Hi Everyone Hope someone on the list might be able to help Mike with his search! Thanks! - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------- Hi Betty Been doing some research on the Levi family from Adams Co. and > have ran into a couple of dead ends. My gg grandfather George Bower was > married to an Evaline Levi (Emma) abt. 1874. She had a son named George > Bower and (Emma) died soon after his birth. He was placed in a children's > home in Adams Co. Evaline's brother John Perry (Solomon) Levi took George > out of home and raised him on his farm on Churn Creek Rd. Elder George > left the area and went to Cincinnati area after Emma's death. Have had > no luck in locating Elder George's parents or even if he had any brothers > or sisters. Have you ran across his name in your Adams Co. records? Also > have a conflict on the name of Emma's grandfather. her fathers name was > Judas Levi and he had the following children John Perry,Walter Scott, > Mary E.,Alexander Couden,Alfred,Mahala Susan,Elizabeth Ann,Evaline, and > Charles C. I have a letter from my great-aunt that states that Judas's > fathers name was Jacob (came from Prussia abt 1800) and was murdered > after the sell of hogs for $600 and was found floating in a barrel in the > Ohio River near Cincinnati. Another researcher says that Judas's fathers > name was John that had married Hannah Scott and they were from England. > Any help you could give me would be greatly appreciated. Mike Bower<bower@zoomnet.net>