My elusive ancestor is Rachel or Rachael M Fuller, born c1810 in New York state, we think. She married Jesse D Slawson, also born c1809 in Oneida County, New York. In 1870 they were living in Portland, Spring Hill post office, Whitside County. Their children were Earl B, Mary L (married Merritt Clifton), Jesse D(jr), Seth H, Howard Frank, Albert R, Andrew EH, and Charles Henry Slawson This week I stumbled on to another tidbit which may explain why their marriage has been so hard to find. A biography of one of their sons, Earl B Slawson, surprised me by mentioning the Civil War service of two of his half brothers, Hiram Chase and Ira G W Chase. This would suggest that Rachel Fuller had been married to somebody named Chase prior to her marriage to Jesse D Slawson. Since these two fellows would be blood kin of mine, I'm curious about where they went, whether they survived the Civil War, whether they had families. And we still don't know who Rachel Fuller's parents were. Is anybody else following these folks? Jan T