married Martin > > Pruitt of Jersey Co IL. However, when I look at Mary > > and Annie's personal data I can't justify the sibling > > relationship. Mary was born abt 1835 in Kentucky. > > Annie was born 10 Oct 1840 in Cumberland, Guernsey, > > OH. Because of Cumberland's location in OH, I just > > can't see where a family would have moved from KY to > > the central part of Eastern OH and then to IL. Had it > > been the reverse and the OH location was in SW Ohio, I > > could have easily been persuaded that they were > > sisters. Although there were some families who did > > have weird migrating patterns before they finally > > settled long enough to call area "home". > > > > > > Debbi Geer > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > ==== ILMACOUP Mailing List ==== > > Set a timer for 15 minutes and spend that time filing and organizing > > your genealogy papers. Work as fast as you can and try not to get > > sidetracked by reading everything. > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ==== ILMACOUP Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from [email protected], send a message > to: > [email protected] > that contains in the body of the message the command: > unsubscribe > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but your > software may require one. >