To list members, especially Jan Hamilton, Harold Morgan, and STALLMW, many thanks for providing the location for Bon Harbor. Curious that the U.S. Gov't site USGS geonames doesn't know about it. But, fortunately, you helpful folks did. Just in case, then, would anyone recognize the names Mr. Allis and/or Mr. Triplett as local employers or important people in Bon Harbor in the 1847 time period? Was there more there than the coal mining? (Thanks STALLMW) My family member (author of the letter in my first message) was hired as a "superintendent" and paid twenty dollars per month plus board. He was ill with dysentery, didn't like the work, and was planning to return to Cincinnati as soon as he paid a debt to Mr. Allis. Jim Kelly