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 >> In a message dated 11/9/2006 12:34:27 AM Eastern Standard Time, >> bartinsca@aol.com writes: >> >>> Betsy, I have looked in my Owosso, MI A to Z book and sorry not to find >>> your >>> Sawyer or Clement names. I looked and immediately found the Tillitotson >>> family in Elsie MI. I am a native of MI and had never heard of Ovid and >>> Elsie...so >>> glad to learn they are part of Schiawassee County. My Phillips family >>> were >>> in Bancroft. Nancy >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> MISHIAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MISHIAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MISHIAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message