Karen Your offer to do lookups is appreciated. As your time permits will you please look for conformation of both a marriage and death date for: SOUDERS, John A. married 29 June 1916 died 19 January 1927 New Lexington, Perry County, OH and RAAB, Philomena M. his wife: born 23 Oct 1879 died 20 March 1944 The last I have of them is January 1919 in Corning, Perry County, OH when Philomena mother died. In regard to your surnames in the other message. I have: THOMAS, Arthur, Sr. born 28 Sept 1890 in Lancaster, OH, died 01 April 1964 in Zanesville, OH. He was a son of Benjamin and Martha SPANGLER THOMAS. Back in the mid 1930s an Uncle and Aunt would take my mother and I to visit them. The aunt was a sister to Arthur's wife, Sara(h) GROOMS. He was a meat cutter by trade and pursued that occupation in New Lexington until about 1953 when he moved to Zanesville Arthur had two brothers Edison Thomas of Akron, OH and Earl of Junction City, OH. He also had three sisters; Mrs. Stanley Fair of Columbus, Mrs. William E. Reichley of New Lexington and Mrs.John Lanier of Junction City. These towns are from his obit. He also had one son Arthur Jr. who was a dentist living in Los Angeles at the time of his mother's death in 1980. Would there be a connection between your THOMAS and the ones I have? Jerry Dittman Boonsboro, MD