Marion: Thank you for providing this new information! The Oliver O Beckelhymer you found is number #201 on the Beckelhymer descendancy narrative of my web page. Point your browser to: http://members.home.net/johntippet/ Starting from Elder Johan George Beckelhymer, click on John, Sr, then John, Jr then Benjamin, then Isaiah, then Oliver Perry. I don't know why I have the middle name as Perry and the census had his middle initial as O. I have Oliver's daughter, Alice (you have Allen), born in Eureka, Woodford County, IL on 22 Oct 1884 (married Glen Gordon on 21 Oct 1908 in Council Bluffs, IA) and his son Arthur, born 20 Apr 1888 in North Loup, Valley County, NE (Oliver seems to have traveled around a lot). BTW: Oliver's children do not appear on my web page because I have limited the number of generations to 5 from the progenitor, Elder Johan George Beckelhymer. Is there any chance I could get a copy of this census enumeration? I would be happy to pay for your expenses. John Charles Tippet johntippet@home.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marion Rice" <mjrice@dakotacom.net> To: "John Charles Tippet" <johntippet@home.com> Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 6:12 PM Subject: Re: Gray Family - Beckelhymer > OHCLERMO listers, > > I've noticed the name Beckelhymer in a number of the Gray family > messages. > > Today while going through the 1895 Iowa State Census for Des Moines I > found the following family. > > Oliver O. Beckelhymer 37 from Missouri > Wife Margaret 40 from WV > Children > Allen 10 from IL > Arthur O. 7 > > These five census reels will be at the Tucson FHC through Feb 18, 2001 > > Marion Rice > > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Charles Tippet <johntippet@home.com> > To: OHCLERMO-L@rootsweb.com <OHCLERMO-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Monday, December 11, 2000 7:51 PM > Subject: Re: Gray Family > > > >Carol: > > > >It's probably a good bet that your Elizabeth Gray was a descendant > (perhaps > >granddaughter) of Archibald Gray who settled in Clermont County early > on. > >Archibald had 11 children by my count, 7 sons (John, Hiram, Henry, > Vincent, > >James H, Aaron and Andrew) and 4 daughters (Mary, Elizabeth, Rachel and > ?). > >I am no expert on the Gray genealogy, but am interested in this family > >because of their close association with the Beckelhymer (aka Behymer) > family > >that I have been researching for several years (see my web page at: > >http://members.home.net/johntippet/). Archibald was born circa 1757 in > PA. > >He had a daughter named Elizabeth, but she married Aaron Parker in > 1819, so > >she would have been likely one generation earlier than your Elizabeth > who > >married in 1831. You need to determine which of the seven sons of > Archibald > >may have been Elizabeth's father. Andrew had a daughter, Elizabeth, > but she > >was born in 1824. John, Henry and Vincent moved west early on per > Everts > >1880 history of Clermont County, OH, so I don't think they would have > been > >your Elizabeth's father (BTW: John Gray moved to Fulton County, IL in > the > >1830s - I suspose Henry and/or Vincent may have joined him). That > leaves > >Hiram, James H and Aaron as possibilities. I have done no research on > them > >so can offer no assistance there. > > > >Hope this helps... > > > >John Charles Tippet > >johntippet@home.com > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Carol Abercrombie" <c.abercrombie@worldnet.att.net> > >To: <johntippet@home.com> > >Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 7:14 PM > >Subject: Gray Family > > > > > >> I am looking for information on Elizabeth Gray who married John Cox. > >> > >> Carol > >> > >> > > > > > > > >============================== > >Search more than 150 million free records at RootsWeb! > >http://searches.rootsweb.com/ > > > > > > >