Hi: I am new to this list so will tell you what I am researching. I have been researching Charles Henry Junk for 25 years, he being my great grandfather. I have never found his parents and am requesting help or suggestions. Charles Henry Junk stated in his Civil War pension application that he was born in Fayette county, Ohio, near Chillicothe in 1834. Family records state he lost his parents at an early age.He traveled from Ohio to Clayton, Illinois with the Motter wagon train in 1854. He married Anna Merida Motter in Adams county, Illinois on September 1, 1855. Anna Merida Motter was the daughter of Jonathan Motter and Elizabeth Holloway. On August 9th, 1862 he volunteered and was in Company E, 119th Illinois infantry, participating in the Civil War, having entered from Brown county, Illinois. I have written for many years to different places in Ohio requesting information on hm or his parents, but have never been fortunate enough to find anything. He is found in the 1850 Ohio census, living alone. Any suggestions or help would be gratefully received. Thank you. Pearla Benjamin