phil wilson (by way of Betty Lou Riley ) wrote: > > Hello!!! I grew up in Belfast (right up the road from Adams Co.) and I'm > trying to tract my family. My grandmother was Jessie Cynthia Shanks who > married Charles Odell Baldwin around 1900. In Adams county. I can trace > the Shanks side to the Beekman's of Adams Co. But really know very little > about the Shanks or Baldwin line. My father was Walter West and he was > co-owner of Long and West Livestock Co. of Hillsboro, horse trader and > farmer. I can take the West family back to James and Rebecca (McCoy) West > 1829-1891. thats all. My grandmother was a Dickey from Fairfax. Her line > can go back to John and Rachel (Gilmore) Dickey, early 1800 to late 1800's. > Also have a Dr. Test that practiced medicine in Portsmouth at the turn of > the century until mid 1900's. Can't think of his first name, I think it > started with an "A" - he was always just Uncle Dr. Uncle Walter Dickey was > a brother to my grandmother and a laywer in Portsmouth. Don't know if you > have any info on any of these people. Just surfing the net, hunting links. > Cindy West Wilson > > ==== OHADAMS Mailing List ==== > Help Instructions at: http://www.zoomnet.net/~chipmunk/SurnamesMail.html > or contact Betty at: chipmunk@zoomnet.net > Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?surname=OHAdams > Your gracious donations to RootsWeb makes this all possible!! > Rootsweb: http://www.rootsweb.com/ Hello, referencing your grandmother, Jessie Cynthia Shanks:: Can you connect with this family? David Grooms abt 1834 17 Mar 1909 Nancy Grooms abt 1834 01 Dec 1935 buried in IOOF cemetery, West Union parents: Zachariah Grooms born __ ___ ____ - __ ___ 1890 married 26 Jul 1827 Mary 'Polly' SHANKS __ ___ 1799 - __ ___ ____ she was 106 years old in year 1905, but when did she die? in 1905 she lived in the 'Killinstown settlement' in Tiffin Twp. I am told her father was John Shanks was a veteran of the War of 1812. Can you confirm or add anything to this? Jim Hartline