All of the Lewises in the 1850 LaGrange Co. census have some association with New York. They are: Bloomfield Township LEWIS, Olmstead 52 M Farmer NY LEWIS Wait 21 M Laborer NY LEWIS Robert 18 M NY LEWIS George 12 M school NY LEWIS Lafayette 10 M school IN LADD Emily 29 F NY LADD Emily J 7 mos. F IN Clay Township LEWIS Wm 38 M Farmer 1140 NY LEWIS Amy 30 F NY LEWIS Loyal 11 M school OH LEWIS Dawin 6 M school OH LEWIS Lydia 1 F OH Clear Spring Township LEWIS Elzabeth 45 F 158 PA LEWIS Catharine J. 18 F school NY LEWIS James 16 M Farmer NY LEWIS Martha 13 F school NY LEWIS Esther 9 F school IN West & East Lima Township LEWIS Lotrah 76 M Farmer MA LEWIS John G. 45 M Farmer 360 MA LEWIS Joana 39 F NY LEWIS Sarah H. 13 F school IN LEWIS Jesse 11 M school IN LEWIS Charles W. 8 M school IN LEWIS Mary B. 2 F IN East VanBuren Township INGRAHAM Eleanor 63 F 250 CT THRALL Jerusha 56 F insane CT LEWIS Jesse 11 M IN THRALL Mary 17 F blind NY LEWIS Daniel 35 M Carpenter 256 NY LEWIS Betsa E. 36 F NY LEWIS Emeline 13 F school OH LEWIS Edgar 11 M school (twin) IN LEWIS Edwin B. 11 M school (twin) MI LEWIS William 9 M school IN LEWIS Olive 7 F school IN LEWIS Adeline 5 F school IN LEWIS Caroline 3 F IN Olmstead LEWIS was in Greenfield Twp. in 1840, but I haven't been able to get the census to see if he had a living wife or a 19 year old daughter. You see, I'm hoping the Emily LADD living with him is a widowed daughter, because an Emily LADD m. Anson CLARK in LaGrange in 1854, which is the closest reference to my ancestor William D. CLARK's parents (b. 1859, LaGrange to Anson CLARK & Emily LEWIS) I've been able to find. Olmstead also married that year to Hiley Reynolds. In the 1860 census, he's moved to Perry Twp., Noble Co., has a wife Philaam (Hiley misheard?), and only Lafayette at home. There's a Harry OMSTEAD in LaGrange who became quite prominent. There was also a Lewis OLMSTEAD in Aurelius, Chautauqua Co., NY, who was important. Relative? Just someone to name your kid after, like Lafayette? Pure coincidence? Jan, where in New York did Samuel come from? Do you know? BTW, William CLARK went to work for the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad. There's an Anson D. Clark in Lenawee. An Anson bought land in Monroe and Branch Co., MI. Are we hearing "Twilight Zone" music yet? Aloha, Kathleen