Thanks to those of you who have responded to my question about Pres. Harrison. A little background on why I'm inquiring. My gg-grandmother, Nancy Eliza Alldredge was born 9 Mar 1819 near the present location of Mt Vernon, IN. 1840 married Samuel L. Shannon, clerk of circuit court, he died 1843. 1846 she married Adam H. Ryan a KY native. Both marriages occurred in Posey Co so I believe she had spent her entire life up to then in that area. Family then moved to Knox Co IL and Pettis Co MO, returning to IL during the war and then back to MO. Husband died 1892 and she lived her final years in Knox Co with her son, Huntley Ryan, passing away in 1904. Her obituary states that one of "her cherished memories was the fact that she and her husband had before their marriage been included in the humbler friends of Gen. W.H. Harrison, before his election to the presidency". I don't know which husband it refers to. Probably her first. We are trying to trace her 2nd husband, Adam Ryan and possibly if we could figure out where they could have been familiar with Harrison it would lead us somewhere. If, of course the reference is to her 2nd husband. Adam was born July 1819 in an unknown Ky location. His parents were both born in VA. and one of them had relation to Gen. Wade Hampton III. Adam was known to be a 2nd cousin to Hampton. Whoever his Ryan family were, they were loyal to the south and Adam to the north. It's possible that all family ties were broken due to the war. Has anyone come across any Ryan's in the Posey area during the 1840's? I will follow this post with info on the Alldredge line so anyone researching them may! find use of it. I have been trying to upload my file to rootsweb but am having a problem getting it to convert or something. Nancy's obit states that she was the last survivor of 14 siblings, we have not been able to prove that many, some must have died in infancy. Regards to all.