Having missed the recent roll call because I couldn't get my act together, and to help generate some traffic on the list, here's my line: I'm looking for ties to the CATLIN/REYNOLDS/BURGESS family? Wright Wilbur CATLIN (b. 25 June 1825, place unknown; d. 28 Nov 1897 possibly Rising City, NB) and his wife Mary Ann REYNOLDS (b. 16 Dec 1825, place unknown; d. 10 Apr 1881 Rising City, Butler, NB) had two children: 1. Ida May CATLIN (b. 15 May 1861, probably Green Co., NY; d. 2 July 1878 probably Rising City NB), and 2. John Lorenzo CATLIN (b. 6 Oct 1854 Greene Co., NY; d. 26 May 1923 OK) married Sally Ann BURGESS ca Sept 1877 in NB. Sally Ann (b. 11 Aug 1859, Haines Falls, NY; d. 16 Mar 1924, Vinita, OK was the daughter of Harvey Smith BURGESS (b. 29 Dec 1819, Greene Co., NY; d. 2 Aug 1914 Rising City, NB) and his wife Harriett Caroline Brewer (b. 09 Apr 1828, Greene Co., NY; d. 03 Oct. 1878 Rising City, NB). Wright CATLIN was employed as a marble agent for C.B. Parker & Company out of Lincoln. He went to Nebraska in 1871 from Michigan, and homesteaded on Section 4, Town 14, Range 1 east where he resided until January 1882, when he purchased the Commercial House (a hotel) in Rising City and made that his home. Wright was a member of the Congregational Church Society in Rising as well as a member of the A. F. & A.M. He was among the first settlers of Reading Precinct. What was the A.F.&A.M.? Are records of the Commercial House available? Is the Congregational Church Society still in existance? What epidemic was there that could possibly have killed a grandchild and grandmother within 3 months of each other? Any answers, assistance on where or how to proceed is greatly appreciated. Sharon (Catlin) Coleman