This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Sponslerml Surnames: SPONSLER, SMITH, ROGERS, ELEXSON Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.indiana.counties.greene/9804/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Any information about the families below would be appreciated. My great grandfather Richard Sponsler is in the 1850 and 1860 censuses of Greene County. The following children are listed Susan, Lucy, Henry, Mary E., Margaret and Lizzie. A 15 year old Jonas Sponsler was living with him in the 1850 census, but he is too old to be his son. Richard owned a farm near Midland. He was married to Lucinda Jones in Tuscarawas county Ohio in 1844. Lucinda died or they were divorced shortly after 1860. We are not sure. We did see a reference to Lucinda's death in 1863 in a book by a man named Bonham, and according to the book she is buried in Lebanon cemetery near Midland, but we have never seen her name in an index of interments. Richard married Emily A. Smith Rogers thereafter, but we cannot find a marriage record for Richard and Emily or a death or cemetery record for Lucinda. We believe Emily was born in Indiana about 1839-40. We believe Emily's mothers maiden name was Elex! son. Emily was first married to a Davis E. Rogers who died in the civil war. She had a son named Davis E. Rogers, Jr. In 1862 Richard sold his Greene county farm and they moved to Illinois settling in Springfield until thier deaths. A railroad stop and former coal tipple is in Greene County named Sponsler. It is on the Indiana and county official maps, but nothing is there today...maybe a couple of houses and a cemetery. There is an old coal slurry pond called the Sponsler pond also in that area. According to land records I looked at in the Greene co. courthouse, no Sponsler ever owned land in that area, so I have no idea why it bears that name. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.