This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.ohio.counties.muskingum/6166.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: According to a biography I have of John Milton Balthis, it says the following: "While still living in Zanesville, Ohio, Mr. Balthis was married in that city, on the 1st of May, 1849 to Miss Susanna Olivia Hamilton, a daughter to the Rev. Samuel Hamilton, a noted clergyman of that place. Her mother was Mrs. Edith (Harrison) Hamilton, of Harrisonburg, Virginia, who was related to William Henry Harrison, who in 1840 was elected president of the United States. Her father received from the British government at large grant of land, on which Harrisonburg was laid out.... There is more. If you would like for me to E-mail the biography to you, drop me a line at krystalou812@yahoo.com Blessings