Searching for information on Mahlon Dickerson's first wife. His parents apparently moved to NY after Mahlon's birth in 1815 in NJ. Than Mahlon moved to LaSalle Co., IL where he married his second wife. Mahlon writes about "old friends" in his journal dated Nov. 23-28, 1870 which he spent Thanksgiving with in Fayetteville, NY: H. Eaton, Orson Smith, G. Cole, and C. Snook. I am hoping one of these surnames might give a clue to his first wife. I am also searching for information on his parents: David Dickerson b. 1772 and Rachel Rourke b. 1784. Mahlon died in 1876 so I could not find out his parents birthplaces on the 1880 census. I also do not know any of Mahlon's siblings. Thank you Alyson Crippen agc@sofnet.com