This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: LESHER, BAKER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VIB.2ACE/83 Message Board Post: Looking for more information on Benjamin LESHER /Lasher /etc. and family enumerated in 1880 census in Henderson, Sibley County, MN: Benjamin LESHER W M 52 carpenter PA/PA/PA Anna W F 48 wife keep. house Norway/Norway/Norway Josephine W F daughter MN/PA/Norway Georgianna W F 16 daughter MN/PA/Norway Samuel W M 12 daughter MN/PA/Norway Jacob W M 10 son MN/PA/Norway Benjamin W M 6 son MN/PA/Norway I have not been able to find Benjamin and family in the 1860 and 1870 census, but they may have been living in this same area, as all children listed were born in Minnesota. Am trying to determine if this Benjamin (Sr.) is the son of John Lesher b. 04 Dec 1805 in Pennsylvania and is the same Benjamin Lesher that was residing in Squaw Grove, DeKalb County, IL in the 1850 census. Any help woould be appreciated.