I know that he had eight children from his first marriage over a 20 year span, was widowed four years before he married again. I don't know the age of his second wife, but she also had eight children. One of his sons married one of her daughters. So I'm guessing they were more or less the same age. They had two children together, who died in infancy. One source says his sons became prominent businessmen in Cleveland. I found an old Oberlin yearbook showing that several of her sons but none of his went there. Her sons were buried in a plot he bought 25 years before they were married but none of his family except the son who married in. In other words, lots of potential for differences between the two sets of children. There might have been good reason for just letting things slide for 20 years! But I'd sure like to know for sure when Moses died. Doris -- "Sandy Rozhon" <srozhon@comcast.net> wrote: On 4 Apr 2005 at 23:05, doriswaggoner@juno.com wrote: > > Sandy, > > What you're suggesting makes sense if he died in 1850 and it took time > to get his will probated--he had eight children, all of whom seem to > have survived to adulthood--for the 1853 sale. But what about an 1870 > sale? That's 20 years later. Well, 20 years....I may have to backtrack on my statement if the time span is that huge. I did see deeds about 8-10 years after a death. In some cases it was due to needing someone from another state to sign papers. In other case, I believe the families never bothered to transfer the property out of the deceased's name. In fact, I have that exact situation in my own family. There exists a deed in my mother-in-law's name and she's been gone 16 years now. It was never transferred. Sandy ==== OHCUYAHO Mailing List ==== Please visit the Cuyahoga County GenWeb Website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohcuyaho/cuyaoh.htm ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx