Good to hear from Barb again!! Good new info! That appears to be Wm A Lud. a son of Zehial (Jehial? Gehial?) Ludington, b 1798 in VT. Jehiel moved to Cass co MI and was m to a Fanny Vail. They had three kids, Sam, Wm A, and Mary. Wm. A m a Susannah Bickel in Miami co IN in Jan 1861 and had two kids, James b 1862 and Amanda b 1868. I did not know he had moved to CA and died there. Ron ----- Original Message ---- From: "bluenoser100@adelphia.net" <bluenoser100@adelphia.net> To: luddington@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, December 4, 2006 11:22:58 PM Subject: [LUDDINGTON] William Luddington WILLIAM A. LUDDINGTON, born in Sumnerville, February 6, 1836, died in California, December 6, 1894. CASS COUNTY, MICHIGAN ~ MORTALITY COLLECTIONS AND RESEARCHES MADE BY THE MICHIGAN PIONEER AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY Vol. XXVI LANSING, ROBERT SMITH & CO., STATE PRINTERS AND BINDERS 1896 CASS COUNTY BY GEN. GEO. T. SHAFFER ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com