In a message dated 8/21/00 3:37:40 PM Eastern Daylight Time, annieb437@yahoo.com writes: << Subj: Oliver A. Barber Date: 8/21/00 3:37:40 PM Eastern Daylight Time From: annieb437@yahoo.com (Ann Clarke) To: kwsroots@aol.com Hi Ken, I just wrote Rebecca that it was my fault that I didn't put down any dates. Oliver A. Barber could not have been the brother of Theodore P. Barber as Theodore was a year younger than Oliver and I will show you from the 1850 census that I will have to "attack" from a different direction. HURON COUNTY 1850 CENSUS Read line#, dwelling#, family#, last name, first name, age, sex, occupation, real estate, birthplace TOWNSEND TWP. P. 384A 15 721 739 Riggs Edward C. 46 M Farmer 3400 N. Y. 16 721 739 Riggs Mary 33 F Ohio 17 721 739 Riggs Mary 19 F N. Y. 18 721 739 Riggs Samuel 17 M N. Y. 19 721 739 Pearl Mary 14 F Ohio 20 721 739 Riggs Sarah 13 F Ohio 21 721 739 Riggs John 10 M Ohio 22 721 739 Barber Oliver 8 M Ohio 23 721 739 Riggs Thomas 8 M Ohio 24 721 739 Barber Theodore 7 M Ohio 25 721 739 Riggs Eliza 3 F Ohio 26 721 739 Riggs Phebe 2 F Ohio 27 721 739 Buck Charles 20 M Farmer Ohio It seems as though Mary must have been married to a Barber and than her first husband died and she remarried. Thanks so much for your information - ever bit helps. Sincerely Ann annieb437@yahoo.com >> Hi Ann, With your 1850 Census record for the RIGGS/BARBER family as a starting point, I did some more digging and found that Edward C. RIGGS was married to three women (sequentially, not concurrently), including the Mary cited in the 1850 record. Our Huron County, Ohio Cemetery Inscriptions book shows, for Townsend Center Cemetery, Townsend Township: Page 856. Row 4-- North Side of Drive. E.C. RIGGS 1804-1894. Jane, his wife, 1809-1843. Mary J., his wife, 1817-1866. Sarah, his wife, 1824-1917. Netty, d/o E.C. and M.J. RIGGS, b. & d. 1858. Florence, d/o J.L. & A. RIGGS, b. & d. 1863. Matthew S., 1829-1850. Samuel L. 1833-1863. John L. 1839-1863, sons of E.C. & J. RIGGS. It appears that the "Mary" in your 1850 Census record is Mary Jane PEARL, and no slouch in the marriage department either. Our Huron County, Ohio Marriage book shows the following: Mary Jane PEARL m. Abel BARBER 28 Oct 1838. Mrs. Mary Jane BARBER m. Edward C. RIGGS 29 Jan 1846. Mary Jane PEARL m. Andrew J. GOODEL 15 Apr 1858. (Note: I looked for "Mary Janes" who married a BARBER in our marriage book, 1815-1854. The above Mary Jane PEARL was the only one who fit as far as first and middle names, and age at marriage. The only other candidate, which I decided wasn't a very good one, was a "Mary BARBER" (middle name not given) who married an Ansel BARBER 23 Mar 1830---too early for a marriage date.) Also, from the online IGI web site (www.familysearch.org), I find: Mary Jane PEARL m. Isaac G. SHERMAN 26 Feb 1862 in Morrow (Co.?), Ohio. I could not find the marriage of either Jane or Sarah with Edward C. RIGGS, but I note that Jane died in 1843, preceding the marriage of Mrs. Mary Jane BARBER to Edward C. RIGGS. I could not find the death of Abel BARBER. If the Mary Jane PEARLs mentioned above are the same person, and since her marriages to GOODEL and SHERMAN occur after the marriage to Edward C. RIGGS , and before his death in 1894, it might suggest Mary Jane and Edward C. were divorced between 1846-1858. Other bits and pieces on Edward C. RIGGS: >From our Huron County, Ohio Death Index, 1867-1908: E.C. RIGGS d. 08/23/1894. Vol. 2- Page 169. In our History of the Fire Lands, by W.W. Williams, 1879: Page 247. Section on Townsend Township. "E.C. RIGGS and family ......settled in 1834... on lot 50." (Presumably, this may have included his wife "Jane, 1809-1843.") >From our 1873 and 1891 Atlases, Huron County, Ohio, I see Edward C. RIGGS owned land in Townsend Township--- section 3, lots 50, 51 & 52 in 1873; and section 3, lots 46, 50, 51, 70 & 71 in 1891. Finally, our 1870 Census Index for Huron County, Ohio, shows the following RIGGS on census page 574A, Townsend Township. Read first name, age and place of birth. Edward C., 66, NY Sarah, 40, England Charles, 19, OH George E., 5/12, OH George, 17, OH Martin, 13, OH Sarah, 24, OH Thomas, 28, OH William, 15, OH. I realize this doesn't solve your question regarding Oliver and Theodore BARBER, but maybe it offers some stepping stones in that direction. Regards, Ken Shute, in MD (kwsroots@aol.com).