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/6167.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Where I was headed with this is that I live in Muskingum County and had Philo died at a ripe old age, instead of in the mid 1850s I might have been able to take a look at death records, to see if any parents are listed or even county of birth as one can find often in the death records of the 1860s and later. I can offer to keep an eye open, however, and if I run across something you might find valuable when I am researching, I'd be glad to look this post up and let you know.