Hi All, I am new to this list. I am researching the surname ROMAN in Morgan Co. and Washington Co.. Specifically I am interested in the family of ABRAHAM ROMAN, b. 1827. His wife was Mariah FAWSET. I believe they had two children, R. D. (female) b. 1859 and Mary M. b. 1863 . I believe Abraham was son of ISAAC ROMAN and MARY HAMPTON. I would be interested in corresponding with anyone else studying these families. I also have a question for anyone: was there once a town in Marion TWP called Plantsville; and was it near Chesterhill? Thanks, Vern evbuck@juno.com ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

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Vern, I have some information on a Lydia Fawcett, daughter of Richard and Mary (Williams) Fawcett. Lydia was born 15 Jul 1826 according to the records of Stillwater Montly Meeting of Friends (Quakers), Belmont County, Ohio. (Genealogical information from these records and records of Morgan County Quakers are published in volume 4 of William Wade Hinshaw's _Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy_, hereafter EAQG.) Lydia's first husband was Amos Romans. Their marriage took place at Plymouth, Washington County, Ohio, and appears in the records of Chesterfield MM, Chesterhill, Morgan County, Ohio, as extracted in EAQG. Chesterfield MM records also record the death of Amos Romans on 14 May 1847. They had one child, Mary W, born 13 Mar 1846. Lydia married again on 30 Oct 1856 to Aaron Roberts. He is my 3g grandfather by his first wife Matilda Farquhar. Aaron and Matilda had five children. Aaron and Lydia had four children. In the spring of 1865, Aaron and Lydia moved to Cedar County, Iowa, where at least two of her brothers lived, bringing their children with them. The train was full of soldiers returning home from the Civil War, and the children caught measles. The oldest stones at the Hickory Grove Cemetery near West Branch, Iowa, are of four Roberts and Romans children who died the summer after their arrival. These include Mary, b 1841, and Sarah, b 1848, daughters of Aaron and Matilda, Mary W Roman, mantioned above, and Matilda, b 1857, daughter of Aaron and Lydia. Evidently the family in Iowa stayed in touch with the old neighborhood in Morgan County, Ohio, for in 1873, Stephen Smith of Chesterhill, son of Thomas K and Elizabeth (Starbuck) Smith, made the trip to Iowa to marry Elizabeth, daughter of Aaron and Matilda Roberts. Stephen and made their home in Morgan County, Ohio. They are the common ancestos of the members of the Smith Family Reunion Association, whose meetings every two years draw about eighty attenders for a weekend together. I have Amos Romans listed as a son of Isaac and Mary, but did not know his mother's maiden name. If she was indeed a Fawcett, it seems likely that she was raised in Frederick County, Virginia. EAQG includes a volume of information from Virgina, but I cannot recall for certain which one it is--perhaps volume 6. Hopewell and Crooked Run meetings were in Frederick County. It does not appear that Mariah Fawcett who married Abraham Roman was a sister or half-sister of Lydia. Without any evidence, it seems likely to me that the Roman(s) family also lived in Frederick County. Mary Williams, the mother of Lydia Fawcett, was one of seven daughters of Daniel and Mary (Humphrey) Williams whose descendants I am attempting to trace. I currently have names of more than 4400 descendants and 2200 spouses. You can see what I have for the first six generations at <http://showcase.netins.net/web/treadway/genealogy/index.html>. Contact me for further information if you see anyone you recognize. Hope this helps. Dan Treadway On Thu, 16 Aug 2001, E. Vernon Buck wrote: > Hi All, > > I am new to this list. I am researching the surname ROMAN in Morgan Co. > and Washington Co.. Specifically I am interested in the family of ABRAHAM > ROMAN, b. 1827. His wife was Mariah FAWSET. I believe they had two > children, R. D. (female) b. 1859 and Mary M. b. 1863 . I believe Abraham > was son of ISAAC ROMAN and MARY HAMPTON. I would be interested in > corresponding with anyone else studying these families. > > I also have a question for anyone: was there once a town in Marion TWP > called Plantsville; and was it near Chesterhill? > > Thanks, > Vern > evbuck@juno.com > ________________________________________________________________ > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > > ==== OHMORGAN Mailing List ==== > >