Okay, I just posted this a few days ago, but a little more information about our brickwall, Clinton Love who married Mary Elizabeth Stalker: The census records tell us he was born in NY, it is just a guess that it was Onondaga Co, nothing to confirm this. He lived in close proximity to the descendants of the brothers Adam and Gabriel, the immigrants from Antrim, Ireland. He moved from NY to WI in approximately the same time frame that some of those descendants made the same move, first into Waukesha Co, then into Rock County, and then into Jefferson Co. A photograph was found among some family papers of a Lt. Col. John H. Love (his rank is not verified, but his uniform has been described as one worn by a Lt. CoL.) One man says it may be pre-Civil war, He appears to be about 40 years old in the photo. A historian at Larned KS. tells of a soldier named Love who married a woman (possibly a Clinton) who died in childbirth in the early 1800's. He left the child with the woman's parents and returned to his post. He later married a woman from the south and never returned for his first-born. We have searched through Clinton census records hoping to find some clue. We think the photo of John H. Love may be a half brother of our Clinton, and we have found a John H, son of Richard Hindley Love, who might fit the bill. However, I have never found any records of Richard being the the service. Does anyone know anything about this family? Below is the data I posted earlier. I would love to hear from someone who has some information about this man. Clinton Love b. July 4, 1804 NY. ................... m. Mary Elizabeth Stalker ca. 1824 probably in NY. ....................d. Sept 22, 1874 in Jefferson, Monroe Co., WI ....................buried in Ridge Cemetery, Cashton, Monroe Co., WI.. Mary Elizabeth Stalker b.Aug. 21, 1808 in NY. in Albany County. .............baptized Sept 18, 1808, New Salem Ref. Church, Albany Co. NY ....................................d. April 26, 1889 in Sabetha, Nemaha, KS, ..................Mary was the daughter of John Stalker and Clarisa Bradt Stalker ....... Children of Clinton and Mary Elizabeth Stalker Love: .......1. Lucretia Love b. 1827 NY. married Nathan Codner .......2. Clariissa Love b. 1828 NY. married Gilbert Tuttle .......3. John Love b. 1831 NY. Civil War Casualty, married Polly Porter .......4. Rachel Jane Love b. 1833 NY. married James Phillip Erckenbrack .......5. Jeremiah Love b. 1835 Jefferson Co., NY. married Phebe Alvira Runyan .......6. George Washington Love b. 1837 Onondaga Co., NY. married #1 Fidelia King and #2 Caroline Amanda Rathbun Leigh (Civil War widow) .......7. Alida Love b. 1839 NY. married #1 Edwin Runyan Civil War Casualty and #2 Joseph Allbee .......8. Mary Lydia Love b. 1844 NY.married #1 Orvil Dickson Civil War Casualty and #2 David Quackenbush .......9. Henry Clinton Love b. 1848 Jackson Co., WI married Susan Palmer ......10. Albert Love b. 1850 Rock Co., WI.married #1 Abby Scovill and #2 Effie Travis My husband is a descendant of Jeremiah Love and his wife Phebe Alvira Runyan, through their son, George Delmore Love and Elizabeth Price Wolfe; and their son Ernest Michael Love and Beatrice Amanda Taylor. Our kit #11644 matches only one known cousin, but we have had close matches with other surnames including Foster and Gillespie. We think Clinton Love, our brick wall, may have been adopted or illegitimate. I would love to be proved wrong! Shirley Love