I have Frank D. Layman born Dec 1872 in both the 1880 and 1900 census, in Hunter, son of Charles b.1846 and Philena b.1845, also from Hunter. Is he the one mentioned in the story? He would have been 27, not 25, at his death if it's the same Frank. In a message dated 2/1/2009 3:29:35 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: There's an interesting story in the Catskill Daily Mail about Frank D. Layman who died on August 10, 1900, while fighting a forest fire in Haines Falls. Here's the link to the story. http://www.thedailymail.net/articles/2009/02/01/news/news02.txt ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message **************Great Deals on Dell Laptops. Starting at $499. (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1217883258x1201191827/aol?redir=http://www.dell.com/co ntent/products/features.aspx/laptops_great_deals?c=us%26cs=19%26l=en%26s=d hs%26~ck=anavml)