Dear Pam, I have wonderful news for you - HELLO COUSIN!!!!!!! There is a good reason this story rings a bell. I believe P.V. is your great-great-grandfather! Plesant View LAW (b. 1829/1830 ARK? ) married his first wife, Elizabeth LAYTON (b. 1836/1837, d. 1873), on April 22, 1854. They had a total of six children. 1. George A. LAW (my ancestor) - b. 1855, IND d. 1929 ILL married Sarah McBROOM 2. Anna M. LAW - b. Oct. 19, 1856 IND d. April 23, 1918 Newtown IND married Henry M. Dagger Feb. 19, 1874 Fountain Co. IND 3. Arkansas (Arkanco, Arkanso) LAW - b. 1858 IND 4. Theodore LAW - b. 1860 IND 5. America A. LAW - b. 1862 IND 6. Evaline LAW - b. 1867 IND. P. V. married his second wife, Sarah PATRICK in 1874. My father has collected this information from several resources. He has a copy of P.V. and Elizabeth's marriage license and the marriage license of P. V. and Sarah. He also has a copy of the 1860 Fountain Co. Census and the 1870 Fountain Co, IND which shows this information. As to your 2x great grandmother, Elizabeth LAYTON. She is the daughter of Andrew or Samuel LAYTON and Eleanor OGLE. Eleanor OGLE's parents were Thomas OGLE and Anne ?? We do not have any dates on these people at this time, but the names were collected from census data. Back to P. V. - He was the oldest son in the family when he and his father went to IND to homestead. The father and son team took one and a half years to clear the land and build a home. Then the father returned to collect the family. What happen to the family after that is a mystery. The father had returned to New York and collected his family. However, the family must have either found a better spot and was unable to collect their son later or they were set upon by indians or Ohio River pirates, robbed and killed. Well, I hope you are as thrilled as I am to find someone seeking this branch! Welcome to the family!!!!!! TJ Hyatt [email protected]