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