Hi Pat, About Joseph McKenzie..... "My" Joseph McKenzie was the son of John McKenzie & Margaret Peggy Logsdon. They married in Dec, 1822 in Cath. Ch in Allegany Co., MD. They had 3 children....Mary, b 1823, Joseph b 1826, both baptised in a Catholic Ch in Allegany Co, MD. Sometime before 1829 the family moved to Knox Co OH where John was b. & baptised at St Luke's Ch. Danville, OH. in 1829. The father reportedly died in 1829, his widow remarried in 1832. Mary m. Wm H Remington. John m. Sarah Presley, Caroline Southwick and Emma Moreland. By 1869 John and Emma were in IL. Joseph m. Elizabeth N Parker 1 Sept 1862 by a Catholic priest in Knox Co, OH. Family legend claims he farmed near Mt Vernon and had a son named Delano. Now it gets murky.....in Hill's book, History of Knox Co 1881, it mentions Joseph C. McKenzie was in Co. A, 4th Ohio Vol. Inf. during the Civil War. Two days ago NARA sent me info from his Civil War Pension Application.....he was in Co. A, 4th Ohio Vol. Inf. Enlisted in Mt Vernon in 1862, 29 yrs old and born in Mt Vernon, occupation prior to enlistment was "painter". He was injured in the war and received an honorable discharge in May 1862 and a pension. His widow applied for a widow's pension after he died 27 Dec 1893. They had married 26 May 1885 in Knox Co, by a J.P. The record shows Joseph C McKinzie m. Mrs Martha Baker. On her application she lists children Harvey McKenzie, b. 10 Sept 1887 and Marietta McKenzie b. 12 April 1889....residence Mt Vernon, OH. She was b. c. 1850. From the Knox Co Record of Deaths....Joseph McKenzie died 27 Dec 1893, age not given, birthplace not known, occupation painter, white male, place of residence and place of death Knox Co, Pleasant Tp. In Joseph's application for a pension he cites a sister Mrs George Simpkins and two brothers, one dead and the other moved and he knew not where. Someone did a 1870 census look up for me. It showed 4 Joseph McKenzies. The ones from Holmes Co and Knox Co were both born in MD, the ones from Henry Co and Wood Co were both born in OH. The ages range from 33 to 41. "My" Joseph would have been 44 then. That is what I have about Joseph McKenzie, and probably more than you care to know. Once I got started it seemed to mushroom. It seems that the Joseph C is different than "my" Joseph, but I leave my mind open to all thoughts and opinions. Rosanne P.S. If you can find out the parents of John McKenzie & Margaret Peggy Logsdon you would blow a big hole in my brick wall. :)