On Thursday, September 7, 2000, Alice <alicendel@home.com> wrote: > A family story says that my g-g-g-grandfather lived in the center of > Barnesville about 1818-1840 and that he drove geese to Wheeling. That sounds like herding cats! > I was wondering if there was a Wheeling town or village during this time > near Barnesville? Is there some reason you don't think this refers to Wheeling, WV? That was the major town in the area at the time, and probably had a good-sized market. S R C A cott obert ranston nderson phssra@physics.emory.edu