This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Zemmer, Walling, Obenchain Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XNB.2ACI/53.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi David, I e-mailed you but have not heard back from you. In case you didn't get it I am going to copy & paste that e-mail below. Of the children of Samuel you mention, Jacob is my line. I have not been able to locate John's son Ambrose Harvey Zemmer after they left KS. I think, but am not sure, his son, Jesse, stayed in TX. Both of them were dead before 1910 according to the 1910 Blaine Co., ID census. His daughter, Mary married Enos C. Walling and I am assuming your wife descends from the Obenchain line. Here is my e-mail to you: Hi David, I am so excited to hear from you I can hardly stand it. You are an angel. I had decided that I was the only person alive researching this line. You have told me some things that I didn't know. Now let me see if I can help you. My big problem is that I am unable to go to a library so I have to depend on what I can find online. First of all, I have pictures of John Zemmer, Jacob Jesse Zemmer, Sr., and Jacob Jesse Zemmer, Jr. I have a death certificate for John Zemmer. I have a land deed for Samuel Zemmer. I have letters that were written by Mary Zemmer, daughter of John, as they were on the Oregon Trail. She wrote the letters to her Aunt who was my great great grandmother, Mary Jane Warren Zemmer. Actually, I have copies of Mary's letters because I donated the actual letters to an Oregon Trail Society not too long ago. Anything you want a copy of just let me know and they are yours. My grandfather, Frank Zemmer, told me that the Zemmers came from PA around the Pittsburgh area and they had a pharmaceutical company. I have found some information regarding a Zemmer Pharmaceutical company but I have not yet been able to tie it to my Zemmers. I would love to have your GEDCOM and see what you have that I don't have. I use a PC and FTM. Let me know what you want that I have. I am really anxious to hear how your wife fits into my Zemmers. Sherry Please e-mai me direct as I have so much to share.