>>Hiram Shepcott Marble was listed in the census as a "Universal Clergyman". Does anyone know what that means? Timeframe: abt 1840-50.<< Hi, Universalist is a type of church so he was a minister. (in very broad terms). Maggie !^NavFont02F00BC0008NG75HGBD39CC Maggie's World of Courthouse Dust & Genealogy Fever http://www.infinet.com/~dzimmerm/mindex.html *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* God Put Me On Earth to Accomplish a Certain Number of Things. Right Now I am so far behind, I will never die. --- Unknown *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a New Year filled with good health, good friends, and more than enough good luck. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*