I have been trying for more than ten years to get a lead on this, my most elusive ggrandfather. The first real record I have of him is Jan. 03, 1839, when he married my ggrandmother, Delilah Figley in Harrison Co., OH. We (and there are several of us in the family looking) have been able to find nothing except the marriage information and his youngest son, my grandfather Thomas A. Dixon, said he was born in Richmond, VA. He and Delilah had eight children: Albert bn. abt. 1840, Joseph bn. 1841, William bn. 1843, Elizabeth bn. 1845, Adam bn. 1847, John bn, 1848, Samuel bn. 1851 and Thomas Andrew bn. 1854. We have found the 1850 Harrison Co., OH Census for him and Delilah. They don't show up in the 1860 Census. He has disappeared by the 1870 Census, and Delilah is living with her brother, Robert Figley and his wife, Canzada Woodyard Figley in Meigs Co., OH. Their youngest son, Thomas (16 yrs. old) is working for the Clines in Monroe Co., OH. My cousin, with whom I exchange family tree information has suggested that he may have died prior to 1860 since they weren't listed in that Census. We also have some evidence that Thomas was born in 1854 in VA also. My question has always been, why would a woman heavy with child make a trip like that back then. However, I just looked at a map and it appears, (correct me if I am wrong), that they could have taken the Little Muskingham River to the Ohio and the Ohio to the James. That way, they would have been traveling almost entirely by boat and it would not have been as dificult for a pregnant woman. It would have been necessary if Samuel had fallen ill in VA., for Delilah to have gone to his side, right? We have never been able to find a record of his death or where he is buried. If you have ANY information about this family, please, please, please write me and help relieve me of all these nightmares! <GGG> You know the ones, where your dead ancestors chase you on dark nights, crying in low menacing voices, "FIND ME! FIND Me! Find me! f i n d m e!!!! PLEASE! Maryann Dixon Moseby Proud Rootsweb Sponsor and M c E l r o y Listowner mdmgen@aol.com for M c E l r o y dixlan2@aol.com for General e-mail AOL Instant Messenger: Dixlan2 ICQ: 1631995