The web site at http://www.rootsweb.com/~pabutler/1883/83-48.htm mentions the KIMESes and the ATWELLs. (This site covers one township in Butler Co, PA history.) I wonder if John and Maria (Atwell) KIMES tie in to the KIMES family from Butler Co!!!! Descendants of Peter Kimes 1 Peter Kimes b: 1740 d: Aft. 14 March 1811 Mercer Twp, Butler Co, PA .. +Elizabeth // b: Bef. 1754 m: 1770 Berks Co, PA ....2 Elizabeth Kimes ....2 Nancy Kimes .......... +// Shults ....2 Margaret Kimes ....2 Thomas Kimes b: Bet. 1774 - 1790 ....2 Catherine Kimes b: Bef. 1779 .......... +John Vanderlin b: 1760 Chester Co, PA m: 1795 Chester Co, PA d: 1856 Venango Twp, Butler Co, PA ....2 John Kimes b: 1782 d: 1850 probably Shalersville, Portage Co, OH .......... +Polly Blair b: Bet. 1777 - 1802 m: Abt. 1809 ....2 Mary (Polly) Kimes b: 1794 d: 1863 .......... +James Murrin b: probably Murrinsville, Venango Twp, Butler Co, PA