This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Love, Horton, Jones, Shepardson Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.love/1673.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My Melissa, Margaret, Marvin, Milton, and Merritt LOVE are all the children of Erastus and Katherine (nee LOVE) LOVE. Erastus died between the 1880 and 1900 Census takings, and wife Katherine died 3 Jan. 1840 per the Red Bird Cemetery records (town of Ellery). Per the 1850 Census, the family was living in Charlotte, Chautauqua Co., NY. As mentioned in a previous post, Melissa married Orrin JONES. Margaret took the surname HORTON (since I have been unable to prove marriage) after having a child, Emery HORTON, with Charles D. HORTON. Charles was married first to Charlotte SHEPARDSON and when she passed away, he remarried to Philetta SALISBURY. Charles was married to Philetta both before and after the birth of Emery (abt. 1853). Margaret was living with Charles' former in-laws, Reuben and Roxy SHEPARDSON, as of the 1860 Census. Emery went with the Shepardsons to Lake Co., IL, and it is Emery who is my husband's gr-gr grandfather. Emery's middle name is Phelps, which als! o happens to be the maiden name of Roxy SHEPARDSON. Marvin LOVE was married to Mary L. BUCKLIN on 24 June 1857 in Fredonia, Chautauqua Co. I have been unable to determine exactly what happened to him, but the town of Ellery's historian notes that he died young, killed by a rolling log. Milton LOVE married Caroline M. COBB on 1 May 1861 in Shumla, Chautauqua Co. They settled in Corry, Erie Co., PA with their four children. And lastly, Merritt LOVE married Annie (maiden name unknown), and I don't believe they ever had children. The couple appear on the census through 1900 in Santa Clara Co., CA.