Once had a bro-in-law that was a shrink and he told me that an old man could not make any statement without making a story of it, and, having reached that glorious plateau. find I must do the same thing. My ggrandpappy Grove Maltby Hall moved from Volney,Oswego to Ithaca and married Mary Jane Girard 1859 then in 1864 she died evidently in childbirth giving birth to my granddad Grove Stanley in Savanna. A grandson of Grove M. told me about 60 years ago that he attended Cornell Univ. and that Mary Jane was buried about 5 miles NW of Ithaca along the shores of Lake Cayuga in a small cemetery. Looking at a google map of the area I can find no cemeteries on shoreline, except that TAUGHANNOCK BLVD runs lengthwise of lake, and I presume he was talking of the west side of the lake. If anyone living in the area knows of such a place I would sure like to have pictures of her resting place. After her death he returned to Ithaca and married her sister Lydia Ann Girard in 1865 and then became an ordained Methodist minister, in Iowa and So Dakota, and buried in Decatur Mich 1905. I have another immense problem ... and it pertains to the father of Grove Maltby Hall .. the grandson also told me he recalls hearing a story there was someone in the family that was a polygamist but cited being of old age he could not remember who it was. His name is Gideon S. Hall who disappeared after being on the 1850 census in Volney. I have documented the 3 sons of Gideon not being guilty of this. He had one dau. that wrote up the family chart as she knew it for a lady who was writing a book on the Maltby family however she does not mention dear old dad and neither does anyone else in the family, so my conclusion is that dear old dad was the one that was guilty of this. If anyone has seen any documents pertaining to such an incident I would sure like to know where to go looking next...I have literally tore Oswego and Jefferson counties to shreds the last 3 years looking for something of his past life and that will point to his resting place. What little I have found is absolutely useless. Thank you for listening to an old frustrated genie.any help would be greatly appreciated. Grove Schoolcraft

I do know if anyone on this list does obits look up I know from time to time I see request on some list. If no one does may be someone can point me in the right direction to find them. First,I have an Agnes Randall whose death is report on the 1865 town of Danby census as April 10, 1865. Second, I have James Crawford Hyatt whose death date is January 04, 1880 in Ithaca. Thanks from the depth of my heart. Marilyn