This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: JayneBeech Surnames: McConnell, Moore, Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.mcconnell/2405.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Plaingrove Presbyterian Church isn't too many miles from where I sit at this moment, however the old church burned about 10 yr. ago and they replaced it with a new one. I have no idea if the old records are in the local library, or with the local Presbytery or if they were destroyed in the fire. I do know there is a cemetery across the road from the church because some of my McConnells are buried there. There is an Old Seceder Cemetery in Washington Twp. Lawrence Co. PA and it can't be far from where the Prime Outlets off Rt. 79 are, but I can't recall the exact location. If you have a map the outlets are where Rt. 208 crosses Rt. 79. That cemetery has another name also and I can't quite pull it from memory. I don't have any spouses for Dinas' daughters; I do have 3 sons...the usual names, John, James, and William. Wm has a birthdate of aft. 1774 which looks like someone's reasonable guess, I don't know how correct it is. James was married 2ce. Margaret gave him: Elizabeth Jane, Washington & Cornelius. His first wife, Elizabeth Daniels gave him 9 children: James, John, Margaret, Rebecca, Kinsey, George, Mary, Prudence, Sarah. What makes this so difficult is that the same names repeat in every generation. James s/o Dinas married Sarah and they had: James, Sarah, Alexander and Ann. Wm s/o Dinas; no information. I think perhaps the Hannah I was wondering about is the son of James and Adalaid Moore McConnell. That James is the son of James s/o Dinas that married Sarah. Incidently, I know the local library has some information on the beginnings of the Neshannock Presbyterian Church in it's files. That is an excellent library, by the way. You can call them and if they have the time, they will look it up for you. You might check the website for New Castle or Lawrence Co. I am not sure what all is there, but I think I saw a link for the library. Dwight Copper has done a lot of work gathering cemetery information and has a lot of it on the shelves at the New Castle Library. I looked up that Seceder cemetery in my files. I think it is the Prospect cemetery situated on the Martin Brothers Farms, George Washington Rd. Washington Twp. Lawrence co PA and Dwight Copper has a book on the shelves at the library with all the stones he has read. That cemetery is also called the Martin/McConnell cemetery. Does that help any? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.