My apologies to Adell. You wrote yesterday saying that maybe Mathias Holdren Jr.never went to Iowa and the abbreviation IA, was Indiana. I wrote back saying that the info that I had from 1927, spelled out Iowa. Information that I have received in the last 24 hours from 2 different sources now leads me to believe that you are correct. My apologies and I have learned an important lesson. Just because someone wrote it down somewhere, doesn't mean that it's so. Tracee Adell Carr Smith wrote: > 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? > > ==== OHATHENS Mailing List ====