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/AQB.2ACI/166.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks - and that is great reading. But I doubt this is my William as he would have been about 53 yo at the time. I was reying to connect this Reed family to mine who also were born in Ohio. Will E looked good until I found on your Cass resource page that he was reported to have gone east to college. My ancestor was a coal miner. But it could be. Those "turn of the century" authors knew how to put a favorable spin on most everyone, especially if it meant selling a few books. Thanks a lot and please keep me in mind. John Hollingsworth San Antonio, TX