Thanks for your reply. Here's what I have on the first couple of generations for Parley, my wife's g-grandfather. I'll cross check this with your dates and send you sources for what I've found. Looks like when the parents died, no one in the family wanted to deal with a couple of teenagers, so they were orphaned out. Do you know any details about that? FIRST GENERATION: 1. Parley B. Converse (He was a shoemaker. ) b. 02/24/1859, Darby Twp, Madison Co., OH d. 02/28/1895 or 03/01/1895, of dropsy, Darby Twp, Madison Co., OH bur. 03/02/1895 , Plain City, Madison Co., OH m. 02/14/1881, Emma Estelle Lombard in Plain City, Madison Co., OH (Daughter of Jesse Harrison Lombard and Jane Owen. See section on Lombard family history for more detail.) b. ca. 1861, OH (from 1880 census) d. 01/29/1891 or ca. 1898, of consumption, Darby Twp, Madison Co., OH bur. / /1891, Plain City, Madison Co., OH Children: 2. Harry J., b. / /1882 d. / /1912 m. Edna Vansky 3. Everett Winfield, b. 02/17/1884 d. 08/08/1936 m. 05/ /1904, Agnes Beatrice Clark SECOND GENERATION: 2. Harry J. Converse (Parley1) (Served in the Spanish American War. In the 1900 soundex of the Ohio census, there is a Harry Converse, age 18, born 1882, enumerated as a boarder with James Vansky in Allen Co., Ottawa Twp., Lima, south Metcalf St., vol. 3, e.d. 17, sh 4, which is likely the same individual since this Harry was an orphan, because of age, and because of his wife's maiden name.) b. / /1882, OH d. / /1912 bur. , Greenlawn Cemetery, Columbus, Franklin Co., OH m. , Edna Vansky b. d. bur. , Greenlawn Cemetery, Columbus, Franklin Co., OH Children: 4. Parley James, b. 09/17/1906 d. 04/ /1984 never married 5. Vernon, b. d. never married 3. Everett Winfield Converse (Parley1) (He was a foreman at the Columbus Water Works, Columbus, OH. In the 1900 soundex of the Ohio census, there is an Everett Converse, age 17, born 2/1883, enumerated as a boarder with Joseph L. Fossey in Van Wert Co., Union Twp., vol. 150, e.d. 93, sh 6, which is likely the same individual since this Everett was an orphan and because of the similarity in his date of birth.) b. 02/17/1884, Plain City, Madison Co., OH d. 08/08/1936, bur. 08/10/1936, Mitchell Cemetery (row 8, new section), near Unionville Center, Union Co., OH (from Darby - Jerome Townships Cemetery Records) m. 05/ /1904, Agnes Beatrice Clark (Daughter of Jessie Asbury Clark and Mary Jane Charles.) b. 06/09/1886, Logan Co., OH d. 08/17/1962, Columbus, Franklin Co., OH bur. 08/20/1962, Mitchell Cemetery (row 8, new section), near Unionville Center, Union Co., OH (from Darby - Jerome Townships Cemetery Records) Children: 6. Gerald Elmore, b. 08/18/1906 d. / /1949 m. Catherine M. Long 7. Beatrice Evelyn, b. 11/11/1909 d. 08/11/1999 m. 4/2/1930 Morris Jefferis Wilson 8. Everett Clark, b. 08/08/1912 d. 05/ /1981 m. Mildred T. Alexander 9. Eloise Jane, b. 05/03/1917 d. 03/03/1959 m. 4/16/1937 Robert Herman Igel 10. Ruth Eleanor, b. 06/30/1920 d. 12/ /1984 m. Paul William Mathias 11. Marian Rose, b. 08/28/1923 d. 04/09/1991 m. Gale Emerson McCullough