I'm not Nancy but I do not find a marriage in the index or do not find Rosa in the Death index. Just because they owned land doesn't mean they were living on it. You might want to check Muskingum co records. Or other surrounding counties. Barbara Brea CA At 11:30 AM 2/24/02 -0500, you wrote: >Hi Nancy, > This is a long shot but could you look in your Perry County, Ohio book for >a marriage between Eli "Joseph" GRAVES and a Rosa "Rosy" M ? My grandfather >was supposed to have had a first wife that we know nothing about. It >probably would have been between 1900 - 1918. > While visiting Ohio a few months ago I went to Perry County and looked up >land records. I did find "Joseph" GRAVES and wife Rosa M owned land in the >village of Crooksville, Perry County, Ohio between 1907 - 1909. They bought >it in 1907 and sold it in 1909. > Also, if anybody has any cemetery books, if there is a Rosa M wife of Eli >"Joseph" GRAVES that might have died between 1909 - 1918. > Thanks, > BaBa vizsla2@aol.com