Jan T.. 1860 Henry Co IL Geneseo Pg 553 Enu. 2 Jun 1860 H.S. Porter 37 KY Painter RE $1500 Mary Porter 35 NY HK M.S. PATCH 32 NY No Occupation Sarah J. PATCH 10 NY Emma PATCH 06 IL ** Real Estate Value $500 is next to Emma names and bracketed with Sarah's names The two girls owned the $500 in RE together. Perhaps from their mothers estate? It looks to me that Martin and the girls moved in the H.S. Porter and his wife Mary - who is probably a sister of Martins? 1870 Clinton Co IA - 4th Ward Enum 5 Sep 1870 Martin Patch 42 NY Teamster $400 Martha 28 NY HK William 05 WI Martin 03 IL Marriages: CROOK, EDWARD To PATCH, SARAH 05/29/1870 00B/0029 01870190 HENRY CO IL SLAWSON, SETH H To PATCH, EMMA J 11/15/1871 /00002974 WHITESIDE CO IL I can't find Emma or Sarah in the 1870 anywhere.. Christine Walters --- KTompk7744@aol.com wrote: > I'm looking for information on the parents of Emma Jane Patch, born November > 9, 1853, in Whiteside County. She died in 1918 and is buried in Jefferson > County, KS. We think her father was Martin S Patch born c1828, but these > folks seem to be elusive. Her mother may have been a Margaret or Martha Fones, > but I think Emma's mother died when Emma was very young, and Martin may have > remarried. Family tradition says that when Emma was two years old, she was > living with her Fones grandparents and that Grandpa once took her to the > Lincoln-Douglas debates, which she remembered mostly because he upended a barrel for > her to sit on while he listened to the speeches. > > Is anybody following the Patch & Fones families? Do these folks sound > familiar? > > Jan T > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > ===== __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/