This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ringer, Smith, Mercer Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/mh.2ADI/630.1 Message Board Post: My wife was born in Kosciusko County. My genealogy research indicates that several Kosciusko County families came from Stark County, Ohio. One of them was her ancestor John W. Ringer, b. 30 Aug 1841, Canton, Stark County; d. 20 Jun 1921, Logansport, Cass, IN. He is buried at Bates Cemetery, Wayne Twp, Kosciusko Co. He married Catharine Smith Mercer (b. 1 May 1843; d. 31 Aug 1902) the widow of John W. Mercer, a Civil War Union soldier who died at Andersonville Prison on 26 Jul 1864. John W. Ringer was also a Union soldier in an Ohio regiment (Co K, 33d Ohio Infantry). John and Catharine had seven children and lived at Pierceton. He was a Farmer. There were other Kosciusko families also from Stark County.