I am trying to trace the parentage of William A. LOY who married Bessie I. HUFFMAN shortly before 1900. They had a daughter Bertha who was born July 13, 1898 in Alamance County, NC. William's middle name is thought to be Arthur. This William has been tied (perhaps erronously) to William A. LOY the son of David and Elizabeth (LOY) LOY who was born October 22, 1842 in OH. The middle name of this person has been reported to be Andrew. He ("age 16") was living with his widowed mother Elizabeth in the 1860 cenus for Tarkio, Parker Twp., Page Co., IA. He was also probably in the same location in the 1870 census but I have not yet confirmed this. His mother is reported to have moved on from Iowa to Kansas. Although it is possible that this William A. LOY returned to the home of his ancestors in Alamance Co. and settled there this would have been highly unusual. Can anyone shed any light on whether this is one or two separate William A. LOYs? Dave Dowell in Morro Bay, CA Researching: Adams, Armfield, Barnard, Bottum, Breske, Brown, Burritt, Carlton, Cashatt, Christie, Clough, Currier, Dow, Dowell, Dungan, Foot(e), Grove, Hoar, Kernodle, Lakey, Lawrence, Loy, Mclaren, Martin, Maynard, Messenger, Moon, Moore, Paepke, Pattee, Perry, Pierce, Pyle, Ratliff, Shover, Smithey, Tydings, Weaver & Wing. http://library.cuesta.org/ddowell.htm http://www.DDowell.com