Hi everyone, I'm seeking information on Mary Elizabeth GOSSAGE, b. 1841-1850 in Benton Co., Missouri, a daughter of Daniel and Mary (VENTERS) GOSSAGE. Mary Elizabeth had three husbands: 1. John Wesley NEIGHBORS 2. David NABERS, m. 29 Sep 1881, Rushville 3. William Calvin HOPKINS, m. 10 Oct 1900 Does anyone have a correct birthdate for Mary Elizabeth? Does anyone have any children listed for these marriages? Robin Petersen robin@firedragon.com ILSCHUYL Listowner Schuyler Co. ILGenWeb Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilschuyl

Hi, Robin. I have a John Gossage b. l8l8, TN, who married my Malinda Hackwith in l852, Schuyler Co., IL. Their children were: Nancy Gossage b. l849, Sarah Gossage b. l857, and John Gossage, Jr. b. l859. Do these Gossages tie in your Gossages? Joan Miller Joanjmm@aol.com

I thought you all might enjoy this. Never realized how well my Mother had it. Knew how much better it is now than when I was a child. Sara -------- Original Message -------- Subject: ALHN: Family Wash Day........ Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 12:13:41 -0400 From: Norm Vance <nvance@cbpu.com> Reply-To: nvance@cbpu.com Organization: MI USGenWeb/A.L.H.N. Genealogy & History Projects To: alhn@rootsquest.com CC: MIBRANCH-D@rootsweb.com, MIGEN-L@rootsweb.com This was sent to me by a researcher friend of mine, Mary Kane of Coldwater, MI....thought you might enjoy it. "RECIPE FOR DOING THE FAMILY WASH Written in its original spelling for a bride a few generations ago. 1. bild a fire in back yard to heet kettle of rain water. 2. set tubs so smoke won't blow in eyes if wind is pert. 3. shave one hold cake lie sope in bilin water. 4. sort things, make three piles. 1 pile white. 1 pile cullord. 1 pile work britches and rags. 5. stur flour in cold water to smooth, then thin down with bilin water. 6. rub dirty spots on board, scrub hard, then bile, rub collord, but don't bile - just rench & starch. 7. take white things out of kettle with broom stick handle, then rench, blew, and starch. 8. spred tee towels on grass. 9. hang old rags on fence. 10. pore rench water on flower bed. 11. scrub porch with hot sopey water. 12. turn tubs upside down. 13. go put on cleen dress - smooth hair with side combs - brew cup of tee - set and rest and rock a spell and count blessins. Well wash day is a far cry from what it was in the days of yesteryear. Thought that you might enjoy this and particularly the spelling of the words. Gives you an idea why names were spelled differently than what they actually were. Norm Trail Tree Village 175 N. Michigan Ave., #127 Coldwater, MI 49036 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ICQ 1705347 E-Mail: nvance@cbpu.com AOL IM: norm1231 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Surnames: VANCE-STEELE-BLANCHARD-FERRIS-ADAMS TERPENING-DUNTON-DONBROCK-PAUL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NOTE**: All my Family Trees are NOW LISTED in my homepage. Homepage URL: http://members.tripod.com/~nvance/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My 10 MI County Index: Michigan USGenWeb A.L.H.N. Project Pages http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/5666/index.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ State Coordinator - Maryland A.L.H.N. http://www.usgennet.org/~alhnmdus/md.html *******************************************************************

This came in answer to my DAR message on another list. I agree. Remember: All books have errors. Even documents have errors. Books are only a research tool. Not all linages sent to DAR are accepted but are in their records. Some are partially excepted. Just like each of us, We believe what we have is correct. Some are more open to knowning that there are errors in our files. My files are a work in progress and have many errors but are the best I can do with the data I have. Sara -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Daughters of the American Revolution Resent-Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 17:09:46 -0700 (PDT) Resent-From: ILFULTON-L@rootsweb.com Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 20:08:18 EDT From: FamRSearch@aol.com To: ILFULTON-L@rootsweb.com Thought I would mention. These books are over 70 years old and date from a period that very little other than my grandfather said so was needed for proofs. Many of these line were found to be in error since then. Be very Careful when using info from these books. The DAR itself no longer recognizes them as proof of lineage. I have the DAR Patriot Index which lists those patriots that have been used for membership. Julia Coldren-Walker

Sorry about everyone getting 2 duplicate messages. My computer says I only sent once. Thank you for your patience. Sara

Ancestry. com is offering free for the next ten days. DAUGHTER's OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION Lineage books FREE http://www.ancestry.com/ Go there regularly and check the box on what they have free. Sara

Ancestry. com is offering free for the next ten days. DAUGHTER's OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION Lineage books FREE http://www.ancestry.com/ Go there regularly and check the box on what they have free. Sara

Hi Joan, Thanks for the suggestion! To let everyone know, the search engine only searches on one word. I've noticed from the log of what people are searching for that they are trying to search phrases and full names. And when you are searching for a name like "Brown" or "West" - you tend to get an incredible amount of hits. Even I have lost interest when trying to wade through that many hits. The site is getting _very large, so I agree that we need a better, more-options-available search engine. Karl or I will start a search for a better search eninge. If anyone has any suggestions of a great engine - please let us know! Take care, Robin Schuyler County Coordinator and List Moderator http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilschuyl On Mon, 23 Aug 1999 Joanjmm@aol.com wrote: > Hello, Robin. I had a few suggestions for the search engine on our site. Is > it possible for it to be changed to be specific so you could enter a first > and last name for the person you are looking for instead of the surname? It > actually ties up the site more when you have to pull up every entry for a > surname. > > Also, is it possible to put a "clear" function in the search engine so you > can automatically clear the name instead of having to erase it by hand? > > Joan >

> THE STORY BEHIND "TAPS" > > > > It all began 1862 during the Civil War, when Union > Army Captain Robert > > Ellicombe was with his men near Harrison's Landing > in Virginia. The > Confederate Army was on the other side of the narrow > strip of land. > > > > During the night, Captain Ellicombe heard the moan > of a soldier who > lay > mortally wounded on the field. Not knowing if it > was a Union or > Confederate > soldier, the Captain decided to risk his life and > bring the stricken man > > back for medical attention. > > > > Crawling on his stomach through the gunfire, the > Captain reached the > stricken soldier and began pulling him toward his > encampment. When the > Captain finally reached his own lines, he discovered > it was actually a > Confederate soldier, but the soldier was dead. > > > > The Captain lit a lantern. Suddenly, he caught > his breath and went > numb > with shock. In the dim light, he saw the face of > the soldier. It was > his > own son. The boy had been studying music in the > South when the war > broke > out. Without telling his father, he enlisted in the > Confederate Army. > > > > The following morning, heartbroken, the father > asked permission of his > > superiors to give his son a full military burial > despite his enemy > status. > His request was partially granted. > > > > The Captain had asked if he could have a group of > Army band members > play > a > funeral dirge for the son at the funeral. That > request was turned down > > since the soldier was a Confederate. Out of > respect for the father, > they > did say they could give him only one musician. The > Captain chose a > bugler. > > > > He asked the bugler to play a series of musical > notes he had found on > a > piece of paper in the pocket of his dead son's > uniform. This wish was > granted. > > > > This music was the haunting melody we now know as > "TAPS" that is used > at > all military funerals. > > > > In case you are interested, these are the words to > "TAPS": > > Day is done > > Gone the sun > > From the lakes > > From the hills > > From the sky > > All is well > > Safely rest > > God is nigh.

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The pensioners are put up by the week. They aren't alphabitized or grouped by county. The search engine is great and the same one I'm putting on my site. Take time to look around. Sara -------- Original Message -------- Subject: ALHNILUS: IL Pensioners Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 09:10:49 EDT From: SuzanCook@aol.com Reply-To: ALHN-Illinois@rootsquest.com To: alhn-illinois@rootsquest.com TA DA! The IL pensioners list is now complete. The list from Feb. 10 and March 16, 1888 are now online, thanks to Kim Torp! :) Please remember that you're also welcome to donate your ancestor's Illinois pension and/or military files to the ALHN Illinois site. http://www.usgennet.org/~alhnilus/ Susan

Searching for any information on my gggggrandparents. Samuel B SCHAFFER who was born around 1808. He married Harriet EMERICK on September 30, 1830. Harriet was born somewhere in Virginia on March 11, 1808. As far as children, I only know about one, Eliza Jane. Thanks, Julie Hendrix

Hello, Robin. I had a few suggestions for the search engine on our site. Is it possible for it to be changed to be specific so you could enter a first and last name for the person you are looking for instead of the surname? It actually ties up the site more when you have to pull up every entry for a surname. Also, is it possible to put a "clear" function in the search engine so you can automatically clear the name instead of having to erase it by hand? Joan

The Secretary of State's website now has a searchable database of soldiers who fought in the Black Hawk War: http://www.sos.state.il.us/depts/archives/blkhawk.html Robin

Many don't realize that there is much more than just the normal "census" available. Here from a friend is a list of what can be found. Sara *1790 Census Was done to distinguidh between males over/under 16, females, other free persons, and slaves, and to count dwellings. Information gathered was not uniform in all states. 11 of them are extant, published, and indexed: CT, ME (although it was still part of MA.), MD (except Allegany, Calvert, and Somerset Co.), MA, NH, NY, NC (except Caswell, Granville, and Orange Co.), PA, RI, SC and VT. *1820 and 1832 censuses of manufacturers. It was meant to survey those who made more than $500 a year, although the reports actually include smaller operations. National Archives roll no. M279. They are not complete, but individuals making more than $500 annually are indexed. The census asked for information on raw materials, employees, machinery, expenses, kinds of articles made and their market value. A census was again taken in 1832 to determine the effects of foreign competition and tariffs on domestic industry. *1840 Revolutionary Pensioners The 1840 census form included a space to list "Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services" and their ages. Each of these persons was to be included in the foregoing tally of the household in which he lived, but not all were actually included. Searchers using the 1840 census lists must also remember that these pensioners were not limited to REvolutionary soldiers and sailors. In 1841, the government published this Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary and Military Service, which gives the names and ages of the pensioners and the heads of household with whom they were living. THe GEnealogical Publishing COmpany of Baltimore in 1989 issued a two-in-one volume (200 pages) that includes the census of pensioners and an index. *Slave Schedules Can be helpful (1850 and 1860) but did not contain a great amount of information. Many are faded and difficult to read. The slave owners or their agents are listed. Schedules were made for AL, AK, DE, DC, FL, GA, KY, LA, MD, MS, MO, NC, NJ (1850 only), SC, TN, TX, VA, and the Indian Lands west of Arkansas (1860 only). *1850 - 1880 Supplemental Schedules They provide the family historian with interesting information on agriculture, industry, and society. They are important glimpses into our past that add to our knowledge of how our ancestors lived and of their society. Agriculture, Industry, Social Statistics are the names. These are available for use in many state libraries, archives and historical societies, or large public and university libraries with genealogical collections. To purchase contact the National Archives, Scholarly Resources, The American Genealogical Lending Library. For interlibrary loan consult the FHC, or the AGLL. 1850 - 1880 Mortality Schedules Provided genealogical information on persons who dies between June 1 the year before the census and June 1 of the year the census was taken. The 1850 and 1860 schedules as for name, age, sex, race, free or slave, married, birthplace, month of death, occupation, cause of death, and the number of days the person was ill. THe slaves were named but there is no surname and the slave owners name was not given. 1870 also asked if mother or father of the deceased were foreign born. In addition the 1880 form asked how long the person had been a resident in the country, where the causal disease or condition was contracted, and the name of the attending doctor. Persons on these schedules were not included on the regular censuses, only living people were on those. Many of the original schedules are stored at the National Archives or in the institutions of the state to which they pertain. Microfilm copies are available for use in many of the larger public and university libraries, such as the Daughters of the American Revolution in Arlington, VA. You can purchase them from the National Archives, Scholarly Resources, and the AGLL. For interlibrary loan, contact the AGLL and the FHL. A number of schedules have been printed. *1880 Defective, Dependent, Delinquent Schedules Included a special enumeration of people who were residents of various asylums, such as prisons or poorhouses, or who had various inflictions that made them dependent on others for support, such as deaf-mutes, homeless children, the indigent, the insane or the blind. These schedules were made in most states. Even in the states where they were not made or no longer exist, some of the information is available on regular schedules. Microfilm copies are available in many of the same places as the mortality schedules. *1880 - 1920 Index to Institutions Is a microfilm copy of card index, organized by state and then alphabetically by the name of the institution. Gives the name of the institute, the city and/or county of location, the number of person residing there, the volume, enumeration district, and page number of its location on the census. Included schools, universities, academies, college dorms, hospitals, orphan homes, alms homes/poorhouses, jails, state penitentiaries, Masonic homes, domestic military forts and posts, industrial schools and homes, homes for ladies, ships and tugs in port, naval vessels, hotels, railroad and timber camps, mines, other commercial operations at which the employee lived there, Indian reservations, fire stations, life-saving stations, religious houses, and Shaker communities. For 1880, they are found at the end of the last roll of the Soundex set for the state. There were not indexed for CA, ot for Indian Territory (now OK), which has no census for this year. The 1900 consists of 8 rolls (T1083). *1900 and 1920 Enumeration District Descriptions Describe the enumerations districts. Film set number T1224 for the National Archives. *1910 Cross Index to Selected City Streets For larger cities (M1283). Searcher would need to know the street address of the household in order to use the index. It contains no surnames, just addresses. Can be rented from the FHC or the AGLL. *1900 - 1920 Military/Naval Censuses 1900 Military and Naval installations outside the continental US, including ships (T623). The personnel on these schedules are soundexed (T1081) apart from the general population that are organized by state. Use this if you are looking for a specific person or family. Domestic military and naval installations and the people are included in the general 1900 population schedule. They were soundexed in the general population also. 1910 military/naval schedules are microfilmed but not soundexed (T624 - partial). 1920 military/naval/consular service census from overseas locations is soundexed (M1600)and includes and institution index. *1900 - 1920 Census of Territories The US acquired overseas possessions in 1898 as a result of Spanish-American War and the annexation of Hawaii. At the this time, of course, AK, AZ, OK and NM were still territories. *1920 census (T625) was released in 1992 and is currently available, with soundex, for all the states, Includes military and naval populations living abroad. It does not include a separate Indian schedule as do 1900 and 1910. *Censuses after 1920 Law requires census records to be kept confidential for 72 years. Those who need to get information from their own family's closed census returns must contact the Census Bureau office in Jeffersonville, IN: Personal Census Search Unit, Data Preparation Division. Bureau of the CEnsus, PO BOX 1545, Jeffersonville, IN 47131-0001; phone (812)285-5314. This office was in Pittsburg, Kansas until 1991. An individual may request his or her own record from the census of 1930 and after by furnishing full name, birthdate, birthplace,race, sex, and parent's names; complete address on April 1 of the census year, including street address, city, county, and state; and the name of the person in the household, especially the head of household if other than a parent. Persons living in rural areas are asked to furnish a map that may help in finding the proper household. The fee for a search is $40. The fee includes the search of one census year for one person and a transcript of the information, if found. The transcript is a typed report with an official seal certifying that the information is a correct copy of what is on the original. Included is the applicant's name, age, birthplace, citizenship, relationship to the head, and the name of the head. This report does not include any other family member's names of census information. The primary purpose of this report is proof of age, citizenship or parentage. For all other information on the census entry, such as occupation, education, or language, the applicant must request a FULL SCHEDULE and pay an additional $10 fee. Full schedule searches are possible only for the censuses up to and including 1950. A search for parents or other family members can be made for the same census year with the proper authorization. The basic search will provide the name of each person for whom a $2 fee is paid. A full schedule can be released for those other person in the household for $10 per person. The authorization required for release of the information on any other person must come from that person or the legal guardian. If the person is deceased, the release must come from the spouse, a parent, child, sibling, estate administrator or executor, or legal beneficiary, along with a certified copy of the death certificate. The necessary application form BC-600 may be obtained from the Jeffersonville office. The instructions and the fee structure are explained on the application form. The search usually takes 2 to 4 weeks.

Thought all would like this. Sara Prior to the US's entry into WW1 (approx. 1917-1918) every male between the age of 18 and 40 was required to register for the draft. The information found on the card was provided by the individual himself. The registration cards vary in information depending on the individual draft board. But by and large the cards include: The full name of the person (this means firs t, full middle name, any additional middle names and last name); the current address of the man; his age; his birth date (some include his place of birth); whether he is a US citizen or a naturalized citizen (some ask if his father was a naturalized citizen and his father's race); his race; his occupation; where he is employed (name of employer); address or location of employment; name and address of his next of kin; some cards ask if the man is married or single and how many people he supports. The card is signed by the draftee. On the back of the card his physical description is noted: Height is broken down by short, medium, tall although some cards give the actual height in feet and inches; Build by slim, medium, stout although some cards list actual weight along with the build; color of eyes and hair; any deformities or injuries are listed (such as one arm missing, blind in one eye, etc.); the name and address of the draft board and the date. When these original cards were transferred to the East Pointe NARA branch the LDS spent about 3 years microfilming these cards. There are hundreds and hundreds of boxes and the LDS opened one box at a time and filmed them - in state order. However, within each state the cards were filed by draft board, not by county or by draftee. This makes the searching of the microfilm difficult to say the least. The good news is that the Friends of the National Archives took each box after it was filmed (and checked) and sorted all of these thousands and thousands of cards into - state and then COUNTY order and then in alphabetical order by surname and put then in new boxes. The Friends deserve all the kudos we can give them for this monstrous task. So ... rather than spending hours and hours searching the LDS microfilm you can order copies of the original cards from NARA. if you know the county your ancestor lived in between 1917-1918. And BTW - Ancestry.com lists WW1 Draft cards in their searchable data bases, however I know for a fact that there are 22 cards for the surname WHITE found in McIntosh Co, OK and Ancestry only gave me 4 of them so don't depend on that site. I was told yesterday that some reps from Ancestry had visited the archives a couple of weeks ago to talk about filming the cards, took one look at the hundreds and hundreds of boxes and simply left. For copies: Send a letter requesting copy(s) to: NARA Southeast Region 1557 St. Joseph Ave. East Point, GA 30344 In your letter be sure to say you want copy(s) of the WW1 Draft application Cards. Include the name of your ancestor and his race, the state and the county. If you want copies of ALL of the cards with a given surname, ask them the cost of the copies and send a SASE for them to let you know the copying cost. In your letter be sure and say you want a copy of the FRONT and BACK of the card. Be sure to send a SASE for the return of you copies. The cost for the copy is 50 cents - 25 cents for the back and 25 cents for the front. If you only want one copy send a buck and say the difference is to be given to the Friends of the Archives, because after all they did all this wonderful hard work for you <VBG> And feel free to pass this on to any of the lists you are on. Linda Home Page: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~haas/ Marion Co AR: http://www.rootsweb.com/~armarion/ Washington Co NC, Haas & Hass e-mail list manager The original draft card applications (registrations) for every state (the entire US) are at East Pointe. According to the Archive Staff there are no plans to split these cards and move any of them to any other NARA location since East Pointe has been charged with the "custody" of these records. It is only the original cards that are in state / county / alpha order. Someone posted a message to one of the lists that NARA was planning on re-filming the cards since they are now in state / county / alpha order. If such a thing is underway it is unknown to the East Pointe archive staff and they should know if such a thing was in the works. If you request a copy of your ancestor's draft card from any NARA branch other than this one they will be searching the LDS microfilm and you will have to know the state and draft board for them to make a copy. It is only at the East Pointe location that you can request a copy by state and then county and the copy will be made from the ORIGINAL card. And feel free to pass this on to any of the lists you are on. Linda Home Page: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~haas/ Marion Co AR: http://www.rootsweb.com/~armarion/ Washington Co NC, Haas & Hass e-mail list manager

Searching for any information on Samuel SCHAFFER from Schuyler Co. who married Harriet EMERICK. Harriet was born in Virginia. Samuel's birthdate was sometime in 1808. He married Harriet on Sept 30, 1830. I don't have any other information on thier children except for one, Eliza Jane. She was born on April 16, 1837. She married John Wesley LAWYER around 1855. They had six children. Nancy (my gggrandmother), William, Dora, Tinee, Henry, and Amanda. The LAWYERS moved to Woodland, WA. Thanks, Julie Hendrix

Sorry about not giving all the info. It's been added at the bottom. Sara Could someone help me straight this file? Ernest Ward married Betty E. Trone but her obit says she had only one son and his obit names several children. Did Ernest Ward have another wife? And who is Mrs. Ardis Jett of Canton? 1. EARNEST*2 WARD (GRANT1) was born June 12, 1886 in Humboldt, Kansas, and died July 23, 1972 in Sarah Culbertson Hospital, Rushville, Schuyler County, Illinois. He married (1) BETTY* E TRONE, daughter of FRANK* TRONE and BERTHA* ROBERTSON. Notes for EARNEST* WARD: OBIT July 27, 1972 Ernest Ward Dies Sunday At Culbertson Hospital. Ernest Ward 86, retired school teacher and carpenter, died Sunday afternoon at Culbertson Memorial hospital. Funeral services will be held today (Thursday) at 11 a. m. at the Worthington Funeral home, with Collis Trone officiating. Burial will be in Rushville cemetery. He was born on June 12, 1886, in Humbolt, Kansas, son of Grant and Rebecca Weiss Ward. He is survived by his wife, the former Betty Trone; three sons, Marshall of Macomb, Howard of Peoria, Shelby of Canton; one daughter Mrs. Ardis Jett of Canton; one step-son Stanley Tomlinson of Flint, Michigan: two sisters, Mrs. Ethel Cole of rural Havana and Mrs. Hazel Grove of Summum; 11 grandchildren; and 16 great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, Harley. Notes for BETTY* E TRONE: OBIT Rites for Betty E. Ward Held Here Saturday Mrs. Betty E. Ward, 83, died at 8:40 a. m. last Wednesday at Culbertson Memorial hospital. Services were held at 2 p. m. Saturday at Worthington Funeral Home, the Rev. Evan Williams officiating. Burial was in the Rushville Cemetery. She was born Dec. 8, 1897, in Browning township, Schuyler county, the daughter of Frank and Bertha Robertson Trone. She married Ernest Ward. He preceded her in death July 23, 1972. She was a member of the Pleasant View Christian church. Surviving are one son, Stanley Tomlinson of Flint, Mich.; three grandchildren and two great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by four brothers: Joseph, Luther, Herman and Edgar and two sisters: Opal and Lana. Children of EARNEST* WARD and BETTY* TRONE are: i. HOWARD3 WARD. July 27, 1972, lived Peoria, Illinois. ii. MARSHALL WARD. July 27, 1972, lived Macomb, Illinois. iii. SHELBY WARD. July 27, 1972, lived Canton, Illinois. iv. FEMALE WARD, m. ARDIS JETT. Or ARDIS WARD, b. Abt. 1930; m. 1M? JETT. Fact 1: July 27, 1972, lived Canton, Illinois. Sara

Could someone help me straight this file? Ernest Ward married Betty E. Trone but her obit says she had only one son and his obit names several children. Did Ernest Ward have another wife? And who is Mrs. Ardis Jett of Canton? Sara

Searching for information on Frances b. ca 1842 Kentucky who md. James Leonard BECKWITH 10 July 1866 Schuyler Co., Illinois. Part of her name could be Matilda, either middle or first name. She married a WEST and had one son Marion Franklin WEST b. 27 June 1865 Kentucky. Really need help on this one! Any help greatly appreciated. Also researching WAUGH in Schuyler County. Willing to share my research. Ima Jean Baker Young ijyoung@gte.net