In the 1850s, a number of Washington County families moved to either Kingston or St Anthony MN. Israel Dorman and many/most of his brothers as well as his children moved there about 1857. Israel Dorman's daughter, Laura Ann Dorman, b at Beddington ME 30 Jun 1832, m at Beddington ME 27 Aug 1854 William Harrison Lawrence. William Harrison Lawrence followed his father-in-law to MN and appears at St Anthony MN in the 1860 census. William Harrison Lawrence had a brother, Samuel Lawrence, b at Cherryfield ME 13 Feb 1819, s/o Aaron & Lucy Hope (Leighton) Lawrence. Samuel m 7 Sep 1846 Mary Jane McKenzie [note that Early Pleasnt River Families, Tibbetts & Lamson, says he m Mary's sister, Betsy]. Samuel's wife, Mary, d 15 Feb 1848 [gs Old Cherryfield Cemetery] and Samuel was living with his father at Cherryfield in 1850 and then no further record. I'm trying to determine two things: First, I understand that a Samuel Lawrence is listed in the St Anthony MN census of 1860 living with William Harrison Lawrence and is the correct age to be William's brother from Cherryfield [I haven't seen the actual census]. This seems like a safe assumption. Does anyone know? Second, The Machias vital records give the marriage of Samuel Lawrence of St Anthony [no state] to Miss Helen J McKenzie of Machias 15 Sep 1855. Samuel's 1st wife, Mary McKenzie, had a sister, Helen McKenzie. Could this marriage record be that of Samuel Lawrence of Cherryfield, later St Anthony MN, and his 1st wife's sister? Thanks Newell Hall