In the 1850s, Indiana's abbreviation was IA. Maybe the family did not leave Indiana?? ---------- > From: Tracee Evans <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: OH ATHENS > Date: Friday, February 06, 1998 6:59 PM > > I am searching for any information on Mathias HOLDREN b. abt 1817 Athens > County, OH d. Delaware County, IN ?. and Louvina LEACH Holdren, no > data. Mathias and Louvina were married March 22, 1838 in Athens County. > >William Wallace Holdren (my great-grandfather) was born in Cumberland, IA in 1858. Why did >they go to Iowa? Why did they come back?