Sandra and Judie, Thanks for the look-ups. Judie: Although that wasn't what I was looking for, it sounds as though there may be some new info here for me. Does the index have any dates, locations or other specifics on John Tope and Mary Allen? There are a number of John Tope's, but I don't have any with a Mary Allen. Sandra: Elizabeth Bower was George Tope Sr's (b.1761) second wife (side note: he had twenty-four kids; twelve by each!). George II (b.1782) married Mrs. Elizabeth Everhart Allbaugh; he was a son of George Sr and Catherine. George II did have a brother named Jacob (b.1801), but the Jacob that married Sally Everhart may have been one of his two cousins also named Jacob. Thanks. Dave >Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 05:12:56 EST >From: SidandJer@aol.com >To: OHJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <efa318ca.3701f528@aol.com> >Subject: Re: TOPE, STRADDLER/STRADLER >Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII >Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit > >Hi, I looked in the index of the Jeff. Co. Tombstone Inscriptions book and the >only Tope is a John and a Mary Allen. that's all I could find. > Judie > >______________________________X-Message: #3 >Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 08:53:31 -0500 >From: "Sandra Ferguson" <ferg@wvinter.net> >To: OHJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <000d01be7b7d$e032b2e0$1fc4a2d0@sandra.wvinter.net> >Subject: Re: TOPE, STRADDLER/STRADLER >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >I show a marriage for a George Tope and Elizabeth Bowers on July 3, 1804. >this is recorded in the Jeff C. marriage book 1, page 24. also one for >George Tope and Elizabeth Everhart June 25, 1812...(book 1, pg 13). >Interestingly, Jacob tope married Sally Everhart Feb. 18, 1812.....probably >2 brothers married 2 sisters. >-----Original Message----- >From: David H. Brown <d_brown@pipeline.com> >To: OHJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com <OHJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com> >Date: Wednesday, March 31, 1999 2:39 AM >Subject: TOPE, STRADDLER/STRADLER > > >>I am searching for information regarding the first wife of George TOPE >>(b.1761). Her name may have been Catherine STRADDLER or STRADLER. We do >>not have the date of their marriage, but it probably took place about 1780 >>and perhaps near Redstone, Fayette County PA as that was where the Topes >>resided prior to 1800. In about 1800 they moved to a farm about two miles >>east of Salem, Jefferson County Ohio, and then a year or so later to about >>a mile and a half west of Richmond. We believe that Catherine passed away >>within the first couple years of arriving in Ohio and when they lived at >>one of these locations. We have no information on Catherine or her family. >> Does anyone have any burial or cemetary records or any other records >>listing a Catherine Tope in Jefferson County? >>Thanks for any help. >>David Brown