1870 Census Washington Township, Monroe Co. OH Nickelson, William age 34, born OH, farmer Lucinda age 35, born OH, keeping house Elizabeth age 13, born OH, wks at home Mary T. age 11, born OH, school Nancy E. age 10, born IL, help mother Thomas age 8, born IL Joseph F. age 5, born IL Margaret age 1, born OH Nickelson, William age 62. born PA, farmer Nancy age 68, born VA, keep house Elder William in house 36, and younger William in house 133 1860 Monroe Co. OH, Washington Township, Post office Graysville Nicholson, William age 53, born PA, farmer Nancy age 55, born VA, domestic, illiterate Lavina age 17, born OH, domestic Bethel Township, P. O. Masterson Nicholson, John age 25, born OH, farmer Sarah age 20, born OH Charles C. age 2, born OH Thadus B. age 6 months, born OH William and Nancy not in Monroe Co. in 1850 and no Nicholson families left by 1880 in Monroe Co. OH Belmont Co. 1850 Census, Goshen Township OHIO Nicholson, William age 44, born PA, farmer Nancy, age 45, born VA Alcinda age 20, born OH Arthunissa age 18, born OH John age 15, born OH William age 13, born OH George age 9, born OH Lavina age 8, born OH Belmont Co. OH marriages William Nicholson wed Nancy Vass on April 3, 1828. This takes care of grandparents. No marriage for younger William. You are probably going to be in same boat as I, with him marrying in Monroe Co and of course the court house burned. Now you have to find where in Illinois they lived for a while. I always find this interesting that back in those times they would go that far west and then come back as traveling was not easy. Good luck. Jerilyn Jerilyn Lappin Koskan Cook Co., Illinois jlktrees@aol.com FTM user BREWER-Daniel Belmont, OH, Northumberland, Indiana and Jefferson, PA DAVIS/DAVIDSON-Marium/Mary b1803 Bucks, PA Mother Rachel Greene DUSATKO-Barbara, Anton late 1800s Butler, NE DYE-William, David, Daniel in Monroe, OH early 1800s. FISHER-Joseph, b abt 1805 OH, last Morgan, OH 1850. Wife Judith Lappin. Children John, Knight, Elizabeth, Thomas, Hannah, Mary, Rachel, Ruth GRAY-Ogden b 1850 Morgan, OH, d Fulton, IL. Children - Ogden, Lafayette, Mary A., Cornelius, Elizabeth, Rachel GREENE-Rachel, b abt 1770, Bucks, PA HANNA-Archibald, d 1793 Westmoreland, PA Children Hugh, William, Hannah, Mary (wed Robert Williams) KIRK-Elizabeth, Quaker, daughter Joseph Kirk/Judith Knight, wed Robert Lappin abt 1790. Chester & Fayette, PA Belmont, OH KOSKAN-Vaclav, b 1850s Czechoslovakia d Butler, NE LAPPIN-PA and OH late 1700s/1800s LEAK/LEEK-MD & Eastern, OH in late 1700s and 1800s MITCHELL-Thomas Mitchell, b 1770s Greene, PA -d Monroe, OH. Daughter Maria wed William Dye. MONROE-Nicholas Monroe, b PA, died Belmont, OH early 1850s. Children Curtis, William, John, Samuel, Mary (Hendershot), Eleanor (Maring), Rebecca (Murphy), Miller, George, Richard. MONTGOMERY-Daniel, d 1842 Vinton, OH Family to Wayne, IL Wife Alice Lappin, Children William, Mariah, John, Elizabeth, Rachel, Letticia, Ruth, Euphemia OATES-Sarah Elizabeth born Lewis, WV, adopted Samuel McCluster - to Decatur, KS Parents supposedly Elizabeth Puffenbarger/Benjamin Oates SLUSHER-Frederick, b PA, lived Monroe, OH, d Wayne, IL SMITH-Aaron 1755/Anna Foster Bucks, PA Children John, Amos, Hannah, Samuel, Charles, Mary STARBUCKS-John and Ann Lappin of Belmont, OH STARKEY - b 1810 PA, wed Belmont, OH TODD - Wm. & Rachel Lappin, d late 1800s Morgan, OH WADSWORTH-Alcinda, Martha, Wm., Rachel, Emily, Ruth b Belmont, OH