Vivian, Thanks for the tidbits. These do sound like our Clows. We do know that our David had a Mates license and worked on the river and his father William was a boat pilot. Thanks again. Deb In a message dated 2/1/99 9:48:17 AM, vbailey@columbus.rr.com writes: << From "Genealogical Selections from the Steubenville Weekly Gazette 1890" Friday, january 17, 1890: Bert CLOW, Captain on the Mark Winnett, spent a few hours at his father's on Monday Evening. It doesn't give his father's name, but the location for the article is Warrenton. "Genealogical Selections from the Stuebenville Weekly Gazette 1888" Friday, May 18, 1888: Dave CLOW was home from Pittsburg on Monday; he thinks of moving his family in the near future. Also from the section on Warrenton. Same book: Friday, August 24, 1888: George CLOW is the smiling father of an eleven pound boy. Also for Warrenton. Checked the other books I have, but nothing for CLOW. >>