Hello Jerilyn: Here is What I found in My search ,hope this helps. 1880 United States Census Census Place: Sugar Grove, Pendleton, West Virginia Source: FLH Film 1255411 National Archives Film T9 - 1411 Page 23B Benjamin Puffenbarger.....Self..M..M..W..41..WV..WV..WV....Farmer Mary A. ........................Wife..F...M..W..46..WV..WV..WV....Keep House Louisa ...........................Dau...F...S...W..13..WV..WV..WV....At Home Sarah E. ........................Dau...F...S...W..11..WV..WV..WV....At Home John F. ..........................Son...M..S...W...9..WV..WV..WV George ..........................Son...M..S...W...9..WV..WV..WV---- (Note both 9 must be twins) Mary E. .........................Dau...F...S...W...5..WV..WV..WV * Samuel P. ......................Son...M..S...W...2..WV..WV..WV Benjamin Smith ............SSon..M..S...W..18..WV..WV..WV 1880 United States Census Census Place: Sugar Grove, Pendleton, West Virginia Source: FLH Film 1255411 National Archives Film T9 - 1411 Page 17B Samual Puffenberger .....Self..M..M..W..56..WV..WV..WV....Farmer Samuel P. .....................Son..M...S..W..18..WV..WV..WV....Farmer Thomas J. .....................Son..M...S..W..16..WV..WV..WV....Farmer John M. ........................Son..M...S..W..12..WV..WV..WV....At Home Mary J. .........................Dau...F...S..W 6..WV..WV..WV Hannah Simmons .........Other..F..W..W.48 WV..WV..WV....House Keeper Samuel Simmons .........Other M..S..W..20..WV..WV..WV....Laborer Note (Either his Wife died or divorced him, The one daughter probably named after wife, Mary Brewer.) 1870 Census, Belmont Co., Ohio, Washington Township 103/104 Joseph Puffenburger..54..VA Day Laborer --- (note Different Spelling) Sarah A. ..................42 OH..Keep House Eliza A. ....................14..OH..Help Mother John T. ......................8..OH Susa A. .....................3..OH 1880 United States Census Census Place: Capon,Hardy,West Virginia Source: FLH Film 1255403 National Archives Film T9 - 1403 Page 77C Mary A.Oats .....Self . F W W 60....MD..MD..MD .....Keep House Benj H. Oats .....Son..M...S..W..26....WV..VA...MD......Farm Laborer Belmont County, Ohio Marriages 1803 to 1849, Page-16 Puffenbarger, Samuel Brewer, Mary ------Married 25 Mar 1834 Belmont County, Ohio Marriages 1850 to 1870 Page-112 Puffenbarger, Joseph Davis, Sarah Ann ----Married 23 Dec 1851 ------------------------------------------------ I'm not too sure that this is exactly who you are looking for, so let me know. There were over 100 Puffenberger names in 1880 WV Census all this spelling. Bill in Ohio Have a Good Day ____________________________________________________________ Jlktrees@aol.com wrote: > Sandra, I have used about every spelling I could think of for Puffenbarger. > My husband has a great grandmother who was adopted and in her marriage > application in the 1890s said her parents were Benjamin Oates and Elizabeth > Puffenbarger and she was born in Lewis Co., WV. That is a lost cause for searching > as their adoption records are closed forever and even though there were a > lot of Puffenbargers in Pendleton Co., VA and they have their own web page they > know nothing of Sarah Elizabeth Puffenbarger. I think she might have been > born on the other side of the blanket as one man told me once about himself. > She was adopted in WV and moved to western Kansas. Her children knew very > little about their mother's past. > > Thanks for answering. > > Jerilyn > > > > ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHBELMON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >