Yes, it will help, and thanks. Sarah Nelson/Pellington Merritt are mine, and I believe Hannah might be the dtr of of Benjamin Nelson who was also in Gallia Co with Solomon. Is there any info about Benjamin Nelson? Does it mention his wife or children at all? Interesting about Benham's wife Lydia Smith. I don't think I knew her name. Where did you find that? Also I wasn't aware of Henry Nelson at all or his wife Nancy Armstrong. How were you able to find out about their marriage, that they had no children, her return to Ohio then moving to Colorado? I've never found anything like this and I'd love to know how you did this!! I'm wondering if there is more than 1 Benham Nelson? I have a Benham Nelson as a son of Solomon, but this Benham married an Amanda Brewer. Hmmmm.... My Nelson's were living in close proximity to Boggs families in Virginia before they came to Ohio, so I guess they came to Ohio together as well. I don't follow what you are saying here "Henry was the cousin of her sister Mary Jane's husband Benjamin F. Boggs." Can you explain that? I'm a little lost. Thanks so much, and hope to hear from you again. Sue -----Original Message----- From: fkb [mailto:genealogynut@peoplepc.com] Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 5:48 PM To: suzetx@comcast.net Subject: Re: [OHLAWREN] Seeking Marriage Information Looked through the few reference books I have. A book on Gallia County from 1825-1875 only has 1 Nelson marriage listed and that was for a Hannah J. Nelson and W. James Cummings on Oct 12, 1865 . Lawrence County Marriage records --April 11, 1817-July 23, 1843 shows a Sarah Nelson who married Pillengton Merritt on Dec 19, 1833 by John Pinkerman, Justice of the Peace. Neals of Bedford County VA book has: Nancy Cassandra (Cassie) Armstrong born April 1845 marrying on March 24, 1864 to Henry Rodney Nelson. Henry was the cousin of her sister Mary Jane's husband Benjamin F. Boggs. Henry Nelson was the son of Benham and Lydia Smith Nelson. He was born in Lawrence County Aug 2, 1838 and died Sept 1874 while they were living in IL. Cassie and he had no children. She returned to Lawrence Co. after his death but then moved to Colorado to live near her youngest sister. she died in CO. 1830 Census shows the following Nelsons living in Law. Co.....(all but William was living in Symmes Township)...Benjamin, Daniel, John, Solomon and William. Sadly the census didn't start listing spouses/children until 1850. Sorry this isn't the marriage records that you wanted but hopefully this will give you some leads to follow. -----Original Message----- >From: Suze in Texas <suzetx@comcast.net> >Sent: Feb 27, 2009 5:30 PM >To: ohlawren@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [OHLAWREN] Seeking Marriage Information > > >Thanks Nancy. No I hadn't looked there. I thought the man doing the >marriages from the newspaper might have additional info. > >Sue > >-----Original Message----- >From: ohlawren-bounces@rootsweb.com >[mailto:ohlawren-bounces@rootsweb.com] >On Behalf Of Nancy Edwards >Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 2:36 PM >To: ohlawren@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [OHLAWREN] Seeking Marriage Information > >Hello Sue - > >I emailed you off-List but the email bounced so am responding on-List. >Have you checked the Lawrence Co. website at: > >http://www.lawrencecountyohio.com > >Click on "Marriages" in left side bar of the site's homepage. Note >that names in some of the Marriage Indices are not in alphabetical >order - i.e., you might find a "Brown" at the beginning of the "B" >listings and another at the end of the "B" listings. Hope I made sense >there. > >Regards, >Nancy Edwards > >On Feb 27, 2009, at 1:59 PM, Suze in Texas wrote: > >> Looking to see if anyone here has access to marriage information for >> Lawrence Co and can see if any of the following family members might >> have gotten married there. They were in Gallia Co prior to 1830, but >> then came to Lawrence Co. I've also posted this in the Gallia Co >> list. >> >> The parents were Solomon Nelson and (unproven) Eleanor (Nellie) McGraw. >> >> Here are the names I'm interested in: >> >> John or John M. Nelson >> Elizabeth George >> Sarah Nelson >> Benham Nelson >> Amanda Brewer >> Margaret Nelson >> Bethaney(?) Jane Nelson >> John Bronnenburg >> William Ashford Nelson >> Ashford H. Nelson >> Catherine Nelson >> John Coburn >> >> Thanks, >> Sue Lester Patterson >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> OHLAWREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >OHLAWREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >OHLAWREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________ PeoplePC Online A better way to Internet http://www.peoplepc.com