Bennington is a wide spot in the road between Owosso and Langsburg. They are about 15 miles apart. Bennington has not had a Post Office since before the 1950s, if it ever did. Dennis Thrush dhthrush@earthlink.net Searching: Thrush, Jordan, Breaugh, Breault, Brault, Rowland, and Palmer At 07:54 PM 11/9/2006, you wrote: >Hello Nancy - > >Could you please have a look at your book "Owosso A-Z", and see if my >Morton or Bugbee families might be mentioned? That would be Dorus Morton, >& his sons Thomas Slayton, Joshua, and Dillus (Dillucena). They lived in >Owosso circa 1850 - 1880 where Dorus owned a farm but was a master mason, >too. I believe Omar, the fourth son, went to California. Joshua married >Martha BUGBEE, sister to Harrison S. and Samuel B. Bugbee (also farmers) >and daughter of Salmon J. Bugbee, at Bennington, MI. 15 Nov 1846, but they >lived in Owosso for a time before moving north. Dillus married Mary Young >13 Dec 1850, and Thomas Slayton (T.S.) married Lucy BEARD 2 Dec 1844. > >Every little bit I can discover about them is very gratefully >received. There are so many gaps. For instance, Thomas Slayton's family, >and Dillus' family, are buried in Pinetree Cemetery, but there's no >mention of Dorus. (Although I believe he's with the family, perhaps with >an unmarked grave.) Their mother, Dorus' wife, is buried in Franklin, >Oakland County, along with their tiny baby son - and it doesn't appear >he's there. So - I'm searching for hints, and possible means of detecting >Dorus' origins. > >Are Laingsburg, Owosso, and Bennington close to each other? Those 3 >places keep coming up in various records, and it's easy to get confused. > >Cheers, > >Julia