This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: wd8dcx2005 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.ohio.counties.montgomery/4584.2.1.3.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Here's the other article I found.... I notice that his wife was a French, geography is about right, so I'll ask my French research friend if she knows these two! Steve Koons, Dayton, Ohio from Dayton Daily Journal, 9/29/1924, page 2:1 RETIRED PASTOR WILL BE BURIED NEAR TROY TODAY Rev. David Clutch, Who Died at Home in Alcony, Widely Known in Dayton DECEDENT QUIT WORK AFTER 20 YEARS LABOR Burial Will Be Made at New Carlisle After Services This Afternoon. TROY, O., Sept. 28 -- Funeral services for Rev. David Clutch, 77, retired Methodist minister, who died Saturday at his home in Alcony, eight miles east of Troy, will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Reformed church at Alcony. Several years ago Rev. Clutch retired from the ministry after serving the church for more than 20 years. He was born July 16, 1847, at Centerville, O. He had lived at Alcony for 50 years. Rev. Clutch had a host of friends in Troy and in Dayton. He married Mary French at Addison, O., February 17, 1870. Besides his wife he leaves two sons, Guy N. Clutch of Watertown, N.Y., and Arthur Ward Clutch, of Columbus; a brother, Bloomfield Clutch, and a sister, Mrs. Minerva Burns, both of Dayton. Following services in Alcony this afternoon, burial will be made in the New Carlisle cemetery. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.