This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.ohio.counties.allen/1624.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I can check into them and see what comes up. It is odd her sons weren't living with her in the 1850 census, and she is under her maiden name. Esp when they are living with her and second husband in the 1860 census, Union co., Allen Twp. Wonder who the boys lived with in 1850? John Alden Smith is on a world tree, with his birth listed as Knox co. Ohio, mother Amy Andrews, father Spencer E. Smith. Source is listed as his death certificate. I'll see if I can find anything in the Union co. records.