I believe some of these people to be still living and they are my cousins. Can anyone out there help me track them down. I have looked in the Social Security Death Index and in many Phone directories throughout the country but many of these names are so common that it has been a fortune so far in postage to contact all of them and I have had very little luck in finding the correct persons. I thought perhaps that someone living or researching in the Washington and Monroe counties area may have knowledge of this family. Please help if you can! Seek information on the children of ARK E PRYOR and wife ELLA MAY (Mattie) MURPHY PRYOR of Hartsham, Monroe County and later Liberty Township Washington County Ohio. Ark E Pryor was born April 26 1877 in Hartsham, Monroe County to JOSEPH PRYOR (b. 1842, son of SMILEY & MARY PRYOR [Prior]) and LOUISA GIVENS (born 1845, dau of ANDREW & ANN GIVENS). Ark married Jan. 28, 1901 in Greenbriar, Monroe County to Ella May Murphy (b. July 17 1881) daughter of WILLIAM M (or H.) MURPHY (b. March 17 1858 [to 1951] Benton Twp. Monroe OH to THOMAS MURPHY and ATTILDA HILL Murphy) and ELIZABETH M. WILLIAMSON (b. Dec. 1860 to WESTLEY and NANCY WILLIAMSON). Ark and Mattie are the parents of possibly as many as fifteen children. On a Petition to lease real estate filed in Washington Co. OH Dec. 13 1938 it listed FRANCIS WILLIAMS Guardian of A. E. Pryor and incompetent person (listed as Plaintiff) vs. Defendants: ANNA Pryor WILLIAMS, FLOSSIE Pryor SHANKLAND, MARY PRYOR, WALTER PRYOR, JOSEPH PRYOR, HAROLD PRYOR, OPAL SEGAR, JOSEPHINE L ARCHER, VON PRYOR, BERNICE PRYOR, FAY G PATTERSON, ALBERTA PRYOR, age 11 yrs, BESSIE PRYOR, age 7 yrs, DESSIE PRYOR, age 7 yrs, ARK PRYOR Jr., age 5 yrs, and MATTIE MURPHY PRYOR. These are all believed to be (except for Mattie M Pryor who is the wife) children of Ark and Mattie Pryor. Does anyone out there know what ever happened to these children, are any of them still alive and if so what is their location? The only information I have been able to come up with from the above mentioned petition is that Anna B. Pryor married the Francis C. Williams listed above; Flossie M Pryor married JACK SHANKLAND; Fay G Pryor married a Mr. PATTERSON; Josephine L Pryor married EARL FOREST ARCHER; Opal F. Pryor married a Mr. SEEGAR, SEGAR, SAGER or SEAGER. Can anyone help me track down these cousins of mine. Thanks for any help you can give. If you prefer you can respond to me directly at dahlhouse@earthlink.net Best regards, Becky Murphy Dahl ______________________________