The majority of Holdren information that I have is from the wife of one of Mathias's sons from Creston, Iowa in 1927. I'm fairly sure that they were in Iowa, at least according to her notes, William was born in Cumberland, Iowa (she spelled it out). I appreciate your response and I will keep that in mind while doing further research. Thank you, Tracee Adell Carr Smith wrote: > In the 1850s, Indiana's abbreviation was IA. Maybe the family did not > leave Indiana?? > > ---------- > >