In a message dated 8^03 6:01:39 PM, you wrote: <<Sandy - can you remember what the book was where you got this??? I've checked the 1880 History by Beers Pub; the 1900 publication by Lewis Pub, the 1914 History by Wilson, and the 1995 Darke Co. Families. I can't find this <frown>...>> No I can't find the reference. I must have written it on another paper I copied at the same time. The search through this messy desk continues. I was also going to submit the other info on the page which is part of the BEARE family and all of the BERGER family. I did e-mail the Dayton-Montgomery County Library because that is the most likely place it would be from. She sent me a list of books that may be of interest as far as what the library has available. I'll keep looking. Sandy These are the books from which the article did NOT come: 1. A Biographical history of Darke County, Ohio : compendium of national biography. Chicago : Lewis Pub. Co., 1900. 2. The history of Darke County, Ohio, containing a history of the county; its cities, towns, etc.; general and local statistics; portraits of early settlers and prominent men; history of the Northwest territory; history of Ohio, map of Darke County, etc. Chicago, W. H. Beers, 1880 3. The history Darke County, Ohio : containing a history of the county; its cities, towns, etc.; general and local statistics; portraits of early settlers and prominent men; history of the Northwest Territory; history of Ohio; map of Darke County; Constitution of the United States, miscellaneous matters, etc., etc. / [compiled by W.H. McIntosh ; assisted by H. Freeman]. Evansville, Ind. : Unigraphic, 1970 4. A pictorial outline history of Darke County, Ohio with portraits and biography of prominent citizens of the county, county and ex-county officials, attorneys at law, city officials, bankers, capitalists, business men, teachers, ministers, agriculturalists and notable citizens of the county / George Wood Wolfe. Newark, Ohio, Lyon [1889] 5. Families of Darke County, Ohio / Darke County Genealogical Society. Greenville, Ohio : Darke County Genealogical Society, c1994-1996. 6. Complete directory of Darke County, Ohio comprising an entire list of all residents of the cities and towns, together with an accurate rural list giving number of acres owned, title, section numbers and rural routes. Portland, Ind., J. M. Minch Co., n.d. 7. Darke County, Ohio marriages, 1899-1911 / by Doris R. Aultman. Utica, KY : McDowell Publications, c1990 8. Memoirs of the Miami Valley volumes 1, 2, and 3 9. History of Darke County, Ohio : from its earliest settlement to the present time in two volumes : also biographical sketches of many representative citizens of the county / by Frazer Wilson.