Dear Researchers of Greenup County, Kentucky, On Smith Branch in 1850 lived four families who originated in Ireland. These settlers can be found on page 226 of the 1850 Census of Greenup County. They were: 1. Pagneman/Pegnon Kelley, 46, born in Ireland [rest of his family born in Pennsylvania] 2. John McKee, Senior, 65, born in Ireland. Wife: Elizabeth Reed, born in Iraland. Five children in their home, all natives of Ireland. Note: I have Biggs's book, so I have the McKee passage in "History of Greenup County, Kentucky". 3. John McKee, Junior, 27, born in Ireland. Wife: Nancy, 26, born in Pennsylvania. Five children, three born in Virginia [where in Virginia?], two born in Kentucky. 4. John L. Crossett, 25, born in Ireland. Wife: Mary McKee, 26, born in Ireland, daughter of John McKee. Daughter of John and Mary Crossett: Sarah J. Crossett, age three, who was listed as born in "MASSACHUSETTS", but later documents gave "Pennsylvania" as her native state. How and when did these four Irish men who lived for a time in Pennsylvania come to live close together on Smith Branch, Greenup County, Kentucky? Pegnon Kelley lived for a while near Pittsburgh. The McKees lived in Pittsburgh from 1840 to _____? Thank you for your help! The Irish tended to be "clannish", but how did they come to exercise their clannishness on Smith Branch? Randal W. Cooper <rwcooper@kellnet.com> Lorain, Ohio