Marilyn, I found 3 listings of Torrey for the names of Daniel, Lewis and John W. Here is what I could find. 1880 Census - Sherman Twp. Roscoe E. 44 farming ME/ME/ME Maggie C 42 VA/VA/VA Abner W 19 works at farming Mo/ME/VA Arthur C 14 " " " " " " Jacob R 12 at school " " " Daniel W 6 " " " Oral E 4/12 son " " " and a couple doors down from them are: Lafayette 43 farmer MA/MA/MA Elizabeth A 35 IL/KY/IN Laura A 14 (all children are Frank L 12 MO/MA/IL) Fred T 10 Milo E 7 John W 4 Adin L 3 Lewis 91 father MA/MA/CT and the 3rd is in York Twp. Charles P 32 stock raiser/farmer IL/ME/ME Sarah C 30 WV/WV/WV Martha B 12 MO/IL/WV Lewis 8 " " " Dora May 5 " " " Hope it helps some. Sandy -----Original Message----- From: GNEOLOG@aol.com <GNEOLOG@aol.com> To: MOPUTNAM-L@rootsweb.com <MOPUTNAM-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, September 01, 2000 1:23 PM Subject: Torrey >In a message dated 9/1/00 2:02:02 PM Central Daylight Time, >MOPUTNAM-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > ><< 1 Jul 1891 > Judge L. TORREY of Sherman township called and requested us to > publish for information of relatives that Williard Torrey of Dixfield, > Maine died on Feb 19, 1891 aged 87 years, two months, and 7 > days. Deceased was a brother of Daniel and Lewis Torrey, > formerly of this county. >> > >Does anyone have any descendancy for this Daniel or Lewis Torrey? I am trying >to find parents of a John Willard Torrey of Putnam Co who was probably born >in the early 1870's. Just thought with the name Willard that there might be a >connection. >Thanks >Marilyn > >