This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Tanner,Cotton,Nelson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hFB.2ACE/999.2 Message Board Post: Try typing in Michigan County Histories in your search engine and then go umich site.Type in name search of Francis Nelson or Lake Cotton [Biography of Francis Nelson]. Deborah Nelson d Aug 15,1874 age 62 Yr 5 mos 23 days in Arcada,Gratiot County,her husband was probally the same town. The Lydia Tanner that I have was wrong one .Benjamin Tanner b 1795-1880,Lydia [''Lydy'' Sherman] Tanner 1797-d Aug 9,1880 . You can also get some Tanner ,Nelson Info at www.familysearch.org . I believe your Lydia Tanner and Lake Cotton may have died in New York .