This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GKB.2ACE/1739.1.2.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Brian, I really do not know if they are related. I have always suspected that George had an older brother. The CORNELISON Family were neighbors of Thomas HALE in the 1850 census. George was born in Ohio and Thomas his father was born in Pa. I have pretty good proof that Thomas HALE's father was Owen HALE of Belmont and Athens county Ohio area.